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Gentiana nivalis
Alpine Gentian
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0913 0394 (2013-09-09)Copyright © 2013 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Aug 5, 2013
latitude 46.44189 longitude 13.64427
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location
Mt. Mangart’s flats, west of the largest snow valley on Mangarts flats, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Gentianaceae
notes Slo.: snežni svišč - Habitat: Upland grass land, among large calcareous boulders, modestly eastward inclined terrain, full sun, exposed to precipitations, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 1-3 deg C, elevation 1.900 m (6.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Growing solitary. Many gentians are known for their intensive saturated blue color. Particularly the common and widely known Gentiana verna blooming in spring grass can be strikingly Blue. Albinos, white plants without their blue pigment, are very rare in this genus. I was happy to find an albino of widely distributed but not so common Gentiana nivalis. It was white as snow, truly a 'snow' gentian. - Ref.: (1) O.Angerer and T. Muer, Alpenpflanzen, Ulmer, Stuttgart (2004), p257 (2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, ExkursionsfloraOesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 693. (3) A.Martinčič et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 509. (4) K.Lauber and G.Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1417.camera Nikon D700 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_739/2013_DSC7368 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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