While Ian and I waited for Laetitia and Astrid to finish their route on the Aiguille Rouge, sitting on a boulder chatting about this and that, we realised that within just a few metres of where we were sat was an incredible array of alpine flowers. Imagine how many different species their must be in a wider area and with a greater range of altitudes! And this is late August, what about Spring time! Anyway, here’s a simple quiz; what are the names of all these?
“C” is amazing , but I’ve no idea what it is
Ah, one that we have at home too: starry saxifrage on botteril’s slab.
Beautiful little flowers! :star: I certainly won’t be the winner of this quiz but I’m waiting for the solutions so I can enlarge my English (and Hungarian) vocabulary! π
Bother. C is one of the few I know. E is Calendula, L is Scabious. I suspect D might be Arnica. Is B a Rampion? The white ones are too hard for me!
Yes, L is Scabious and B is Rampion, Globe-Headed I think.
However, I think D was Hawkweed. Am I wrong?
I is Doronicum…. maybe
I think you are right, but it hard for me to know for sure – not being an expert and as the petals have gone and heads are seeding.
I thought E was a harebell (campanula rather than calendula)
Just showing off…
Yep, Earleaf Bellflower (Campanula).
I think that I may have some of these
A has leaves like an Alchemilla
B is a Rampion, Phyteuma hemisphericum according to my book
C Saxifraga stellaris
D I think Hawkweed is right
E Campanula
F looks like the seed of the hawkweed
G looks like a Centaurea, a yellow cornflower?
H Another saxifrage possibly?
I I think Doronicum too
J Astrantia
K Campanula hirsuta, I photographed in the Dolys!
L Scabious
Well done Monica :clap: :clap: :star: :star: