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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eritrichium nanum, the arctic alpine forget-me-not[1] or king-of-the-Alps,[2] is a circumpolar alpine cushion plant which occurs in the North American Rocky Mountains as well as the European Alps. It grows at elevations of 10,000 feet in an environment of acid rocks, snow gullies and receding glaciers.
Eritrichium nanum | |
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Eritrichium nanum growing in the Grandes Rousses, Oisans, France | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Eritrichium |
Species: | E. nanum |
Binomial name | |
Eritrichium nanum (L.) Schrad. ex Gaudin | |
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