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Alpine Flowers / Mountain Flowers(Names and information of the flowers according to FLORA HELVETICA or FLORA ALPINA) The photos of the flowers were taken during several hikes in the Alps.
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Adenostyles alliariae  50-150 cm / Jun-Sep | Portuguese Onion / Allium lusitanicum  30-70 cm / Jul-Sep | Allium narcissiflorum  10-40 cm / Jul-Aug | Round-headed Leck / Allium sphaerocephalon  30-80 cm / Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Anacamptis pyramidalis  20-60 cm / Jun-Jul | Androsace alpina  1-3 cm / Jul-Aug | Mountain Everlasting, Cat's Foot / Antennaria dioica  5-25 cm / May-Jul | Anthyllis montana ssp. montana  10-20 cm / Jun-Jun | ||||||||||||||
Mountain Thrift, Alpine Thrift / Armeria alpina  7-25 cm / Jul-Aug | Jersey Trift / Armeria arenaria ssp. arenaria  20-50 cm / Jun-Jul | Astragalus incanus  5-15 cm / Apr-Jun | Astragalus monspessulanus  5-20 cm / May-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Alpine Bartsia / Bartsia alpina  10-20 cm / Jun-Aug | Blitum virgatum (Foto: R. Gasparoli)  20-100 cm / Jun-Jul | Welted Thistle / Carduus crispus  30-120 cm / Jul-Sep | Carduus defloratus  10-50 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Carduus personata  50-150 cm / Jun-Aug | Centaurea nervosa  10-40 cm / Jul-Aug | Centaurea scabiosa ssp. alpestris  30-80 cm / Jul-Aug | Centaurea uniflora  10-30 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Red Valerian / Centranthus ruber  30-70 cm / May-Aug | Red Helleborine / Cephalanthera rubra  20-50 cm / Jun-Jul | Dwarf Thistle / Cirsium acaule  5-30 cm / Jul-Sep | Woolly Thistle / Cirsium eriophorum  50-150 cm / Jul-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Cirsium montanum  40-150 cm / Jun-Aug | Wild Basil / Clinopodium vulgare  20-60 cm / Jul-Sep | Cyclamen / Cyclamen purpurascens  5-15 cm / Jun-Oct | Flecked Marsh-orchid / Dactylorhiza cruenta  10-30 cm / Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Dactylorhiza fuchsii  20-60 cm / Jun-Jul | Dactylorhiza lapponica  10-30 cm / Jun-Aug | Dactylorhiza majalis  10-45 cm / May-Jun | Dactylorhiza sambucina  10-30 cm / May-Jun | ||||||||||||||
Spurge / Daphne striata  5-15 cm / Jun-Jul | Carthusian Pink / Dianthus carthusianorum  10-45 cm / Jun-Oct | Dianthus carthusianorum ssp. atrorubens  40-70 cm / May-Oct | Dianthus furcatus ssp. furcatus  15-55 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Dianthus pavonius  2-10 cm / Jun-Aug | Sternbergs Pink / Dianthus sternbergii  10-20 cm / Jun-Aug | Dianthus subacaulis  3-20 cm / Jun-Aug | Lilac Pink / Dianthus superbus  30-60 cm / Jun-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Wood Pink / Dianthus sylvestris  10-30 cm / Jun-Jul | Burning Bush / Dictamnus albus  60-120 cm / May-Jun | Epilobium alpestre  20-80 cm / Jun-Aug | Alpine Willowherb / Epilobium anagallidifolium  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Epilobium fleischeri  5-30 cm / Jul-Aug | Dark red Helleborine / Epipactis atrorubens  20-80 cm / Jun-Aug | Alpine Fleabane / Erigeron alpinus  4-30 cm / Jul-Aug | Arctic Fleabane / Erigeron uniflorus  4-30 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Fairy Foxglove / Erinus alpinus  2-20 cm / Jun-Jul | Dog's-tooth Violet / Erythronium dens-canis  10-20 cm / Mar-Apr | Danube Gentian / Gentiana pannonica  20-60 cm / Aug-Sep | Purpel Gentian / Gentiana purpurea  20-60 cm / Jul-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Gymnadenia odoratissima  10-30 cm / Jun-Jul | French Honeysuckle / Hedysarum hedysaroides ssp. exaltatum  20-40 cm / Jun-Aug | Purple Colt's-foot / Homogyne alpina  10-30 cm / May-Jul | Knautia purpurea  20-80 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Bitter-vetch / Lathyrus linifolius  15-30 cm / Apr-Jun | Alpine Spicknel / Ligusticum mutellina  10-30 cm / Jun-Aug | Orange Lily / Lilium bulbiferum ssp.croceum  20-80 cm / Jun-Jul | Martagon Lily / lilium martagon  30-90 cm / Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea / Loiseleuria procumbens  1-4 cm / Jun-Jul | Nigritella corneliana  10-30 cm / Jun-Aug | Nigritella rhellicani, Nigritella nigra  5-25 cm / Jul-Aug | Nigritella rubra  5-25 cm / Jul-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Mountain Sainfoin / Onobrychis montana  15-40 cm / Jul-Jul | Common Restharrow / Ononis repens  30-60 cm / Jun-Sep | Round-leaved Restharrow / Ononis rotundifolia  15-40 cm / May-Jul | Austrian Restharrow / Ononis spinosa ssp. austriaca  30-60 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Orchis tridentata (Foto: Manfred Harant)  15-40 cm / May-Jun | Burnt Ochid / Orchis ustulata  10-40 cm / May-Jul | Mountain Sorrel / Oxyria digyna  5-30 cm / Jul-Aug | Oxytropis carinthiaca  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Purple Oxytropis / Oxytropis halleri  5-20 cm / Apr-Jul | Oxytropis jaquinii  5-20 cm / Jul-Jul | Oxytropis lapponica  5-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Common Peony / Paeonia officinalis  60-100 cm / May-Jun | ||||||||||||||
Pedicularis kerneri  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug | Marsh Lousewort / Pedicularis palustris  20-70 cm / May-Jul | Pedicularis rosea ssp. allionii  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug | Pedicularis rostratocapitata  8-20 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Pedicularis verticillata  5-20 cm / Jun-Aug | Tunic-flower / Petrorhagia saxifraga  10-25 cm / Jun-Sep | Greater Burnet-saxifrage / Pimpinella major  40-90 cm / Jun-Sep | Nizza Milkwort / Polygala nicaeensis ssp. mediterrana  10-40 cm / May-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Polygala pedemontana  10-30 cm / May-Jul | Common Bistort / Polygonum bistorta  30-80 cm / May-Jul | Potentilla nitida  2-5 cm / Jun-Aug | Bird's-eye Primrose / Primula farinosa  5-20 cm / May-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Primula glaucescens  5-10 cm / May-Jul | Primula halleri  5-30 cm / Jun-Jul | Primula hirsuta  3-10 cm / Jun-Jul | Primula integrifolia  2-6 cm / Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Primula latifolia  5-15 cm / Jun-Jul | Primula marginata  2-10 cm / May-Jul | Alpenrose / Rhododendron ferrugineum  30-100 cm / May-Jul | Hairy Rhododendron / Rhododendron hirsutum  20-100 cm / May-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Rhododendron x intermedium  40-100 cm / Jun-Aug | Ground Cistus / Rhodothamnus chamaecistus  10-30 cm / May-Jul | Glaucos Dog Rose / Rosa glauca  100-300 cm / Jun-Jul | Drooping Rose / Rosa pendulina  50-200 cm / Jun-Jul | ||||||||||||||
Rumex alpestris  30-100 cm / Jul-Aug | Rock Soapwort / Saponaria ocymoides  10-30 cm / May-Sep | Purple Saxifrage / Saxifraga oppositifolia  1-5 cm / May-Jul | Saxifrage biflora ssp. biflora  10-30 cm / Jul-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Love-restoring Stonecrop, Evergreen Orpine / Sedum anacampseros (Knospenstadium)  8-20 cm / Jun-Sep | Sedum atratum  3-8 cm / Jun-Jul | Sempernvivum arachnoideum ssp. tomentosum  6-10 cm / Jun-Sep | Cobweb Houseleek / Sempervivum arachnoideum  5-15 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Sempervivum calcareum  15-25 cm / Jul-Aug | Mountain Houseleek / Sempervivum montanum  5-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Alpine Houseleek / Sempervivum tectorum ssp. alpinum  10-60 cm / Jul-Aug | Moss Campion / Silene acaulis  1-3 cm / Jun-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Silene coronaria  30-60 cm / Jun-Aug | Silene flos-jovis  30-60 cm / Jun-Jul | Dwarf Medlar / Sorbus chamaemespilus  100-200 cm / Jun-Jul | Limestone Woundwort / Stachys alpina  30-100 cm / Jun-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Stemmacantha rhapontica  40-150 cm / Jul-Aug | French Meadow-rue / Thalictrum aquilegiifolium  40-140 cm / May-Aug | Thym,us alpigenus  6-10 cm / Jul-Sep | Thymus praecox ssp. polytrichus  5-25 cm / Jun-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Alpine Thyme / Thymus praecox ssp.praecox  6-10 cm / Jul-Sep | Salsify / Tragopogon porrifolius  50-120 cm / May-Jun | Traunsteinera globosa  25-50 cm / Jun-Jul | Bilberry / Vaccinium myrtillus  5-50 cm / Apr-Jun | ||||||||||||||
Snowberry / Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Symphoricarpos albus  5-30 cm / May-Jun | |||||||||||||||||
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