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 © French Moments
Alpine pasqueflower – Anémone des Alpes – Pulsatilla alpina
Mountain avens © French Moments
Mountain avens – Dryade à huit pétale – thé des Alpes – Dryas octopetala
Yellow bell-flower © French Moments
Yellow bell-flower – Campanule en thyrse – Campanula thyrsoides
Alpine aster © French Moments
Alpine aster – Aster des Alpes – Aster alpinus
Snow gentian © French Moments
Snow gentian – Gentiane des neiges – Gentiana nivalis
Alpenrose © French Moments
Alpenrose – Rhododendron ferrugineux or Rose des Alpes – Rhododendron ferrugineum
Alpine snow-bell © French Moments
Alpine snow-bell – Soldanelle des Alpes – Soldanella alpina
Moss campion © French Moments
Moss campion – Silène sans pédoncule – Silene exscapa
Spring gentian © French Moments
Spring gentian – Gentiane printanière – Gentiana verna
Yellow thistle © French Moments
Yellow thistle – Cirse épineux – Cirsium spinosissimum
Oneflower fleabane © French Moments
Oneflower fleabane – Vergerette à une fleur – Erigeron uniflorus
Edelweiss © French Moments
Edelweiss – Étoile d’argent – Leontopodium alpinum
Linaria alpina © French Moments
Linaria alpina – Linaire des Alpes (or Muflier des Alpes or Gueule-de-lion des Alpes)
Stemless gentian © French Moments
Stemless gentian – Gentiane de Koch or Gentiane acaule – Gentiana acaulis
Stemless gentian © French Moments
Stemless gentian – Gentiane de Koch – Gentiane acaule – Gentiana acaulis
Oxeye Daisy © French Moments
Oxeye daisy – Marguerite – Leucanthemum vulgare
Globe-flower © French Moments
Globe-flower – Trolle d’Europe – Trollius europaeus
Meadow rue © French Moments
Meadow rue – Pigamon à feuilles d’ancolie – Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Great Yellow Gentian © French Moments
Great Yellow Gentian – Gentiane jaune – Gentiana lutea
Perennial Cornflower © French Moments
Perennial Cornflower – Centaurée des montagnes – Centaurea montana
Mountain houseleek © French Moments
Mountain houseleek – Joubarbe des montagnes – Sempervivum montanum
Burnt Orchid © French Moments
Burnt Orchid – Orchis Brulé – Orchis ustulata
Heath Spotted-orchid © French Moments
Heath Spotted-orchid – Orchis tacheté – Dactylorhiza maculata
Vanilla orchid © French Moments
Vanilla orchid – Nigritelle noire or orchis vanillé – Nigritella nigra
All these photos were taken in the surroundings of Pralognan-la-Vanoise.
Find out more about the Vanoise National Park here.
