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[[File:Alpine-blue-sow-thistle-2.png|right|300px]]''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. 
[[Category:Plants]]