Errors and corrections gratefully receivedCommon Name: Alpine Snowbell
Family: Primrose - Primulaceae
Genus: Soldanella
Species: alpina
Date Taken: 27/06/2005
Altitude: 2375m
Area: Western Bernese Alps
Walking Notes: Iffigenalp - Rawilseeleni - Iffigenalp
Location: Taken just above Stierläger descending from the Rawilseeleni
Flower Notes: 5-15cm tall; leaves leathery, circular to reniform, entire, smooth-edged; stem mostly 2-3 flowered; corolla funnel-shaped, incised much deeper than the uppermost third, blue-violet. 1100-2700m, flowering time 5-7. Rather common.