Yarrow/Planinski rman (Achillea abrotanoides)

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I'm glad that I helped! :)

I think you did. Your suggestion was the best of all I got and I really can't find better one. Only what surprises me it's the fact that this plant is not in slovenian alpine database. Thx again! :)

U r welcome! of course, hope I gave u right direction :)

yeah. agree. just had to ask to be sure. was looking it up for so long, i don't want it to be wrong. :) thx again!!

Hello, Ursula! I saw the link u recomended, it is not the same plant as ur spotting, the plant on link has similar flowers and different leaves, the only one similar to ur photo was A. abrotanoides. Also found that this plant grows on Western Balkan peninsula amongst mountain rocks and in screes, by description it corresponds to ur photo: tufted to clump-forming, 20-40cm in height, leaves l-3cm long, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, grey-green with appressed white-hairs, flowerheads 1.2-1.5cm across, in corymbs of twelve to thirty.

Jopy!! Take a look at this one. Your suggestion looks just like the flower on my pictures, but I can't seem to find it in Slovenian database. Can it be this one?? http://www.zaplana.net/flowers/Asteraceae/AchilleaCollina(HribskiRman)/si_AchilleaCollina(HribskiRman).asp

Yes, if you've got a book on local flora I'd start with Achillea and then look around the daisy family Asteraceae if you don't find a fit in Achillea. Good luck - I'm very curious too! I've got a real fondness for these tough little crevice dwellers :)

yes! this one is almost the same! :) at least the leaves and the petals are. so you think i should look for it somewhere in Achilleas section? plus i added one more picture of it so it'll be easier to recognise.

No, I don't think that's it either. Take a look at the infloresence on the common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium: http://pianix.exblog.jp/3560783/ Sorry the text is in Japanese but can you see the similarity with your spot? I don't think this is Achillea millefolium but something closely related.

Or maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsatilla_alpina

Nope, that's not it. If you look closely at the 'flowers' in your photo you can see that it's actually an inflorescence made up of smaller flowers. The ones on the outside with a big petal attached are called ray florets. That's typical of a lot of 'daisies'. The saxifrage is a simple flower.

This is the best i found so far: http://luirig.altervista.org/schedeit/pz/saxifraga_squarrosa.htm What do you think?

thx to both of your suggestions! i will look it up :)