Queen of the Alps

I discovered this lovely plant in July last year in a rockery with limestone rocks in the Museum Gardens in the cenre of York ( http://365project.org/fishers/365/2020-07-10 ), and I couldn't resist another shot for 2021.

Eryngium alpinum, the alpine sea holly, alpine eryngo or queen of the Alps, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Apiaceae.

This plant is native to Austria, Liechtenstein, Croatia, France, Switzerland, Italy, and Slovenia. It grows in subalpine scrub, rocky areas and wet pastures, preferably in limestone, at an altitude of 1,500–2,000 metres (4,900–6,600 ft) above sea level.

Ian

[Bri]

Excellent close up, great details

[Margaret Brown]

Love the close up and capture , the blue tone really sets off borders

[carol white]

A lovely detailed shot.Fav😊

[gloria jones]

Neat capture of textures

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up and beautiful capture. Fav.

[Yoland]

Interesting plane, lovely shot.

[Babs]

What an interesting plant.

[Peter Dulis]

great detail

[Donna]

Great shot and sharp focus.

[Dawn]

A lovely detailed shot fav

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Kathy A]

That's a lovely plant

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful flower and you captured it perfectly
very sharp
fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Brilliant shot and focus. Beautiful plant.

[Fisher Family]

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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

It was lovely to be out and about yesterday, despite still being tired from Lucy and her family visiting.

Ian

[Margo]

Beautiful fav

[Fisher Family]

@777margo

Thank you Margo, I'm glad you like it!

Ian