Flowery alpine grassland. Spring gentians (Gentiana verna, blue) and elder-flowered orchids (Dactylorhiza sambucina, purple) in flower at 1700m in Mon

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Flowery alpine grassland. Spring gentians (Gentiana verna, blue) and elder-flowered orchids (Dactylorhiza sambucina, purple) in flower at 1700m in Monti Sibillini National Park, Apennines, Italy.

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