Peter Harbarth during the painful and dangerous ascent over a steep scree slope to the upper location below Col de la Faucille

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upper location of P. grandiflora f. pallida in very steep terrain (with high risk of rockfall); the soil consists of barely eroded limestone (in the back of the picture the village of Mijoux)

1149 m a.s.l., N 46°22'13'', E 6°00'73''

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group of flowering plants, only slightly shaded by grasses; at the time of the visit the surface of the soil was completely dry, in a depth of 1 to 2 cm only moist

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group of plants in flower

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group of plants at the lower location at a shady place in a spruce forest; rosettes are larger with broader leaves in comparison to rosettes at the upper location (probably due to the higher nutrient content of the soil)

1065 m a.s.l., N 46°22'21'', E 6°00'56''

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close-up of flowers (lower location)

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front view of flowers (lower location)

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lateral view of a flower (lower location)

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close-up of flowers of P. grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

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