The Giardino Botanico Alpino Valderia is a botanical garden and nature preserve located in the

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, Corso Dante Livio Bianco 5, Valdieri, Province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. The garden was established in 1990, and currently contains about 450 species of which 26 are endemic to the

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. Its collections include ''

Caltha palustris ''Caltha palustris'', known as marsh-marigold and kingcup, is a small to medium size perennial herbaceous plant of the buttercup family, native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It flower ...

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Epilobium alsinifolium ''Epilobium alsinifolium'' is a species of willowherb known by the common name chickweed willowherb. This small flowering plant can be found in European arctic regions and further south in mountainous regions with an Arctic climate, as well as in ...

'', '' Galium tendae'', '' Potentilla valderia'', P. fruticosa, '' Saxifraga florulenta'', S. stellaris, S. aizoides, '' Senecio balbisianus'', '' Silene cordifolia'', '' Viola argenteria'', and '' Viola valderia''.

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Giardino Botanico Alpino Valderia

BGCI entry

Colori del Piemonte description (Italian)
Botanical gardens in Italy Province of Cuneo Gardens in Piedmont {{Italy-garden-stub

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