Potentilla aurea   Golden Cinquefoil

Potentilla aurea whole

This plant was not uncommon in these mountains and as the texts say it was seen in mats of flowers in the grass. P. aurea can be found at heights between 4,500 feet and 8,500 feet in the Austrian Tyrol, the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Apennines.

Austrian Tyrol, 11th June 2002

Added on October 22nd 2011

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