One of my favorite parts about hiking is when you get really, really lucky and discover mountain wildflowers are everywhere.

100-40 cm / Jun-Sep Found: Rheintal, Werdenberg. A roadside stand selling bouquets of wild narcissus in the mountains above Montreux, Switzerland. The Jungfrau region in Switzerland is a beautiful place to hike. Around us where it's more sheltered there's wild daffodils coming up plus wild primroses, cowslips, wood anemones, liverwort (hepatica), violets and cyclamen. Choose a color: All (615) Basil Thyme Acinos arvensis Lamiaceae . Rape Brassica napus Brassicaceae . National Flower of Switzerland. The flowers are sold on the honor system, with a container for … The flowers are felted and woolly with white hairs, with characteristic bloom consisting of five to six small yellow flower heads surrounded by … The scientific name of the flower is Leontopodium which means "lion's paw". Edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum, is one of the best-known European mountain flowers, belonging to the sunflower family. Orchids, lilies, gentians, alpine roses, and edelweiss find their ideal habitat in the Kandersteg region. The … One of the best known European mountain flowers, belongs to the sunflower family, Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is the national flower of Switzerland. Covering an area of 20,000 square yards, it is home to thousands of colorful flowers, including 950 species of camellias, 350 species of magnolias, peonies, azaleas, rhododendrons, pines, junipers… This user would like to thank for this useful post: Although the best time to see wildflowers is June through mid-August, this tour can be done from June to September. Wild Flowers of Switzerland: Or, a Year Amongst the Flowers of the Alps - Primary Source Edition Paperback – February 22, 2014 by H. C. Ward (Author) 4.0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings When the mountain wildflowers bloom it is like hiking through a sea of colours. Wild Flowers : Flowers of Switzerland, France, the UK and other European countries. We conclude in the characteristic Swiss setting of Adelboden, perched on a sunny terrace and surrounded by alpine meadows. Edelweiss is a favorite wildflower of the Swiss Alps, best suited to growing in a well-drained rock garden, mass ground cover planting, or alpine trough. Crocuses … It is too early for the high alpine flowers but there's some magnificent wild spring flowers out now at lower levels. Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus) French: Crocus de printemps, German: Frühlings-Krokus. If you suspect an erroneous identification: report.