This is the plant above all others which reminds me of hot summer days, the buzzing of the insects and the fragrance of wild flowers. It sprawls over rocks in hills and mountains or in dune systems at sea level. Generally it is a mat forming plant and you tend to see it with hundreds of little mauve or purplish flowers. The blue weed growing in amongst the Thymus polytrichus is Gentiana nivalis (Snow gentian) as this photo was taken at over 900 metres on the grassy slopes below the Ben Lawers corrie.
Ben Lawers 1st August 2004
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