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Potentilla micrantha
Pink Barren Strawberry
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0316 2298 (2016-03-22)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Mar 18, 2016
latitude 46.19273 longitude 13.75696
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location
Tolmin region, next to the trail from village Žabče to Mt. Tolminski Triglav, 1.142 m (3.750 feet), above conspicuous calcareous cliffs, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: drobnocvetni petoprstnik - Habitat: small woodland openings in predominantly broad leaved wood, Fagus sylvatica and Ostrya carpinifolia dominant with some scattered Picea abies; calcareous (Bot_937/2016_DSC0595) and marly (Bot_937/2016_DSC0603) ground; steep mountain slope, southwest aspect; warm and moderately dry place; elevation 610 m (2.000 feet) (Bot_937/2016_DSC0595) and 760 m (2.500 feet) (Bot_937/2016_DSC0603); average precipitations ~ 2.500 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Potentilla micrantha is one of about ten white blooming species of very large genus Potentilla and similarly looking Fragaria. Many more than that bloom yellow. It is a common plant neither in Slovenia nor in neighboring Austria and Italy nor in Switzerland. On the other hand it is very widely distributed in the (mostly south) Alps, almost all other European mountains from Pyrenees to Carpathians including Balkan peninsula. It is a Mediterranean montane floral element. The plant has tiny but beautiful flowers. It is not easy to find it but it can be easily recognized by dark red base of the inner side of sepals, flattened stamens which are minutely hairy at the base (hand lens needed) and the lack of stolons, which are otherwise quite frequent in genera Potentilla and Fragaria. Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Dr. Igor Dakskobler, Natural History Institute 'Jovan Hadži', SAZU. (2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 481. (3) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 256. (4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 780. (5) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 250.camera Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
contributor's ID # Bot_937/2016_DSC0603 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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