Dryas octopetala / white dryas / mountain avens flowers. Castelletto Inferiore, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, Europe.

Dryas octopetala (white dryas, or eightpetal mountain avens) flowers prefer limestone formations. Castelletto Inferiore (2601m) rises above. From the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, the Passo Groste lift takes you directly into the Brenta Dolomites to enjoy scenic mountain hiking trails. 200 million years ago, Triassic coral reefs fossilized into Dolomite. Collision of tectonic plates lifted the Dolomites within the Southern Limestone Alps. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.

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Dryas octopetala (white dryas, or eightpetal mountain avens) flowers prefer limestone formations. Castelletto Inferiore (2601m) rises above. From the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, the Passo Groste lift takes you directly into the Brenta Dolomites to enjoy scenic mountain hiking trails. 200 million years ago, Triassic coral reefs fossilized into Dolomite. Collision of tectonic plates lifted the Dolomites within the Southern Limestone Alps. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.