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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 06:03:43 PM

Title: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 06:03:43 PM: While most of the Alps flora is burnt the one from Hautes Pyrénées is still fresh, however walking under 39° is quite challenging on long distance.

Here're a few photos took between Luz Saint Sauveur and Gavarnie. Iris latifolia, Viola cornuta, Rosa pendulina, Brimeura amethystina, Geranium argenteum are just a few among many species currently in full bloom.
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 06:09:02 PM: Veronica ponae, Colchicum montanum, Geranium cinereum, Aconitum napellus, Saxifraga longifolia
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 06:19:44 PM: Allium schoenoprasum, Allium lusitanicum, Linaria supina, Campanula trachelium
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 06:26:24 PM: Geranium phaeum, Allium sphaerocephalon, Sideritis hyssopifolia subsp. eynensis, Selaginella selaginoides, Oxytropis neglecta
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Maggi Young on July 21, 2022, 06:40:34 PM: So hot in the mountains - it's a wonder there are any plants in flower at all.
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 07:11:43 PM: Reseda glauca, Cardamine pentaphyllos, Papaver cambricum
Title: Re: Hautes Pyrénées
Post by: Yann on July 21, 2022, 07:23:32 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on July 21, 2022, 06:40:34 PM
So hot in the mountains - it's a wonder there are any plants in flower at all.

Usually no surprise in this region, always on time whatever the weather is or was before your arrival. Not the cas for Pyrénées Orientales or Alps.