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Eritrichium nanum

Eritrichium nanum
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Eritrichium nanum growing in the Grandes Rousses, Oisans, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Eritrichium
Species: E. nanum
Binomial name
Eritrichium nanum
(L.) Schrad. ex Gaudin

Eritrichium nanum, the arctic alpine forget-me-not or king-of-the-Alps, is a circumpolar alpine cushion plant which occurs in the North American Rocky mountains as well as the European Alps. It grows at elevations of 10,000 feet in an environment of acid rocks, snow gullies and receding glaciers.

Eritrichium nanum, King of the Alps



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