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Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia
Purple Saxifraga
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0714 1897 (2014-07-29)Copyright © 2014 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 17, 2014
latitude 46.43986 longitude 13.64561
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Mt. Mangart's flats, scree slopes west of Mt. Mangart, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: nasprotnolistni kreč - syn.: Saxifraga murithiana, Saxifraga rudolphiana - Habitat: among rocks, northwest oriented scree slope; open, sunny place, relatively humid, acid soil, calcareous/siliceous rock, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.990 m (6.530 feet),alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil among rocks. - Comments: Saxifraga oppositifolia is a jewel of Slovenian alpine flora. To me, it is the most beautiful species of genus Saxifraga among numerous others I know. This Arctic-Alpine floral element has been pushed by glaciers far south from its original distribution in Arctic during last Ice age and then, after the glaciers had melted, left only on the highest peaks of the Alps. Saxifraga oppositifolia is the highest climbing plant of the Alps found at 4.505 m (14.776 feet) elevation on Mt. Dom in Switzerland (Ref.:4). In Julian Alps it hardly descends below 2.000 m but ascends right the top of Mt. Triglav at 2.863m (9.391 feet). - So unique to me and at the same time the commonest flower to kids in Greenland! - Ref.: (1) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 238. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 390. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 696. (4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 188.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_813/2014_DSC1837 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Purple Saxifraga (photographer)
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