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This lovely little flower stands like a fluted trumpet in the Alps and other mountainous areas. The short reddish-brown stems hold 2-3 flowers each, bent over on short stalks.
Flowers.
Apr-June.
Size.
short-med (10-60 cm)
Flower Blossom.
The bell-shaped flowers,15 mm long, are divided into 5 lobes (difficult to see), with the lobes split into multiple narrow fingers. Each has a single long stamen.
Leaves.
The basal leaves are in a rosette, round or lobed.
Habitat.
Damp fields, river-bank brush and along the edge of melting snow patches.
Similar Flowers
| Soldanella pusilla |
Soldanella Pusilla (Soldanelle fluette)
2-10 cm. Nearly identical to the Soldanella Alpina, but only 1 flower on each stem.
Flowers May-Aug.
Leaves Round or oval, never more than 10 mm diameter, smooth-edged and very thin.
Habitat Snowy mountain valleys and damp fields.
Status Rare
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