Alpine Plants Flashcards
Dianthus alpinus
alpine pink
A mat-forming hardy perennial
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Evergreen
Dianthus can be annuals, evergreen perennials or subshrubs with narrow, often greyish leaves and showy flowers that are frequently fragrant
Iberis sempervirens
(‘Fischbeck’ variety in picture)
A compact, evergreen subshrub
Family: Brassicaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Iberis can be annuals, evergreen perennials or sub-shrubs, with narrow leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers
Pulsatilla vulgaris
pasqueflower
(‘Alba’ pictured : common name ‘white’ pasqueflower)
A clump-forming herbaceous perennial to 20cm
Family: Ranunculaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Pulsatilla vulgaris
pasqueflower
(‘Alba’ pictured : common name ‘white’ pasqueflower)
A clump-forming herbaceous perennial to 20cm
Family: Ranunculaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Deciduous
Pulsatilla are herbaceous perennials forming clumps of finely dissected leaves, with solitary, hairy bell-shaped or cup-shaped flowers followed by silky-plumed seed-heads
Sedum acre
biting stonecrop
a mat-forming, hairless, succulent perennial
Family: Crassulaceae
Hardiness: H7
Foliage: Evergreen
Sedum may be annuals or herbaceous or evergreen perennials with succulent stems and leaves and clusters of small, star-shaped flowers in summer or autumn
Leontopodium alpinum
A low-growing perennial to about 20cm
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Deciduous
Family: Asteraceae
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Deciduous
Leontopodium are herbaceous perennials with simple leaves and terminal clusters of small yellowish flower-heads surrounded by showy, white-felted leaf-like bracts
Helianthemum nummularium
common rockrose
A low, spreading evergreen shrub
Family: Cistaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Helianthemum are bushy or spreading evergreen shrubs with small paired leaves and saucer-shaped flowers borne in short racemes in spring and early summer
Aubrieta deltoidea
blue kisses
A slowly spreading, mat-forming, evergreen perennial to about 10cm high
Family: Brassicaceae
Hardiness: H6
Foliage: Evergreen
Aubrieta are mat-forming evergreen perennials with small leaves and short racemes of 4-petalled flowers in shades of pink and purple in spring
Gentiana verna
spring gentian
Lucy of Teesdale
A diminutive evergreen perennial
Family: Gentianaceae
Hardiness: H5
Foliage: Evergreen
Gentiana can be annuals, biennials, herbaceous or evergreen perennials, mostly with showy, trumpet or salver-shaped flowers
Linaria alpina
alpine toadflax
A short-lived perennial with trailing stems
Family: Plantaginaceae
Hardiness: H7
Foliage: Deciduous
Linaria can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous perennials, with simple leaves and terminal racemes of 2-lipped flowers with conspicuous spurs
Lewisia’Little Raspberry’ (Little Series)
lewisia ‘Little Raspberry’
A semi-evergreen perennial
Family: Montiaceae
Hardiness: H4
Foliage: Semi evergreen
Lewisia can be herbaceous or evergreen perennials forming rosettes of fleshy leaves, with panicles of open funnel-shaped flowers in a wide range of colours in spring and summer
