Potentilla crantzii; the alpine cincefoil is typically a plant of dry grasslands and open heathers. It is widespread but lacking in the highland deserts north and west of Vatnajökull. From a distance this plant - when fully in bloom - resembles a buttercup.
It is a member of the Rose family: Rosaceae.
Text & Photographs by Dick Vuijk
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