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.... an update of "Flowers and Foliage Now" in one of our favourite places!(To follow... have run out of time tonight...)
It is an area of outstanding beauty and interest.
Nice to see your subspecies of Silene uralensis (the Apetalous Catchfly) - a species that also grows in our mountains and judging by its name, also in Russia. Actually, here's its world distribution: http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/caryophylla/silen/silewahv.jpgHere its called Blindurt (literally Blind Herb..)There are some beautiful pictures of our subspecies here: http://www.markblomster.com/Markblomster/Flora/B/Blindurt.html
after a few misstarts, the rain has just begun in earnest here around midnight, supposed to go much of tomorrow and into saturday..this area actually got a mention on national news weather report, re: rain expected...lol at a high of 8C tomorrow here, i'm not surprised by snow higher up! next week should be back up to 26C!i like the little erigeron too, and the Silene is cool...i like the inflated effect on the weed species around here, much better on something tiny that wont take over hundreds of acres!