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Phyteuma orbiculare
Reaches on average 20–50 centimetres of height. A deep blue, almost purple wildflower that is not as it seems: each head, rather than being a single bloom, is actually a collection of smaller ones, huddled together. Close up it looks rather like a sea anemone about to curl around an unlucky fly.
grows on mountain, on calcareous soil, exposed to sun
Spotted on Aug 9, 2013
Submitted on Aug 13, 2013
3 Comments
Thank you, Marta, it's common here in mountain area... :)
Daniele, you have to visit Croatia, we have beautiful nature :) I spent a lot of my free time in mountain in Croatia or in Bosnia/Herz., obviously we have similar flora and fauna as Switzerland :)
We see so many similar species Jopy! I was about to say I must visit Croatia when I noticed this one is from Bosnia/Herz. ;-)
What a beautiful flower!..never seen it before :-)