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Alpine Cinquefoil
Potentilla crantzii
64.053, -16.9426
Field Notes
Description:
The Alpine Cinquefoil is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a perennial herb which likes dry base-rich rock faces, cliffs and ledges and calcareous grassland. In Iceland it is widespread, but not found in the highland deserts north and west of Vatnajökull.
Habitat:
Rocky scrubby area between glaciers, volcanoes and flood plain, Skaftafell National Park. Last shot in the spotting below shows the habitat:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37471319
Notes:
World Distribution: Eurosiberian, boreo-arctic; montane element; also found in North America.
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Photographed
PublishedAugust 29, 2013
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