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Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia; Purple Saxifraga   

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Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia
Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. oppositifolia
Purple Saxifraga
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0515 2325 (2015-05-23)

Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  May 18, 2015
  • latitude 46.43639   longitude 14.15278     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Mt. Mangart's flats, in a depression southeast of Mt. Mangart alpine cottage, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: nasprotnolistni kamnokreč - Habitat: almost at the bottom of a snow valley, in crevices of west oriented, vertical sides of large rock boulder; open, sunny place, calcareous rock with some siliceous component, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 1-2 deg C, elevation 1.870 m (6.020 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil in rock crevices of large rock boulder. - Comment: Picture 32 show a plant which was damaged by frosts a few days before photographing. - 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   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_875/2015_IMG7879
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

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  • common names   Purple Saxifraga (photographer)
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