Italy and Switzerland

Pulsatilla alpina – high in the Italian Alps
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Pulsatilla alpina – high in the Italian Alps

This trip of ours – it’s just one thrill after another.

Pulsatilla alpina just emerging from the snow melt today.  Then YELLOW ones too!  We were up at 2200m asl which is the height of most of the alpine Passes around the Alto Badia area.  This one was taken close to the enormous Corvara ski field, popping up amongst the alpine Ericas which manage to wedge themselves into the rock and shale and help make homes for smaller plants. Read More…

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Gentian verna
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Gentian verna

Probably the most common (if you dare call a Gentian common) – maybe I should use the word “prolific”.    Yes, the most prolific Gentian at this time of the year is Gentian verna which grows in tiny, tight clusters on the sides of sunny banks throughout the Julian and Dolomite Alps.  Probably elsewhere too, but I’ve yet to go there!

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