Austrian Flowers

 

The following are just a few of the many, many wildflowers that we saw as we hiked in the Stubai Alps.

Heather, Calluna vulgaris

 
Field gentian, Gentianella campestris

 
Alpine toadflax, Linaria alpina

 
Stemless carline thistle, Carlina acaulis

 
Wood scabious, Knautia dipsacifolia
Blue saxifrage, Saxifraga caesia

 
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides

 
Seeds from an early flower possibly some kind of pasque flower

 
Bearded vipergrass, Scorzonera artistata

 
Alpine hawksbeard, Crespis alpestris

 
Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia

 
Common eyebright, Euphrasia roskoviana

 
Tansy milfoil, Achillea tanacetifolia

 
Rosebay willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium

 
Melancholy thistle; Cirsium heleniodes with butterfly

 
Bearded bellflower, Campanula barbata

 
Rusty leaved alpine rose, Rhododendron ferrugineum

 
An unidentified thistle

 
Mushrooms

 
Spiniest thistle, Cirsium spinosissimum

 
Cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

 
Streptopus, Streptopus amplexifolius

 
Rosebay willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium

 
Rosebay willowherb, Epilobium angustifolium

 
 
Almost every building, including our hotel, had window boxes with a profusion of flowers.


 


 


 


 

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Last updated: October 18, 2012