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This site, above the snow line, seemed to have the least nutritious substrate possible for plants yet these Gentians, which we had seen before in lush damp alpine meadows, flourished in the gravel and rocks at 10,000 feet.

 

Gentiana bavarica

Gentiana bavarica Bavarian Gentian

Summit of Piz Nair, Engadine, Switzerland 10th July 2010

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Gentiana bavarica Bavarian Gentian

Summit of Piz Nair, Engadine, Switzerland 10th July 2010

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