Natural History Photographs


Valais, Switzerland
Col du Grand Saint Bernard
30 July 2018
After lunch at the Italian side of the border, we crossed it to have a look at the Swiss side. Even though the grass didn't turn out to be any greener there, I found a few new plants, and some I only saw here. The melting snow bank was also the first this holiday that I could creep under, something of a hobby of mine (see my photos of the Rhone glacier). After a while, rain forced me back to the car, perhaps sooner than I wanted...


Adenostyles alliariae


Cardamine amara


Alchemilla spec. Primula hirsuta Gentiana bavarica


Bartsia alpina




Rhododendron ferrugineum
Salix herbacea


Bellidiastrum michelii


Ranunculus glacialis


Ranunculus glacialis Homogyne alpina


Soldanella alpina
Trichophorum
cespitosum

Saxifraga stellaris


Dactylorhiza viridis Veratrum lobelianum


Euphrasia minor


Pinguicula leptoceras


Phyteuma globulariifolium Astrantia minor


Eriophorum spec.