This visit to the French
Alps was a walking trip organised by Outbreak Adventure
Holidays.
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Here you will find a selection of the
photographs taken while on the walks.
My main interest was in the wild flowers of the area.
To identify many of these plants I have used 'Alpine Flowers' by Christopher Grey-Wilson and Marjorie Blamey. While in the Alps I had the help of our guide Bruno.
I have made a list of the plants seen and where possible added photos.
Various members of the Pine family
French Alpine Juniper Juniperus thurifera
Green Alder Alnus viridis
Hazel Corylus avellana
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Oak Quercus sp.
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Alpine Bistort Polygonum viviparum
Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna
Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Nottingham Catchfly Silene nutans
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Tufted Catchfly Silene saxifraga
Rock Campion Silene rupestris
Wood Stichwort Stellaria nemorum
Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus
Wolfsbane Aconitum vulparia
Common Monkshood Aconitum napellus
White Pasque Flower Pulsatilla alba
Aconite-leaved Buttercup or White Buttercup Ranunculus aconitifolius
Dark Columbine Aquilegia atrata
Annual Candytuft Iberis stricta
Common Houseleek Sempervivum tectorum
Biting Stonecrop Sedum sexangulare
Grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris
Mountain Currant Ribes alpinum
Round-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga rotundifolia
Paniculate Saxifrage Saxifraga paniculata
Saxifraga sp.
Rock Bramble Rubus saxatilis
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Salad Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis
Tormentil Potentilla erecta
Lax Potentilla Potentilla culescens
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Alpine Lady's Mantle Alchermilla alpina
Mountain Ash or Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Winged Greenweed Chamaesparium sagittale
Tufted Vetch Vicia sepium
Shrubby Restharrow Ononis fruticosa
White Clover Trifolium repens
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Brown Clover Trifolium badium
Meadow Cranesbill Geranium pratense
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua
Alpine Milkwort Polygala alpina
Mezereon Daphne mezereum
Spurge Laurel Daphne laureola
Alpine Rockrose Helianthemum oelandicum
Imperforate St.John's Wort Hypericum maculatum
Alpine St.John's Wort Hypericum richeri
Rosebay Willowherb Epilobium angustifolium
Great Masterwort or Mountain Sanicle Astrantia major
Alpine Eryngo Eryngium alpinum
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Dutchman's Pipe or Yellow Birdsnest Monotropa hypopitys
Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus
Alpenrose Rhododendron ferrugineum
Alpine Bearberry Actostaphylos uva-ursi
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Great Yellow Gentian Gentiana lutea
Field Gentian Gentianella campestris
Jupiter's Distaff or Sticky Sage Salvia glutinosa
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia
Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare
Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galebdolon
Large Self-heal Prunella grandiflora
Alpine Calamint Acinos alpinus
Marjoram Origaum vulgare
Wild Thyme Thymus serpyllum
Dark Mullein Verbascum pulverulentum
Eyebright Euphrasia stricta
Lousewort Pedicularis sp.
Southern Woodruff (possibly) Asperula pyrenaica
Blue-berried Honeysuckle Lonicera caerulea
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis
Three-leaved Valerian Valeriana tripteris
Entire-leaved Valerian Valeriana saliunca
Spiked Rampion Phyteuma spicatum
Round-headed Rampion Phyteuma orbiculare
Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Bearded Bellflower Campanula barbata
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis
Wood Scabious Knautia dipsacifolia
Golden Rod Solidago virgaurea
Daisy Bellis perennis
Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Adenostyles Adenostyles alliariae
Arnica Arnica montana
Spiniest Thistle Cirsium spinosissimum or
Yellow Melancholy Thistle Cirsium erisithales
Knapweed Centaurea alpestris
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiousa
Plume Knapweed Centaurea uniflora
Mountain Cornflower Centaurea montana
Purple Lettuce Prenanthes purpurea
Tolpis Tolpis stratifolia
Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
White False Helleborine Veratrum album
Martagon Lily Lilium martagon
Herb Paris Paris quadrifolia
Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Black Vanilla Orchid Nigritella nigra
Dark Red Helleborine Epipactis atrorubens
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis atrorubens
Common Twayblade Listera ovata
Round-headed Orchid Traunsteinera globosa
Common Nettle Urtica dioca
Knawl Scleranthus perenni
116 Recorded as seen.