Botany Photo of the Day Arenaria grandiflora subsp. grandiflora

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Large-flowered sandwort is primarily native to mountainous regions bordering the western and central parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Aptly illustrated in the first photograph, the typical habitat is dry, rocky sites. These caespitose (growing in dense tufts) plants rarely exceed 20cm (8 in.) in height, adopting a typical alpine plant growth strategy of “grow low”. […]

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