Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell,
a widespread and very varied species found in northern Eurasia
and America and in mountainous regions further south.
This picture was
taken in the "Valley of Flowers", Ammassalik in Mid-August. It
sounds like a bit of a cheesy title that the place wouldn't
really live up to, but it does. The valley is quite short with a
stream flowing through it that goes 2-3 miles from this lake at
its source fed by water flowing down from the surrounding
mountains. The stream flows through the middle of the town of
Ammassalik. There are Arctic char in the lake and streams around
it and to the sea.
The harebell
prefers drier soils and so in Greenland grows on slopes as
flatter areas are damper.
Picture copyright Paul Ward 2009.
Pentax digital equipment.
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