Flora of the French Alps in Vanoise – Fleurs de la Vanoise

The Alps are home to an impressive floral pool with more than 1,200 different varieties of plants found in the Vanoise massif only. One of the most colourful images you may have of the French Alps in summer is of high pastures thick with Alpine flowers. Here is a selection of flowers we photographed during one of our walk in the Vanoise National Park.

Alpine pasqueflower – Anémone des Alpes – Pulsatilla alpina

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Mountain avens – Dryade à huit pétale – thé des Alpes – Dryas octopetala

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Yellow bell-flower – Campanule en thyrse – Campanula thyrsoides

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Alpine aster – Aster des Alpes – Aster alpinus

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Snow gentian – Gentiane des neiges – Gentiana nivalis

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Alpenrose – Rhododendron ferrugineux or Rose des Alpes – Rhododendron ferrugineum

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Alpine snow-bell – Soldanelle des Alpes – Soldanella alpina

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Moss campion – Silène sans pédoncule – Silene exscapa

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Spring gentian – Gentiane printanière – Gentiana verna

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Yellow thistle – Cirse épineux – Cirsium spinosissimum

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Oneflower fleabane – Vergerette à une fleur – Erigeron uniflorus

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Edelweiss – Étoile d’argent – Leontopodium alpinum

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Linaria alpina – Linaire des Alpes (or Muflier des Alpes or Gueule-de-lion des Alpes)

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Stemless gentian – Gentiane de Koch or Gentiane acaule – Gentiana acaulis

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Stemless gentian – Gentiane de Koch – Gentiane acaule – Gentiana acaulis

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Oxeye daisy – Marguerite – Leucanthemum vulgare

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Globe-flower – Trolle d’Europe – Trollius europaeus

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Meadow rue – Pigamon à feuilles d’ancolie – Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

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Great Yellow Gentian – Gentiane jaune – Gentiana lutea

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Perennial Cornflower – Centaurée des montagnes – Centaurea montana

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Mountain houseleek – Joubarbe des montagnes – Sempervivum montanum

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Burnt Orchid – Orchis Brulé – Orchis ustulata

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Heath Spotted-orchid – Orchis tacheté – Dactylorhiza maculata

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Vanilla orchid – Nigritelle noire or orchis vanillé – Nigritella nigra

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All these photos were taken in the surroundings of Pralognan-la-Vanoise.
Find out more about the Vanoise National Park here.

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