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Saxifraga stellaris ssp. alpigena
Starry Saxifrage
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0416 1663 (2016-04-12)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 22, 2008
latitude 46.43846 longitude 13.63398
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Mt. Mangart region, somewhat before the last tunnel of alpine tool road to Mt. Mangart's pass, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: zvezdasti kreč - Habitat: road side; almost vertical rocks, thickly overgrown with mosses, over which water is trickling; south aspect; calcareous rock; full sun; elevation 1.780 m (5.850 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 1-3 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil in rock crevices. Comment: Saxifraga stellaris ssp. alpigena is a very small, tender plant not frequently encountered by humans. It too perfectly signifies an antithesis of modern 'Big is beautiful!'. Yet, to those, who are willing to kneel down and look it from close, it becomes a source of joy and admiration. The plant keeps with very moist places high in the calcareous mountains, and since such habitats are not many it is not frequent. On the other hand, it is also not a rare plant. It is very broadly distributed. It grows in the whole Alps and other central and southern European mountains including whole Balkan Peninsula as well as in Arctic regions of America and Eurasia. Very similar relative Saxifraga stellaris ssp. stellaris exists, which replaces it in the North Europe. Ref.: (1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 397. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 241. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 690. (4) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (2 x 100 Alpine Plants of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Prešernova družba (2006), p 63. (5) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 184.camera Nikon D70 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_286/2008_DSC2012 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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