Nederlands: Edelweiss
Español: Flor de nieve
Français: Édelweiss - Pied-de-lion - Gnaphale à pied de lion - Étoile d'argent - Étoile des glaciers
Deutsch: Edelweiss
Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: July-September
Height: 5-40cm
Altitude: 1200-3400m
Colour: white, yellowish white
Habitat: grassy and rocky habitats, moraines, occasionally on cliffs and screes, generally on limestone Distribution: France, Germany, mountains of Europe from the Jura southwards
Synonym: Leontopodium nivale subsp. alpinum
Notes: As a scarce short-lived flower found in remote mountain areas, the plant has been used as a symbol for alpinism. On a walk in Ordesa in the Spanish Pyrenees we saw on the same day these early-season, mid-season and late season versions of this ´Flor de nieves on different parts of the route.
Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Torla, Senda de los Cazadores, Alps, alpine plant
