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Papaver alpinum
A short, upright, about 5 to 20 cm high, with several upright and hairy stems. The feathery leaves are arranged in a ground hugging rosette. The flowers are hermaphroditic and are radially symmetric with a diameter of up to 5 cm.
Alps.
The fragrant flowers do not have nectar, but produce pollen. The flowering period is from July to August. To help secure the plant, the root hairs are angled upwards.
Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013
6 Comments
thank you all for these comments! :) and thank you daniele for noticing the date-it was so late at night i posted this spotting on, that i completely missed it! :)
so very beautiful ! I can almost feel the sun and smell the fresh mountain air...hmmm !!
Beautiful....
Lovely Ursula! Would you mind checking the spotting date? I think you probably just ended up having the default date in there :-)
very nice!
Beautiful :)