Alpine Flowers

A field guidebook to identifying 230 alpine flowers. A handy pocket-sized guide to the most commonly found flowers in the Alps, allowing you to identify the flowers you see whilst on your Alpine walks.

• Organised into colour-coded sections for easy identification
• Clear photographs and key feature descriptions are given for each flower
• Flower names given in English, Latin, German, French and Italian
• Notes on curious facts and origins of names

Auteur
Gillian Price has trekked throughout Asia and the Himalayas, but now lives in Venice and is exploring the mountains and flatter bits of Italy. Starting in the Italian Dolomites, Gillian has written outstanding Cicerone guides to walking all over Italy as well as Corsica and Corfu. An adamant promoter of public transport to minimise environmental impact, Gillian belongs to Mountain Wilderness and is an active member of the Venice branch of CAI, the Italian Alpine Club. Check her out at www.gillianprice.eu.

Résumé
A pocket field guidebook for identifying 230 of the most commonly found alpine flowers of the Alps. Categorised by colour for quick identification, each alpine flower has a photograph and description of its key features. Flower names are given in English, French, German, Italian and Latin, with notes on curious facts and origins of names.

Contenu

Glossary; Introduction; Survival Techniques; Reproduction; Migration and Climate Change; Naming; Identification; Distribution; Flowers; Red; Yellow; Blue; Purple; White; Appendices; Botanical Gardens across the Alps; Flower Index