Alptistel – Alpine Thistle

Smörboll – Trollius Europaeus

Kärt barn har många namn…ängsboll, dalklocka, bullerblomster, smörboll…Här vajande i vinden.

Svartkantad rölleka – Achillea Atrata

Euphorbia

Primula

Spindelvävstaklök – Crassula

Alpsippa – Anemone

Skäggklocka – Campanula Barbata (Barbed bell?)

Darrgräs – Quaking grass (Briza media)

A little green friend

Getväppling – Vulnerary, Lady’s finger

Veronica

Anemone

Många arter är nästan lika vackra avblommade. man kan tänka sig hur alpängarna såg ut när alla dessa blommade. Many species are just as good looking when withered or decaying. The meadows were filled with these.

Alpklöver och käringtand – Alpine clover and bird’s foot

More alpine flowers

Maybe you have it in your garden – or at least a common relative!

Morgon i bergen – Morning in the mountains

Prickig gentiana – Gentiana Punctata

Gentiana punctata, used to heal wounds and stomach problems. Also the thick roots are used for making strong spirituous drink.

Alpine Chrysantemum

Edelweiss

Tätört

Far away

Gentiana Blue

Childhood dreams

Hiking in the Alps much reminds me of my youth. I have always loved walking – and when I was a child there were wild flowers everywhere – or so I seem to remember it. So, I lie down in this heavenly bed of flowers, […]

Alpros – Rhododendron

The rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal, where the flower is also enjoyed for its sour taste. I do not know if it is eaten, put into sallads or pickled, in Switzerland, but when visiting the Alps we have always been too late…the rhododendron […]

In the Swiss Alps