From the highest peaks - Ranunculus glacialis

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Late seeing this post...spectacular plants Trond!  Certainly one of the most special in your area.

Beautiful images of my all-time favourite plant ... a close-up here from Porta Vescova.  The best colonies I have encountered were on the Hintertux in Austria ... a magnificent display.

Well, Cliff, I have to get me a new camera to take pictures like that!

Beautiful shot of a beautiful plant, Cliff.