ALPINE FLOWERS.
All these shots were taken while leading the Mont Blanc Hightlights walks.

Spiked rampion / Phyteuma spicatum


Heath spotted orchid / Dactylorhiza maculata


Big masterwort / Astrantia major


Wood cranesbill / Geranium silvaticum


Wood cranesbill / Geranium silvaticum


Oval headed rampion / Phyteuma ovatum


Koch's gentian / Gentiana kochiana


Pyramidal bugle / Ajuga pyramidalis


Alpine forget-me-not / Myosotis alpestris


Yello alpine pasqueflower / Pulsatilla vernalis


Alpine calamint / Satureja alpina


Scapeless moss campion / Silene exscapa


Bald stemmed globularia / Globularia cordifolia?

 


Alpine bartsia / Bartsia alpina


Alpine aster / Aster alpinua


Alpine aster / Aster alpinua


Trumpet gentian

Yellow mountain saxifrage / Saxifraga aizoides


Nerved knapweed / Centaurea alpestris


Globose orchid / Orchis globosa

 

 


Field gentian / Gentiana compestris


Fleischer's willowherb / Epilobium fleischeri


Fleischer's willowherb / Epilobium fleischeri


Fleischer's willowherb / Epilobium fleischeri


White asphodel / Asphodelus albus


Red campion / Silene dioeca


Red campion / Silene dioeca


Alpine eye-bright / Euphrasia alpina


Globularia-leaved rampion / Phyteuma globulariifolium


Koch's gentian / Gentiana kochiana


Tufted bellflower / Campanula thyrsoides

Mountain Ash

 

 

Dwarf juniper


Fringed gentian / Gentiana ciliata


Alpine eyebright


Alpine forget-me-not


Mountain houseleek / Sempervivum alpinum

 


Grass of Parnassus


Cobwebby houseleek / Sempervivum arachnoideum

 

 

 

 

 


Autumn crocus


Short-leaved gentian / Gentiana brachyphylla


Alpine marguerite / Chrysanthemum alpinum


x Alpine clover / Trifolium alpinum


Alpine rose

Cyprus splurge / Euphorbia cyparissias

 


Globe flower / Trollius europaeus


Globe flower / Trollius europaeus


Alpine snowbell / Soldanella alpina


White alpine pasqueflower / Pulsatilla alpina


Rock soapwort / Saponarla ocymoides


Young Cobwebby houseleek / Sempervivian arachnoideum


Tufted bellflower


St Bruno's lily / Paradisia liliastrum


Rhomboid-leaved bellflower / Campanularhomboidalis

 


Rust-leaved alpenrose / Rhododendron ferrugineum


Swiss willow / Salix helvetica


Swiss willow / Salix helvetica


One floweredmouse-ear / Cerastium uniflorum


Bearded bellflower / Campanula barbara


Knapweed


Bearded bellflower


Bearded bellflower


Nottingham catchfly / Silene nutans


Bavarian gentian / Gentiana bavarica


Alpine birdsfoot-trefoil / Lotus alpinus


Alpine aster


Mouse ear


Greater masterwort


Mouse air


Alpine kidney-vetch / Genista alpestris


Mountain Sainfoin / Onobrychis montana


Mountain Sainfoin / Onobrychis montana


Micheli's daisy / Bellidiastrum michelii


Alpine bistort / Polygonum viviparum


Alpine bistort / Polygonum viviparum


Whorled lousewort / Pedicularis verticillata


Wild thyme / Thymus polytrichus


Alpine rose / Rosa pendulina


Wild thyme / Thymus polytrichus


Alpine rose


Alpine rose


Dwarf juniper


Brown clover / Trifolium badium


Greater masterwort

 


Bright scabious / Scabiosa lucida


Bigger bladderwort


Bigger bladderwort


Bigger bladderwort


Alpine calamint / Satureja alpina


Smooth-stemmed thistle / Carduus defloratus


St. John's wort

 


Smooth-stemmed thistle / Carduus defloratus


St. John's wort


Alpine saffron


Silver thistle / Carlina simplex


Fringed gentian / Gentiana ciliata


Silver thistle / Carlina simplex


Common eye-bright / Euphrasia rostkoviana


Fleischer's willowherb / Epilobiuym fleischeri


Mountain houseleek / Sempervivum montanum


Rust-leaved alpenrose / Rhododendron ferrugineum


Rust-leaved alpenrose / Rhododendron ferrugineum