From the highest peaks - Ranunculus glacialis

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Issoleie (Norwegian), Ranunculus glacialis syn Beckwithia glacialis, is the species of flowering plants that grows at the highest altitude in the mountains of Norway. The flowers are white when they open but change gradually to a more reddish color when fertilized.
This is however, one of the reddest populations I have ever seen.

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Trond Hoy

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 1:49am
Spiegel wrote:

Wonderful color forms of R. glacialis, the darkest I've seen.  The following are not as dark, but still beautiful, taken high up in the Dolomites.

This is the more common color form here too.

Skulski wrote:

What an amazingly beautiful plant!  Thanks for showing it, Trond and Anne!

You are welcome, Lori! You are the one to be thanked constantly showing beautiful plants and scenery.

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Mark McDonough

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 5:06am

Spectacular!  And fascinating to compare the forms.  Trond, I'm amazed by the dark form, with a bit of yellow on the inside of the petals still showing, wow!  Anne, in the several beautiful forms you posted, there is some variation to the glaucous character of the foliage, the flower stems somewhat narrower than those shown in Trond's robust-looking forms.  I'd be happy with any of them, although they'd probably last less than a day in this summer's incessant heat and dryness.

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Trond Hoy

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 2:32pm

I forgot to tell where the pictures are taken:
It is from Hallingskarvet, a National Park. It is remnants of the Caledonian orogeny 400 mill years ago. Hard layers of gneiss and similar stone cover softer layers of shale.