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.
If you suspect an erroneous identification: report.
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Achillea atrata  5-25 cm / Jul-Aug | Austrian Milfoil / Achillea clavenae  10-30 cm / Jun-Aug | Achillea erba-rotta ssp. moschata  5-25 cm / Jun-Aug | Achillea macrophylla  40-100 cm / Jul-Jul |
Dwarf Milfoil / Achillea nana  5-10 cm / Jul-Aug | Alpine Leek / Allium victoralis  30-60 cm / Jun-Aug | Snowy Mespilus / Amelanchier ovalis  150-300 cm / Apr-May | Androsace adfinis ssp. adfinis  2-6 cm / Jun-Aug |
Androsace adfinis ssp. brigantiaca  2-8 cm / Jun-Aug | Androsace chamaejasme  2-10 cm / Jun-Jul | Androsace helvetica  5-10 cm / May-Jul | Androsace lactea  5-15 cm / Jun-Jul |
Androsace villosa  2-5 cm / Jun-Jul | Monte Baldo Adonis / Anemone baldensis  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug | Narcissus Anemone / Anemone narcissiflora  20-50 cm / May-Jul | Three-leaved Anemone / Anemone trifolia  10-30 cm / May-Jun |
Mountain Everlsating, Cat's Foot / Antennaria dioica  5-25 cm / May-Jul | St. Bernard's Lily / Anthericum liliago  30-60 cm / May-Jun | Anthericum ramosum  30-60 cm / Jun-Aug | Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. vulnerarioides  10-15 cm / May-Aug |
Alpine Rock-cress / Arabis alpina  10-30 cm / Mar-Oct | Arabis bellidifolia  5-15 cm / Jun-Jul | Arabis ciliata  15-30 cm / Apr-Jul | Fringed Sandwort, Hairy Sandwort / Arenaria ciliata  3-5 cm / Jul-Aug |
Thyme-leaved Sandwort / Arenaria serpyllifolia  5-15 cm / May-Aug | White Asphodel / Asphodelus albus  50-120 cm / May-Jul | Daisy star / Aster bellidiastrum  5-25 cm / May-Jun | Alpine Milk-vetch / Astragalus alpinus  5-25 cm / Jun-Aug |
Astragalus frigidus  20-80 cm / Jul-Aug | Lesser Masterwort / Astrantia minor  20-40 cm / Jul-Aug | Candy Carrot / Athamanta cretensis  15-30 cm / May-Jul | Giant Bellflower / Campanula latifolia  50-150 cm / Jun-Aug |
Cardamine resedifolia  2-10 cm / May-Aug | Stemless Thistle / Carlina acaulis forma nana  3-6 cm / Jul-Sep | Carlina acaulis ssp. caulescens forma simplex  15-60 cm / Jul-Sep | Caraway / Carum carvi  30-60 cm / May-Aug |
Narrow-leaved Helleborine / Cephalanthera longifolia  20-50 cm / May-Jun | Alpine Mouse-car / Cerastium alpinum  5-20 cm / Jul-Sep | Cerastium uniflorum  2-6 cm / Jun-Jul | Chaerophyllum villarsii  30-100 cm / May-Aug |
Cirsium spinosissimum  20-50 cm / Jul-Aug | Lily of the Valley / Convallaria majalis  10-25 cm / May-May | Crocus / Crocus albiflorus  5-15 cm / Mar-Jun | Dorycnium pentaphyllum ssp. germanicum  15-40 cm / Jul-Jul |
Draba siliquosa  3-10 cm / Jul-Aug | Mountain Avens / Dryas octopetala  3-10 cm / Jun-Jul | Erigeron acer ssp.politus  10-60 cm / Jul-Sep | Erigeron glabratus  4-30 cm / Jul-Aug |
Common Cottongrass / Eriophorum augustifolium  20-50 cm / Apr-Jun | Eriophorum scheuchzeri  20-30 cm / Jun-Aug | Hars's-tail Cottongrass / Eriophorum vaginatum  20-70 cm / Apr-May | Euphrasia kerneri  5-25 cm / Jul-Jul |
Euphrasia minima  2-10 cm / Jul-Sep | Euphrasia picta  5-25 cm / Jun-Sep | Euphrasia pulchella  2-10 cm / Jul-Aug | Black-bindweed / Fallopia aubertii  50-200 cm / Jun-Sep |
Fourraea alpina  30-100 cm / May-Jun | Galium anisophyllon  5-15 cm / Jun-Sep | Northern Bedstraw / Galium boreale  10-50 cm / Jun-Aug | Slender Bedstraw / Galium pumilum  10-50 cm / May-Jul |
Creeping Gypsophila / Gypsophila repens  10-25 cm / May-Aug | White Rock-rose / Helianthemum apeninum  10-30 cm / May-Jun | Christmas Rose / Helleborus niger  15-30 cm / Jan-Mar | Perennial Candytuft, European Candytuft / Iberis sempervirens  5-15 cm / May-Jun |
Kernera saxatilis  10-30 cm / May-Jul | Laserpitum siler  40-150 cm / Jun-Aug | Edelweiss / Leontopodium alpinum  3-20 cm / Jul-Sep | Alpine Marguerite / Leucanthemopsis alpina  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug |
Leucanthemum adustum  10-30 cm / May-Oct | Haller's Marguerite / Leucanthemum halleri  10-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Ligusticum mutellinoides  5-15 cm / Jul-Jul | Linum suffruticosum ssp. appressum  5-40 cm / May-Jul |
Linum tenuifolium  15-40 cm / Jun-Jul | Snowdon Lily / Lloydia serotina  5-15 cm / Jun-Jul | Fly Honeysuckle / Lonicera xylosteum  100-200 cm / Apr-May | May-lily, Twin leaved Lily of the Valley / Maianthemum bifolium  5-20 cm / May-May |
Bog-bean / Menyanthes trifoliata  15-30 cm / May-Jun | Minuartia biflora  3-10 cm / Jul-Aug | Rock Sandwort / Minuartia rupestris  2-5 cm / Jul-Aug | Moehringia ciliata  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug |
Moehringia muscosa  5-20 cm / May-Aug | One-flowered Wintergreen / Moneses uniflora  5-15 cm / Jun-Aug | Narcissus radiiflorus  20-40 cm / May-May | Yellow Oxytropis / Oxytropis campestris  5-15 cm / Jul-Aug |
Papaver occidentale  15-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Sendtners Poppy / Papaver sendtneri  5-20 cm / Jul-Jul | St.Bruno's Lily / Paradisea liliastrum  30-50 cm / Jun-Jul | Grass of Parnassus / Parnassia palustris  3-30 cm / Jul-Sep |
Masterwort / Peucedanum ostruthium  40-100 cm / Jun-Aug | Alpine Butterwort, Mountain Butterwort / Pinguicula alpina  5-15 cm / May-Jul | Lesser Butterfly-orchid / Platanthera bifolia  20-50 cm / May-Jul | Greather Butterfly-orchid / Platanthera chlorantha  15-70 cm / May-Jul |
Whorled Solomon's-Seal / Polygonatum erticillatum  30-80 cm / May-Jul | Solomon's Seal / Polygonatum multiflorum  30-60 cm / May-Jun | Angular Solomon's Seal / Polygonatum odoratum  20-40 cm / May-Jun | Alpine Knotweed / Polygonum alpinum  30-80 cm / Jul-Jul |
Alpine Bistort / Polygonum vivparum  5-25 cm / Jun-Aug | White Cinquefoil / Potentilla alba  5-30 cm / Apr-Jun | Potentilla caulescens  10-30 cm / Jul-Aug | Pritzelago alpina  5-12 cm / Jun-Jul |
Small-white Orchid / Pseudorchis albida  10-30 cm / Jun-Jul | Alpine Adonis / Pulsatilla alpina  20-50 cm / May-Jul | Pulsatilla alpina ssp.austroalpina  20-60 cm / May-Jul | Pulsatilla alpina ssp.millefoliata  10-30 cm / May-Aug |
Spring Adonis / Pulsatilla vernalis  5-15 cm / Apr-Jul | Round-leaved Wintergreen / Pyrola rotundifolia  10-40 cm / Jun-Aug | Aconite-leaved Buttercup / Ranunculus aconitifolius  20-60 cm / May-Jun | Alpine Crowfoot / Ranunculus alpestris  5-15 cm / Jun-Aug |
Ranunculus bilobus  8-12 cm / Jun-Jul | Ranunculus kuepferi  5-20 cm / Jun-Jul | Ranunculus parnassifolius  5-15 cm / Jul-Jul | Ranunculus platanifolius  50-130 cm / Jun-Jul |
Pine Rose / Rosa abietina  100-200 cm / Jun-Jul | Dog Rose / Rosa canina  100-300 cm / Jun-Jul | Small-flowered Sweet-briar / Rosa micranta  50-300 cm / Jun-Jun | Burnet Rose / Rosa spinosissima  10-100 cm / May-Jul |
Blackberry, Bramble / Rubus montanus  50-300 cm / Jun-Jul | Stone Bramble / Rubus saxatilis  10-25 cm / May-Jul | Saxifraga bryoides  2-5 cm / Jul-Aug | Gray Saxifrage / Saxifraga caesia  2-10 cm / Jul-Aug |
Pyramidal Saxifrage / Saxifraga cotyledon  30-80 cm / May-Jul | Lesser-London-pride / Saxifraga cuneifolia  10-20 cm / May-Jul | Saxifraga exarata ssp. exarata  20-12 cm / Jun-Aug | Saxifraga exarata ssp. pseudoexarata  2-12 cm / Jul-Aug |
Saxifraga exerata ssp. moschata  2-12 cm / Jul-Aug | Starry Saxifrage / Saxifraga stellaris  5-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Saxifraga vandelli  4-9 cm / Jun-Jul | Saxifrage paniculata  5-50 cm / May-Jul |
Round-leaved Saxifrage / Saxifrage rotundifolia  20-50 cm / Jun-Sep | White Stonecrop / Sedum album  8-20 cm / Jun-Sep | Silene rupestris  10-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Silene vulgaris ssp. glareosa  10-30 cm / Jul-Aug |
Sisymbrium polyceratium  20-60 cm / Jun-Aug | Annual Yellow-woundwort / Stachys annua  20-30 cm / Jun-Oct | Stachys recta ssp. grandiflora  20-60 cm / Jun-Oct | Perennial Yellow-woundwort / Stachys recta ssp.recta  20-60 cm / Jun-Oct |
Mountain Germander / Teucrium montanum  10-25 cm / Jun-Aug | Thesium alpinum  10-50 cm / May-Jul | Thesium bavarum  30-80 cm / Jun-Jul | Thesium pyrenaicum  10-50 cm / Jun-Jul |
Alsike Clover / Trifolium hybridum ssp. hybridum  10-50 cm / Jun-Aug | Mountain Clover / Trifolium montanum  15-50 cm / May-Jul | Trifolium pallescens  10-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Hungarian Clover / Trifolium pannonicum  20-50 cm / May-Jun |
Trifolium pratense ssp. nivale  15-40 cm / May-Oct | Thal's Clover / Trifolium thalii  10-20 cm / Jul-Aug | Bog Bilberry / Vaccinium ulginosum  0-50 cm / May-Jun | Marsh Valerian / Valeriana dioica  15-30 cm / Apr-Jun |
Valeriana saxatilis  5-30 cm / Jun-Jul | Valeriana tripetris  10-40 cm / Apr-Jun | Valeriana versiflora  40-150 cm / May-Aug | White False-hellebore / Veratrum alba ssp. album  60-150 cm / Jul-Jul |