Biflora Saxifrage
- www.montblanctrips.com
- Jul 15, 2024
- 1 min read
I would question if this is only a biflower (2 flower) saxifrage as it seems to be flourishing in this rare grouping. I would invite any geologist to explain the terrain in the Col as I can only offer an enthusiasts perspective as an International Mountain Leader without a trained background in petrology or geology. Read on...

Found at about 2730m altitude on the sunny side of a Swiss mountain just beneath a Col on an area of Helvetic basaltic thrust zone where there is also an insertion of possibly Triassic or Jurassic sand (although I have not tested it or asked a geologist) where sea shells / creatures appear in rocks and layers of sandstone, lumps of quartz and other white intruders appear that might be feldspars or calcite derivatives sitting near bits of tuff, where late snows still melt in areas despite July sunshine and heavy early summer rains this plants is happy, it is flourishing in full sun shine in between the rocks and just on top of the rocks without being blown over in the Col above it obviously likes sun and strong winds. How it has managed to survive trekkers footwear is beyond imagine and it really deserves a bit of protection from human species but that is tricky in such a windy Col that gets blasted from winds coming from the Mont Blanc direction. If it could communicate, I think it would request a defence of some kind...but maybe not. How deep are its' roots I wonder. I think it likes Mica too.



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