Scandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter

Flora & Fauna › Red Flowers & Plants › Alpine Catchfly

Lychnis alpina, Alpine Catchfly, Fjelltjæreblom. Short.

Alpine Catchfly
Leaves linear to spoon shaped, mostly basal. Flowers, usually purple, maybe white, clustered in a small dense head atop a stem. Petals are deeply notched.

Common on dry mountain meadows.

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