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Alpine Thrift

Armeria alpina

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

The Alpine Thrift is a perennial, herbaceous plant reaches height of about 5 to 30 centimeters. It forms dense cushions with erect, non-leafed stems. The narrow grassy leaves grows from a basal rosette.
They form spherical inflorescences. Bloom time is from June to September.

Habitat:

grows on mountain clearing, rocky and sunny area, 2200 m/asl

Reference Links:

Alpen-Grasnelke – Wikipedia

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Comments (4)
Jopy
Thanks, sintija! it has my colors: pink and blue :)
Jopy
ima lijepo ime: babina svila :D ne znam jel miriše, puhao je vjetar jako i bila je magla pa nisam osjetila nikakav miris...
injica
wow kako je ovo lijepo, kuglasto, a nije luk! miriše li?

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PublishedAugust 14, 2013

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