This page is part of Linda's collection photographs of flowers in European mountains, mostly alpine (roughly 1800-2500m) and sub-alpine (roughly 1200-1800 m), but with a few from lower altitudes. The collection includes shots of over 550 species. The main page contains additional information, and links to the other pages in the set.
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Yellow Anemone Anenome ranunculoides ... |
... and cropped – Oss'16 |
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Angelica sp. – Cw'15 ... |
... at Port Quin |
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Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolen – Pyr'11 |
Again – Sänt'14 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Zill'18 |
Arnica – Salz'12 |
... again ... |
... cropped ... |
and the plant-base |
Again – BOb'16 ... |
... and cropped |
... leaves ... |
... and cropped |
Again – CdE'17 ... |
... and again |
Again – Dol'17 |
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Again – Van'18 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Van'19 |
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Again – Aos'19 ... |
... and closer-up |
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Alpine Asphodel Tofieldia calyculata– Zrm'17' ... |
... closer ... |
... and close-up |
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Astragalus sp. – Pyr'11 |
Again – Eng'14 |
Again |
And again |
Wild Lentil Astragalus cicer ... |
... and cropped – Dol'19 |
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Austrian Rocket – Oss'13 ... |
.. Sisymbrium ... |
... cropped |
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Again – CdE'17 ... |
... again |
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Alpine Avens
– Salz'12 |
... Geum montanum ... |
... and again ... |
... lower and older? |
Alpine Avens – Salz'12 |
... again |
Again – Ktz'13 |
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Alpine Avens – Zill'14 |
Again |
Again – Dol'16 |
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Again – Aos'19 ... |
... and cropped |
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Creeping Avens –
BOb'16 ... |
... and cropped |
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Bears Ears Primula auricula – Dol'09 |
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Again – Slo'13 ... |
... Stare Fuzina towards Triglav ... |
... with the view ... |
... as a necessary extra |
... the valley southwards ... |
... closer ... |
... again ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Sänt'14 |
Again, with view – Sänt'14 |
Again – BOb'16 ... |
... and closer |
Bedstraw – Slo'14 poss. Galium taurina, with yellow leaves aka Asperula taurinum |
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Lady's bedstraw – Iseo'19 ... |
... Galium verum |
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Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus – Zrm'17 |
Again – Aos'19 ... |
... and its leaves |
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Drooping Bittercress
– Slo'12 |
... cropped |
Again – Slo'13 |
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Again – Picos'13 ... |
... cropped ... |
... cropped again |
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Lugano Broom – Iseo'19 ... |
... Cytisus emeriflorus ... |
... and closer ... |
... and closer again |
Hybrid Buttercup – Dol'09 |
Woolly Buttercup Ranunculus lanuginosus – Dol'10 |
Thore's Buttercup – Pyr'11 |
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Buttercup, poss. R. bulbosus – Pyr'11 ... |
... Cropped |
Ranunculus poss. bulbosus ... |
... cropped – Pyr'11 |
Pyrenean Buttercup Ranunculus pyrenaeus ... |
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Ranunculus polyanthemoides – OT'15 ... |
... and closer |
Again – OT'15 |
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Marsh Buttercup Ranunculus cymbalaria – OT'15 |
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Pygmy/Dwarf Buttercup Ranunculus pygmaeus (poss.) – Dol'19 |
And with Spring Gentians |
And again |
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Campanula thyrsoides – Eng'14 ... |
... Yellow Bellflower ... |
... See also in Yellow! |
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Again – Dol'17' ... |
... closer ... |
... and cropped |
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Again – Van'18 ... |
... again ... |
... and again ... |
... and cropped |
Golden Cinquefoil – Dol'10 |
... Potentilla aurea, cropped |
Again – Pyr'11 |
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Again – Dol'12 |
Again – Salz'12 |
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Again – Zill'14 ... |
... cropped |
Again ... |
... cropped |
Again – Cw'15 |
Again – Dol'17 |
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Alpine Cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii – OT'15 |
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European Cinquefoil aka Thuringian Potentilla Potentilla thuringiaca – Pyr'16 |
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Cinquefoil Sp. –
CdE'17 ... |
... again |
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Brown Clover – Van'18 ... |
... Trifolium badium |
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Yellow sweet clover Melilotus officinalis – Aos'19 ... |
... closer up ... |
... and its leaves |
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Coltsfoot
– Oss'11 Tussilago farfara |
Coltsfoot – Salz'12 |
Again – Oss'13 |
... and cropped |
Again – HS'18 |
... and again ... |
... and the first, cropped |
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Again – Dol'19... |
... cropped again |
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Cowslip –
Cw'15 ... |
... Primula veris (on the Ridgeway) |
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Common Cowwheat – Scot'14 ... |
... cropped aka Malumyrum pratense |
Again |
Again |
Again – BOb'16 |
Again – Zill'18 ... |
... and again ... |
... and cropped |
Melampyrum Sp. – Van'18 |
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Cress, with
Globularia – Dol'10 |
Poss. Cress – Auv'14 |
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Cress sp. –
Dol'16 ... |
... poss. Coincya genus ... |
... and cropped |
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Hoop Daffodil Narcissus bulbocodium – Picos'13 ... |
... cropped |
And another |
And another, cropped |
And with the view |
And again |
Tiny Daffodil sp. |
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Narcissus asturiensis – Picos'13 ... |
... with view ... |
... in profusion ... |
... at Fuente Dé |
Narcissus abscissus or pseudonarcissus ssp. abscissus – Oss'13 |
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Large flower daffodil – Oss'13 ... |
... Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp. nobilis ... |
... in great quantity ... |
... near Pic du Midi d'Ossau ... |
... demanding attention ... |
... throughout a several-hour walk ... |
... in early summer ... |
... at altitude |
Poss. also Large Flower Daffodil – Auv'14 ... |
... and view |
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Daisy –
Slo'14 |
... cropped ... |
... and cropped |
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Spurge Daphne Daphne laureola – Pyr'13 |
Again – Pyr'16 ... |
... and closer up |
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Echinospartum
horridum – Pyr'13 ... |
... cropped |
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Yellow Foxglove
– Sr'15 ... |
... Digitalis grandiflora, cropped |
Again – Zill'18 ... |
... and again |
French Flax Linum trigynum – Tarn'11 |
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Yellow Gentian – St'10 |
Again – Ktz'13 |
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At last, in bloom!! – Dol'15 ... |
... Gentiana lutea ... |
... closer up ... |
... the leaves ... |
... getting closer ... |
... and closer ... |
... and with bee ... |
... and on the right a False Helleborine! |
Foreground Gentian (grey-green), Mid False White Helleborine (green) – VdU'17 |
Again – Van'18 ... |
... and cliffs |
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Spotted Gentian Gentiana punctata – Dol'10 |
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Mountain Germander Teucrium montanum – GdV'17 |
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Globe Flowers – St'07 |
Globe Flowers – Dol'09 |
Again – Ktz'13 |
And closer up |
Goat's Beard – CdE'17 ... |
... Tragopogen pratensis, cropped |
Again – Aos'19 |
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Golden Hawkesbeard with Rattles – Dol'10 |
Again – Ktz'13 Crepis aurea |
Heartsease – Dol'10 |
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Alpine Hawkweed – Zill'18 ... |
... Hieracium alpinum and its very hairy buds |
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Honeysuckle – Van'18 ... |
... and cropped |
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Smooth Honeywort Cerinthe glabra ... |
... and cropped – VdU'17 |
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Iris –
Ktz'13 at Schwarzsee ... |
... and cropped |
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Laburnum alpinum – Slo'13 |
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Lady's Mantle
(with Birdsfoot Trefoil) >– BOb'10 See also Other Colours! |
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Alpine Lady's Mantle Alchemilla basaltica – Oss'11 |
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A Lady's Mantle – OT'15 ... |
... Alchemilla plicatula cropped |
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Waxy Lady's Mantle – OT'15 ... |
... Alchemilla poss. glaucescens cropped |
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Hoppes Lady's Mantle – HS'18 ... |
... Alchemilla hoppeana, cropped |
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Heart-Leaved Leopardsbane Doronicum columnae ... |
... Cropped – Dol'10 |
Another – Tarn'11 |
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Again – Dol'15 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – DOl'17 ... |
... and the leaves |
Large-Flowered Leopardsbane – BOb'16 ... |
... Doronicum grandiflorum ... |
... and leaves |
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Again – CdE'17 ... |
... again |
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Orange Lily Lilium bulberiferum ... |
... Cropped – Dol'10 |
Again – Dol'16 |
Again – Dol'17 |
Wild Liquorice
– Dol'15 ... |
... Astragalus glycyphyllos ... |
... and cropped ... |
... and another cropped |
Leafy Lousewort Pedicularis foliosa – Dol'10 |
N.B.: P. foliosa and P. comosa (the next species) are very, very similar |
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Again – HA'14 |
Again – Eng'14 |
Again |
Again |
With friends |
In context |
Again – Tux'16 |
... and leaves |
Again – Van'18 ... |
... and cropped |
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Crested Lousewort Pedicularis comosa N.B.: P. foliosa and P. comosa (the previous species) are very, very similar ... |
... and cropped – Picos'13 |
Again – Dol'16 |
... cropped |
Again – Van'18 ... |
... cropped ... |
... again, cropped |
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Again – HS'18 ... |
... and cropped |
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Long-Beaked Lousewort – BOb'16 ... |
... Pedicularis tuberosa ... |
... another, cropped |
Again – Dol'17 |
Again – Dol'17' |
Again – Zrm'17' ... |
... and cropped |
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Ascending Lousewort ... |
... Cropped – Dol'10 |
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Swamp/Marsh Marigolds – Oss'11 ... |
... Caltha palustris – Pyr'11 |
Marsh Marigolds – Pyr'11 |
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Swamp Marigolds – Slo'12 |
... under water ... |
... cropped again |
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Again – Oss'13 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Dol'19 |
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Shrubby Milkwort Polygala chaemaebuxus – BOb'16 ... |
See also White and Red! |
... cropped ... |
... and again |
Again – Dol'19 ... |
... and cropped |
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Buckler's Mustard – Dol'12 |
... Biscutella laevigata but now uncertain! ... |
... and view of Sella |
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Again – BOb'16 ... |
... its leaves ... |
... and cropped ... |
... cropped again |
Again – VdU'17 ... |
... and again ... |
... cropped |
Again, with double-seed – Dol'17 |
Again – Van'18 ... |
... and leaves |
Again – Aos'19 |
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Chicory-leaved Buckler's Mustard – AM'16 ... |
... Biscutella cichoriifolia |
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Wood-Treacle Mustard – Dol'10 |
Again – CdE'17 Erysimum sylvestre ... |
... again, cropped ... |
... further cropped ... |
... again ... |
... again, cropped ... |
... further cropped |
Again – Dol'17 |
Hoary Treacle Mustard – Pyr'13 ... |
... and its leaves |
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A Treacle Mustard Erysimum sp. – Slo'14 |
A Treacle Mustard sp. –
Pyr'16 ... |
... Erysimum sp., cropped |
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Yellow Oxeye Buphthalmum salicifolium – Zill'14 |
Again – OT'15 ... |
... stem and base |
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Oxlip Primula elatior – St'07 ... |
... cropped |
Oxlip – Dol'09
... |
Oxlip – Pyr'11
... |
Oxlip – Dol'12
... |
... cropped |
Oxlip, in profusion – Picos'13 ... |
And again |
Again – Auv'14 |
Again – OT'15 |
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Again – AM'16 ... |
Location and ... |
... three degrees ... |
... of cropping |
Again – Dol'19... |
... and again |
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Mountain Pansy But also in Mauve (or both) Viola lutea – AM'16 |
Again – VdU'17 ... |
... and view |
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Again – BOb'16 ... |
... again ... |
... and cropped ... |
... another, cropped |
For Yellow Pasque, see the White page |
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Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum – Sänt'14 ... |
... and again |
Again – OT'15 |
Again – OT'15 ... |
... and cropped |
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Alpine Poppy Papaver alpinum – Dol'10 |
Kerner-Alpine or Rhaetian Poppy P. alpinum ssp. kerneri and/or P. rhaeticum – Dol'17 |
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Native Primrose – Dol'09 ... |
... Primula vulgaris ssp. vulgaris, cropped |
Again – Cw'15 |
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Chamois Ragwort – Salz'12 |
Southern Ragwort Senecio ovirense – VdU'17 ... |
... and cropped |
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Marsh? Ragwort Senecio helenites– Zrm'17' ... |
... again ... |
... and cropped |
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Rattle – Salz'12 ?Burnat's Yellow |
Yellow Rattle / Cockscomb, Rhinanthus minor |
A Rattle, with clover – Zill'14 |
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Large Yellow Rest-Harrow – Iseo'19 ... |
... Ononis natrix ... |
... a bit out-of-area |
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Alpine Rock Rose Helianthemum ?oelandicum – Sänt'14 ... |
... and cropped |
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Again – Sänt'14 ... |
... and cropped |
Again, in situ, with Erica – Sänt'14 |
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Again – Van'18 ... |
... and leaves |
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Common Rock Rose Helianthemum nummularium – Eng'14 ... |
... and cropped |
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Again – Tux'16 |
... flower cropped ... |
... and leaves cropped |
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Hoary Rock Rose – Pyr'16 ... |
... Helianthemum canum ssp piloselloides ... |
... incl. flowers ... |
... and leaves |
Again – Dol'17 |
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Rock Rose sp. – Pyr'16 |
Rock Rose sp. – CdE'17 ... |
... cropped ... |
... again |
Again – VdU'17 |
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Sticky Sage Salvia glutinosa – Ktz'13 |
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Musky Saxifrage Saxifraga exarata ... |
... Musky Saxifrage, Cropped – Dol'10 |
Musky Saxifrage, – Oss'11 |
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Again – Tux'16 ... |
... and cropped ... |
... leaves ... |
... and close-up |
Again – BOb'16 ... |
... again ... |
... and cropped |
Again, with S. tenella – Dol'17' |
Golden Saxifrage –
Salz'12 Chrysosplenium alternifolium |
Again – Oss'13 with Marsh Marigolds ... |
Again – Slo'13 |
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Yellow Saxifrage Saxifraga aretoides ... |
... Cropped – Dol'10 |
And again – Pyr'11 |
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Senecio species – VdU'17 ... |
... and cropped |
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Bladder Senna
... |
... cropped – Pyr'11 |
Again – Ktz'13 ... Colutea sp. |
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Silverweed
– Salz'12 |
... Potentilla anserina, cropped |
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Whorled Solomon's Seal – Slo'14 ... ... |
... Polygonatum verticillatum ... |
And again ... |
... and closer-up |
Cypress Spurge – Slo'12 ... |
... Euphorbia cyparissias |
Again – GdV'17 ... |
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Rock Spurge –
Slo'12 |
... Euphorbia saxitilis ... |
... again ... |
... cropped |
Kerner's Spurge – Dol'15 |
... Euphorbia kerneri ... |
... again ... |
... and cropped |
Biting Stonecrop Sedum acre ... |
... cropped – Dor'14 |
Again or poss. Sedum alpestre ... |
... Pale Stonecrop – OT'15 ... |
... and again |
Yellow Melancholy Thistle Cirsium erisithales – Dol'16 |
... cropped ... |
... and cropped again |
Twisted Thymelaea – Pyr'13 |
Toadflax Common, Linaria vulgaris – Picos'08 |
... but poss. Pyrennean, cropped |
And again – Oss'11 |
Again – Pyr'16 ... |
Habitat and plant |
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Common Tormentil (or Septfoil) – Slo'14 |
aka Potentilla erecta/laeta/tormentilla – Scot'14 |
Again aka Tormentilla erecta |
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Verbascum
... |
... Cropped once ... |
... and again – Dol'10 |
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Verbascum lanatum – Slo'12 |
... cropped ... |
... and view back to carpark) |
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Verbascum lychnitis NEW – VdU'17 ... |
... and cropped |
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Milk Vetch, Cropped – Dol'10 |
Milk Vetch, with Wulfenia – Dol'10 |
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Yellow Milk Vetch Oxytropis campestris – Dol'17' ... |
... again ... |
... leaves cropped |
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?Woolly Milk Vetch Oxytropis pilosa – CdE'17 |
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Stinking Milk Vetch – Van'18 ... |
... Oxytropis fetida ... |
... and its leaves |
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?Pale Vetch – Salz'12 |
... cropped |
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Common Kidney Vetch – Dol'09 |
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Again – Ktz'13 |
And again, Anthyliss vulneraria |
And again |
... and cropped |
Again – Cw'15 ... |
... closer ... |
... closest |
Again – Cw'15 |
Again – Cw'18 ... |
Still A. vulneraria, but ssp. carpatica – Van'18 ... |
... again, cropped |
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Horseshoe Vetch – Dol'12 ... |
... and Cropped |
Again – OT'15 ... |
... and again |
Again, Hippocrepis comosa ... |
... and again, cropped – Oss'16 |
Again – HS'18 |
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Meadow Vetchling or Yellow Pea – Pyr'11 ... |
... Lathyrus pratensis, and cropped |
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Yellow Violets ... |
... Cropped – Dol'10 |
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Yellow Wood Violets – Dol'10 |
Viola biflora – Salz'12 |
Again – Dol'15 |
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Vitaliana Androsace vitaliana ... |
... cropped, aka Vitaliana primulifolia – Oss'16 |
Again – CdE'17 |
Again – Van'18 |
Again – Dol'19 ... |
... and cropped |
Again, with Bob Watson |
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Yellow Whitlow Grass – Dol'09... |
... Draba azoides ... |
... and again ... |
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Again – Oss'13 ... |
Again – Sänt'14 ... |
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Again, on Mt Roen above the Trentino – Dol'15 ... |
... closer |
Again, near Passo Cigolade |
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Again – BOb'16 ... |
... and leaves |
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Again – VdU'17 ... |
... and again |
Again – HS'18 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Dol'19 ... |
... and cropped |
And again |
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Wolfsbane – Slo'14 ... |
... Aconitum vulparia ?= lycoctonum or |
... ?= A. lyctotum ssp. vulparia |
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Again – Sänt'14 |
Again – Sänt'14 ... |
... and cropped |
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Again – Dol'17' ... |
... and cropped ... |
... and its leaves |
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Southern Woodruff Asperula taurina ... |
... closer-up – Pyr'11 |
Again – Oss'13 ... |
... and cropped |
Again – Sänt'14
... |
... and cropped |
Again – Auv'14 |
Again – Pyr'16 |
Yellow Woundwort – Salz'12 |
... Stachys annua ... |
... and again ... |
... cropped |
Again – OT'15 ... |
... and again |
Again – VdU'17 |
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Perennial Yellow-Woundwort Stachys recta – Zrm'17 |
Again – Iseo'19 |
Again – Aos'19 ... |
... and again |
Yellow Star of Bethlehem ... |
... Gagea lutea ... |
... cropped – Oss'13 |
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Another Gagea sp. – Slo'13 |
Gagea sp. – Oss'16 |
... and cropped |
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Again – HS'18 |
Again – Aos'19 |
Unknown species – Pyr'13 ... |
... cropped ... |
... cropped again |
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Unknown species – Picos'13 ... |
Unknown cinquefoil-like, but with 4 petals ... |
... and cropped – Ktz'13 |
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Yellow-flowering tree – Dol'15 |
Daisy, poss. Hawkweed or Leopardsbane – Dol'15 |
Yellow-with-red, pea-like flower ... |
... on tall stalks – Dol'16 |
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Flower Photo Gallery. The site home-page is here
Contact: Linda or Roger
Created: 9 August 2010; Last Amended: 21 June 2020