That extra petal's by horourke

Lisdoonvarna - Ireland, Clare Just now the famous Alpine gentian violet is opening in profusion by the edge of the Atlantic ocean in pockets of soil in the Karst limestone Burren of County Clare. The blossom in the bottom right of the picture has unusually six petals compared to the normal five pointed star format.

Uploaded: Apr, 28 2011 | Taken: Apr, 27 2011| Viewed: 17 times Camera: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY | Model: KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL C | Exposure 1/160s, f4.1, ISO 64 | FLength: 14mm | SW: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77) Windows

szidonia - Apr, 29 2011 08:04pm You have found the lucky clover of Alpine gentian :) I love this unbelievable blue and I use the radix of this plant... :) Every two weeks in Mondays I have a spot in the radio for a magazine named Healing plants, I was searching and thinking about choosing the next plant around which to build thanks to you it will be the Alpine gentian