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Author Topic: Anyone want to hazard a guess?  (Read 1949 times)

t5247rb

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Anyone want to hazard a guess?
« on: August 10, 2007, 09:43:35 PM »
I think this is some kind of cerastium.  Found on July 14 in Tirol Alps at 2369 m. altitude.

Rob

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Re: Anyone want to hazard a guess?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007, 10:40:56 AM »
If it was on calcareous or dolomitic substrate it could be Cerastium latifolium (Broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed) or if on silicaceous rocks C. uniflorum (Glacier Mouse-ear Chickweed)?
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t5247rb

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Re: Anyone want to hazard a guess?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2007, 08:43:26 AM »
Hi Anthony,

I was at a loss to reply but realized that Doronicum grandiflorum was growing nearby which I understand is calcareous soil lover.  In some of the pictures and descriptions I see of Cerastium latifolium it seems to have broader leaves than the one I photographed. 

Rob.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2007, 08:52:31 AM by t5247rb »
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