Flora of the Alps
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The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south. The flora of the Alps are diverse. In the mountains, the vegetation gradually changes with altitude, sun exposure, and location on the mountain. There are five successive life zones, each with distinct landscapes and vegetation characteristics: premontane, montane, subalpine, alpine, and alvar.[citation needed]
List of Alpine plants
A
- Achillea atrata
- Aconitum lycoctonum
- Aconitum napellus
- Adenostyles alliariae
- Adenostyles leucophylla
- Agrimonia eupatoria
- Alchemilla alpina
- Allium insubricum
- Androsace alpina
- Androsace brevis
- Androsace carnea
- Anemone vernalis
- Antennaria dioica
- Aquilegia alpina
- Arctostaphylos alpinus
- Arenaria pseudofrigida
- Armeria alpina
- Arnica montana
- Artemisia mutellina
- Asphodelus albus
- Aster alpinus
- Astrantia major
C
- Caltha palustris
- Campanula barbata
- Campanula persicifolia
- Campanula thyrsoides
- Campanula zoysii
- Carlina acanthifolia
- Carlina acaulis
- Carlina vulgaris
- Carex curvula
- Centaurea jacea
- Centaurea montana
- Centaurea phrygia
- Centaurea scabiosa
- Chamerion angustifolium
- Chenopodium bonus-henricus
- Cicerbita alpina
- Cicerbita plumieri
- Cirsium spinosissimum
- Clematis alpina
- Crocus vernus
- Cyclamen europaeum
- Cypripedium calceolus
D
E
G
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H
I
L
M
- Melampyrum arvense
- Melampyrum nemorosum
- Melampyrum pratense
- Micranthes stellaris, syn. Saxifraga stellaris
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
References
- ^ Michel Desfayes, Les opuntias du Valais, un problème épineux. Bulletin de la Murithienne, 2007, no. 125, p. 29-40
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