Alpine Blue-Sow-Thistle

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Cicerbita alpina

A very rare plant in the United Kingdom growing on only four rocky ledge sites in the Grampian Mountains of eastern Scotland.

It is an Arctic-Alpine plant, a relic of the last Ice Age. It needs moisture and to be protected from gazing animals.