Where the wildflowers grow

Chapter 14
The Cloud Flowers

Photographs © Leif Bersweden unless stated otherwise

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Alpine Blue-sow-thistle

Cicerbita alpina

© Shaila Rao (National Trust for Scotland)

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Alpine Catchfly

Lychnis alpina

© Gus Routledge

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Alpine Fleabane

Erigeron borealis

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Alpine Forget-me-not

Myosotis alpestris

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Alpine Gentian

Gentiana nivalis

© Sarah H Watts

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Alpine Lady's-mantle

Alchemilla alpina

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Alpine Milk-vetch

Astragalus alpinus

© Dan Watson (National Trust for Scotland)

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Alpine Mouse-ear

Cerastium alpinum

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Alpine Pearlwort

Sagina saginoides

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Alpine Saxifrage

Saxifraga nivalis

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Alpine Speedwell

Veronica alpina

© Sarah H Watts

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Annual Pearlwort

Sagina apetala

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Canadian Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

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Common Ragwort

Jacobaea vulgaris

© Gus Routledge

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Common Valerian

Valeriana officinalis

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Crested Cow-wheat

Melampyrum cristatum

© Pete Stroh

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Cyphel

Minuartia sedoides

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Drooping Saxifrage

Saxifraga cernua

© Sarah H Watts

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Dwarf Willow

Salix herbacea

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Fir Clubmoss

Huperzia selago

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Grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

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Highland Saxifrage

Saxifraga rivularis

© Dan Watson (National Trust for Scotland)

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Holly-fern

Polystichum lonchitis

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Lemon-scented Fern

Oreopteris limbosperma

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Marsh Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirculus

© Gus Routledge

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Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

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Moonwort

Botrychium lunaria

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Moss Campion

Silene acaulis

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Mountain Pansy

Viola lutea

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Mountain Sandwort

Sabulina rubella

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Procumbent Pearlwort

Sagina procumbens

© Gus Routledge

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Rosebay Willowherb

Chamerion angustifolium

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Snow Pearlwort (buds)

Sagina nivalis

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Snow Pearlwort

Sagina nivalis

© Sarah H Watts

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Starry Saxifrage

Micranthes stellaris

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Water Lobelia

Lobelia dortmanna

© Gus Routledge

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Woolly Fringe-moss

Racomitrium lanuginosum

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Woolly Willow

Salix lanata

© Sarah H Watts

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Yellow Oxytropis

Oxytropis campestris

© Dan Watson (National Trust for Scotland)

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Yellow Saxifrage

Saxifraga aizoides

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