This is a very rare alpine which grows in awkward places. All of the known specimens in the British Isles are in Snowdonia and most are on inaccessible ledges so you can only see them through binoculars or by abseiling from the mountain top. Access for these plants is not as bad as for some alpines but you do have to walk the length of the Llanberis valley, along a very narrow path which eventually disappears into a rock field and has plenty of opportunities to fall down the steep slope.

Obviously this particular plant isn't on a ledge and does grow at photographable height. One year I even found one plant myself which no-one knew about near Cwm Idwal but it had been eaten by the next year which is why most plants which flourish are where sheep can't safely graze. These photographs are from the cliffs of Snowdon itself.

The flower is nearly always in shade so the light levels are usually very poor for photography.