Western Alps

June/July 2016

Part 7 : Alpine Flowers

Thlaspi rotundifolium subsp. corymbosum

The wildflower diversity in the Alps during late spring/early summer is fantastic and this page is dedicated to a few of the alpine flowers I photographed during this trip.

Alpine Coltsfoot (Homogyne alpina)

Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum)

Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschsii)

Rock Soapwort (Saponaria ocymoides)

Orange Lily (Lilium bulbiferum ssp. croceum)

Dog Figwort (Scrophularia canina)

Antirrhinum latifolium

Fungi sp.

Snowy Wood-rush (Luzula nivea)

Glacier Crowfoot (Ranunculus glacialis)

Pitch Trefoil (Bituminaria bituminosa)

Yellow Wood Violet (Viola biflora)

Early Dog-violet (Viola reichenbachiana)

Wood Spurge (Euphorbia seguieriana)

Wood Cranesbill (Geranium sylvaticum)

White Asphodel (Asphodelus albus)

Aconite-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus aconitifolius)

Narcissus-flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Narcissus-flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia alpina)

Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia alpina)

Black Vanilla Orchid (Gymnadenia rhellicani)

Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)

Pheasant's-eye (Narcissus poeticus)

Broad-leaved Harebell (Campanula rhomboidalis)

Alpine Clematis (Clematis alpina)

Common Restharrow (Ononis repens)

Fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)

Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)

Variable-leaved Thistle (Carduus defloratus subsp. defloratus)

Broad-leaved Harebell (Campanula rhomboidalis)

Greater Burnet Saxifrage (Pimpinella major)

Heracleum sphondylium subsp. elegans

Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata)

Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)

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