This is supposed to be a mountain plant in Europe and I have seen it in flower at 5,000 feet in Austria. It also grows in North Wales at about 1,500 feet in Snowdonia and in Northern Western Scotland on hillsides. In the far North of Scotland it grows at sea level. It covers the coastal hillsides near the Bettyhill reserve (North Coast of Scotland) for instance. This one was taken on the Burren in the Republic of Ireland which defies all the logic above as it was near sea level (only 200 metres from the sea) and fairly far south in County Clare. The fluffy thing next to the flower is a Dryas seed head.
The Burren, County Clare, Ireland 12th June 2003
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