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Summer Flowers of the High Alps

Chapter 44: Index
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An illustrated naturalist's guide presenting direct colour photographs and concise notes on high‑mountain wildflowers, with plates showing specimens as found in their natural habitats. Representative common species are chosen and labelled with English, French, and German names, accompanied by brief identification and habitat remarks. The text describes how altitude, exposure, and local climate create distinct vegetation zones—from lowland woods and subalpine conifer forests to alpine meadows and scree—outlines seasonal flowering patterns, and offers practical advice on when and where to see the blooms. A short introduction explains photographic methods and points to further reading for deeper study.

Index

  • A
  • Abies pectinata, xi
  • Aconites, 6
  • Aconitum Anthora, 8
  • Lycoctonum, 8
  • Napellus, 6
  • paniculatum, 7
  • Alpenrose, the Hairy-leaved, 58
  • the Rusty-leaved, 58
  • Alpine anemone, 2
  • Aster, 44
  • Balsam, 68
  • Carline Thistle, 50
  • Clover, 22
  • Fleabane, 44
  • Honeysuckle, x
  • Region, xii
  • Rose, 32
  • Sainfoin, 28
  • Starwort, 44
  • Toad-flax, 66
  • Alps, xii
  • Altitude, x
  • Anemone alpina, 2
  • Narcissiflora, 2
  • nemorosa, 2
  • Pulsatilla, 2
  • Antennaria carpathica, 47
  • dioica, 46
  • Arnica montana, 48
  • Arnica, 48
  • Arolla, xii
  • Aronics, 49
  • Aster alpinus, 44
  • Amellus, 45
  • Aster, the Alpine, 44
  • Astrantia major, 42
  • Astrantia minor, 43
  • Astrantia, the Large, 42
  • the Small, 43
  • Auricula, the Yellow, 72
  • Auriculas, garden, 73
  • B
  • Ball, John, xxii
  • Balsam, the Alpine, 68
  • Bavarian Gentian, 64
  • Bearded Bell-flower, 54
  • Bell-flower, the Bearded, 54
  • the Dwarf, 56
  • Bird’s-eye, 68
  • Biting Stonecrop, 41
  • Black Veratrum, 79
  • Blood Geranium, 20
  • Bonnier, Professor, xv
  • Box-leaved Milkwort, 14
  • Brook Crane’s-bill, 20
  • Brown Clover, 24
  • Bupleurum ranunculoides, 43
  • C
  • Campanula barbata, 54
  • excisa, 56
  • pusilla, 56
  • rotundifolia, 57
  • Scheuchzeri, 57
  • Zoysii, 55
  • Campanula, the Bearded, 54
  • Campion, the Moss, 18
  • Carlina acaulis, 50
  • Carline Thistle, the Alpine, 50
  • Carpathians Cudweed, 47
  • Carved Gentian, 62
  • Cat’s-foot, 46
  • “Chamois’ beards,” 2
  • Chickweed, 16
  • Christmas tree, xi
  • Circium oloraceum, 51
  • spinosissimum, 50
  • Climate of Alps, xi
  • Clover, the Alpine, 22
  • Brown, 24
  • Dull-flowered Sweet, 28
  • Cobweb House-leek, 37
  • Cold Milk-Vetch, 26
  • Mountain-lentil, 26
  • Colours of Alpine flowers, xix
  • Common Fuller’s Thistle, 51
  • Milk wort, 14
  • Monk’s-Hood, 6
  • Cowslip, 73
  • Crane’s-bill, Brook, 20
  • Meadow, 20
  • Creeping Gypsophila, 16
  • Crocuses, xv
  • Cudweed, Carpathian, 47
  • Mountain, 46
  • Cultivation of Alpine plants, xxiv
  • Cushion Pink, 18
  • “Cushion plant,” 18
  • Cypripedium calceolus, 76
  • D
  • Destruction of Alpine plants, xxiii
  • Dog-Rose, 32
  • Doronicum, 49
  • Dryas octopetala, 30
  • Dryas, the White, 30
  • Dull-flowered Sweet Clover, 26
  • Dwarf Bell-flower, 56
  • Hair-Bell, 56
  • E
  • Edelweiss, xv, xviii, 46
  • Epilobium angustifolium, 34
  • Fleischeri, 34
  • rosmarinifolium, 35
  • Erigeron alpina, 44
  • Erinus alpinus, 68
  • Eritrichium nanum, xiii
  • Evergreen Saxifrage, 40
  • Everlasting, the Mountain, 46
  • Eyebright, xix
  • F
  • Fleabane, the Alpine, 44
  • Fleischer’s Willow-herb, 34
  • Flowers of Alpine plants, xix
  • Forget-me-not, xix
  • Fuller’s Thistle, the Common, 51
  • the Spiny, 50
  • G
  • Gentian, the Bavarian, 64
  • the Carved, 63
  • the Marsh, 36
  • the Short-leaved, 64
  • the Spring, 65
  • the Stemless, 62
  • Gentiana acaulis, 62
  • bavarica, 64
  • brachyphylla, 64
  • Gentiana excisa, 63
  • Pneumonanthe, 63
  • verna, 65
  • Geranium, the Blood, 20
  • the Wood, 20
  • Geranium pratense, 20
  • rivulare, 20
  • sanguinum, 20
  • sylvaticum, 20
  • Glacial period, xxii
  • Glacier Crowfoot, xiii
  • Glaucium luteum, xiii
  • Globe Flower, 4
  • Gypsophila, the Creeping, 16
  • Gypsophila repens, 16
  • H
  • Hair-bell, the Common, 57
  • the Dwarf, 56
  • Hairy-leaved Alpenrose, 58
  • Hare’s-ear, 43
  • Hedysarum obscurum, 28
  • Horned Sea-poppy, xiii
  • House-leek, the Cobweb, 37
  • the Common, 38
  • the Mountain, 36
  • I
  • Insects in the Alps, xx
  • L
  • Lady’s Mantle, 77
  • Slipper, 76
  • Tresses, 77
  • Larch, xi
  • Large Astrantia, 42
  • Larix Europæa, x
  • Leafy Lousewort, 70
  • Lesser Winter-Green, 60
  • Linaria alpina, 66
  • Long-Spurred Pansy, 12
  • Lonicera alpigena, x
  • Lousewort, the Leafy, 70
  • Low stature of Alpine plants, xvii
  • M
  • Maianthemum bifolium, x
  • Marsh Gentian, 63
  • Orchis, 74
  • May-Lily, x
  • Meadow Crane’s-bill, 20
  • Mealy Primrose, 68
  • Milk-Vetch, the Cold, 26
  • Milkwort, the Box-leaved, 14
  • the Common, 14
  • Monk’s-Hood, the Common, 6
  • Moss Campion, 18
  • Moss-like Saxifrage, 41
  • Mountain Cudweed, 46
  • Everlasting, 46
  • House-leek, 36
  • -lentil, the Cold, 26
  • Müller, H., xx, xxi, 13
  • N
  • Narcissus-flowered Anemone, 2
  • O
  • Orchis latifolia, 74
  • Orchis, the Marsh, 74
  • Origin of Alpine flora, xxi
  • Oxlip, 73
  • P
  • Panicled Monk’s-hood, 7
  • Pansy, the Long-Spurred, 12
  • Pasque Flower, 2
  • Pedicularis foliosa, 70
  • lanata, 71
  • Oederi, 71
  • Perennials in the Alps, xvi
  • Phaca alpina, 26
  • frigida, 26
  • Photography of Alpine plants, xxv
  • Phyteuma orbicular, 52
  • Scheuchzeri, 53
  • spicatum, x
  • Picea excelsa, xi
  • Pinus Cembra, xii
  • sylvestris, xii
  • Poa annua, xvi
  • Polygala calcarea, 15
  • chamæbuxus, 14
  • vulgaris, 14
  • Preserving Alpine plants, xxiii
  • Pressing Alpine plants, xxiii
  • Primrose, the Mealy, 68
  • Primula auricula, 72
  • elatior, 73
  • farinosa, 68
  • officinalis, 73
  • veris, 73
  • Pyrola minor, 60
  • rotundifolia, 60
  • secunda, 60
  • R
  • Rampion, the Round-headed, 52
  • the White-flowered, x
  • Ranunculaceæ, 4
  • Ranunculus acris, 5
  • glacialis, xiii
  • montanus, 4
  • Red-berried Elder, x
  • Region of forest trees, xi
  • Rhododendron ferrugineum, 58
  • hirsutum, 58
  • Rock gardens, xxiv
  • Rosa alpina, 32
  • Rose-bay, 34
  • Rose, the Alpine, 32
  • Rosemary-leaved Willow-herb, 3
  • Rough Saxifrage, 41
  • Round-headed Rampion, 52
  • Rusty-leaved Alpenrose, 58
  • S
  • “Sabot de Vénus,” 77
  • Sainfoin, the Alpine, 28
  • Sambucus racemosa, x
  • Sandwort, 16
  • Saxifraga Aizoides, 40
  • aspera, 41
  • bryoides, 41
  • Hirculus, 41
  • Sequieri, 41
  • Saxifrage, the Evergreen, 40
  • the Moss-like, 41
  • the Rough, 41
  • Scotch Fir, xii
  • Sedum acre, 41
  • Sempervivum arachnoideum, 37
  • Funckii, 38
  • montanum, 36
  • tectorum, 38
  • Wulfeni, 38
  • Short-leaved Gentian, 64
  • Silene acaulis, 18
  • exscapa, 19
  • Silver Fir, xi
  • Silver-herb, 30
  • Slipper, the Lady’s, 76
  • Small Astrantia, 43
  • Snowbells, xv
  • Spiny Fuller’s Thistle, 50
  • Spiræa Aruncus, x
  • Spiræa, x
  • Spring Gentian, 65
  • Spruce, xi
  • Star-Gentians, 64
  • Starwort, the Alpine, 44
  • Stemless Carline Thistle, 50
  • Gentian, 62
  • Stonecrops, 41
  • Stunted character of Alpine plants, xvii
  • Subalpine Region, xi
  • Sweet Clover, the Dull-flowered, 28
  • T
  • Toad-flax, the Alpine, 66
  • Trifolium alpinum, 22
  • badium, 24
  • pallescens, 23
  • spadiceum, 25
  • Trollius Europæus, 4
  • Two-flowered Violet, 10
  • U
  • Underground stem of Alpine plants, xv
  • V
  • Veratrum album, 78
  • nigrum, 79
  • Veratrum, the Black, 79
  • the White, 78
  • Viola biflora, 10
  • calcarata, 12
  • Violet, the Two-flowered, 10
  • W
  • White Dryas, 30
  • Veratrum, 78
  • Willow-herb, Fleischer’s, 34
  • the Rosemary-leaved, 35
  • Winter-Green, the Lesser, 60
  • Wolf’s-bane, the Yellow, 8
  • Wood Anemone, 2
  • Geranium, 20
  • Y
  • Yellow Auricula, 72
  • Wolf’s-bane, 8

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