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Putorana Oxytropis (Oxytropis putoranica) is endemic of Taimyr. It is found exclusively on limestone plateau. Its closest relatives grow in mountains of South Siberia. |
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Rather colorful lichens can be found on limestone rocks. |
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Potentilla subvahliana inhabits sites in Byrranga mountains and foothills where snow accumulation is the smallest. |
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Eritrichium pulvinatum grows in like places (diameter of this curtain does not exceed 3 cm). |
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The first flower of spring tundra is Icy Sieversia (Novosieversia glacialis), also known as Taimyr Rose. |
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Icy Sieversia (like other tundra plants) continues blooming even during the snowfall; a sort of "hotbeds" are formed around flowers. |
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Saxifrage (Rock-foil) is one of the most typical plants of tundra flora. Oppositifolious Rock-foil (Saxifraga oppositifolia) is on the picture. |