View: Aerial of French Alps Aquilegia einseleana View: Roadside Genuflex Physoplexis comosa Physoplexis comosa Cyclamen purpurascens View: Valle Toscolano View: Monte Baldo and Lake Garda View: Gargnano to Brenzone Ferry View: Path from the Funiculare View: Panorama Monte Baldo Biscutella laevigata Clematis alpina Gentiana acaulis Horminum pyrenaicum Minuartia verna Paederota bonarota Pedicularis comosa Pedicularis rostrato-capitata Anemone baldensis Anemone baldensis Pulsatilla seedhead Globularia cordifolia Ranunculus traunfellneri Viola biflora Viola biflora Saxifraga caesia View: Military Road At this point John is crawling back from leaning over the ledge to get a view of a Primula auricula bloom. The road below winds through the Parco Regionale dell Alto Garda Bresciano over to the Lake Garda side of the mountains. View: Adamello Looking northwest the Adamello mountain group is snow capped. Viola dubyana Duby's Pansy has a characteristic yellow central spot. It grows on dry meadows and limestone screes. Gentiana clusii Lacking the green spots and with more leathery leaves than G. acaulis. Daphne striata Corydalis lutea John slipped on the jagged edged rocks and cut his leg trying to get to this plant. Genista radiata Helianthemum nummularium Astragalus monspessulanus Thymus polytrichus Trollius europeaus Trollius grows well when extra nitrogen is available. Gentiana lutea Traunsteinera globosa View: Rooftop Garden The view from my hotel room to the surrounding mountainside had a surprise garden of sempervivums and sedums. View: Pastural Scene View: Croce Domini Carlina sp. Anemone narcissiflora Fritillaria tubiformis Achillea moschata Aster bellidiastrum Primula halleri View: Diane's Descent Gentiana verna Gymnadenia conopsea Onobrychis arenaria Onobryotis with Helianthemum Polygala chaemaebuxus white form Polygala chaemaebuxus Vaccinium myrtillus Pulmonaria montana Viola dubyana white form Primula elatior Primula glaucescens Primula glaucescens Primula glaucescens color forms Soldanella alpina Primula spectabilis Pulsatilla alpina Pulsatilla seedhead Pulsatilla Ranunculus seguieri Ranunculus seguieri View: Bagolino Cemetary Laburnum alpinum Laburnum alpinum View: Valley Stream Phyllitis scolopendrium View: The Road Up Ranunculus thorea Rhododendron ferrugineum Rhododendron ferrugineum Daphne and Rhododendron hirsutum Primula daonensis Rhodiola rosea Saxifraga oppositifolia Silene acaulis Crocus vernus ssp. albiflorus Pulsatilla vernalis View: Pale Mountains Paris quadrifolia Aquilegia atrata View: Ray and the Sass Maor Louseleuria procumbens Primula minima Gentiana verna Myositis alpina Crocus vernus spp. albiflorus snowfield Soldanella pusilla Doronicum pardalianches Doronicum columnae Dryas octopetala Valeriana saliunca Valeriana saliunca Valeriana saliunca 10x Holding a 10x lens up to the digital camera I was able to focus to better visualize key features. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus I was especially pleased to find this beautiful member of the Ericaceae. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus 10x If Ledum can be a Rhododendron why not Rhodothamnus? It does have separate petals and 9 stamens. Eriotrichium nana Papaver rhoeticum View: Joan Contemplates Salix alpina fruit Salix serpyllifolia Salix serpyllifolia 10x Salix reticulata 10x Silene acaulis Anemone baldensis View: Panorama Rolle Passe Pedicularis verticilliata Soldanella minima Saxifraga crustata Arabis alpina Potentilla nitida Potentilla nitida white form Primula auricula ssp. ciliata Primula tyrolensis Primula tyrolensis 10x Carex baldensis View: Panorama Passo Poidoi The highest of all the Dolomite passes at 2239 m crossing the Sella Mountain Group Pulsatilla rubra Pulsatilla rubra Diane Loiseleuria procumbens Pulsatilla alpicola Primula farinosa Primula farinosa 10x Ranunculus pyrenaeus Saxifraga moschata Saxifraga paniculata Draba aizoides View: Above the Clouds Daphne striata Linaria alpina Polygala amara Potentilla nitida Saxifraga Saxifraga sp. Saxifraga paniculata Saxifraga sedoides Leontopodium alpinum Thalaspi rotundifolia Doronicum columnae View: Gruppe Sella View: Waterfalls Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Chrysosplenium alternifolium Saxifraga moschata Saxifraga moschata 10x View: Gruppe Sella Soldanella alpina View: Sasso Lungo and Sasso Piatto Sasso Lungo elevation 3181 m and this plateau is 2100 to 1700 m elevation.This mountain group is isolated from others in the Dolomites. The Passo Sella is located on the other side. Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. alpestris Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. alpestris 10x Pinguicula leptoceras Daphne cneorum Gentianella germanica Nigritella nigra Nigritella nigra ssp. rosea 10x Pedicularis verticillata white form Lilium bulbiferum Lilium bulbiferum Campanula barbata Ophrys insectifera 10x Saponaria ocymoides Platanthera bifolia View: Refugio Gentiana acaulis 10x Gentiana punctata View: Boulders at Passo D'Erbe Phyteuma sieberi Minuartia biflora Gymnadenia conopsea Gymnadenia conopsea 10x View: Chapel WWI Sharpshooters Androsace hausmannii Soldanella minima Silene acaulis white form Ranunculus parnassifolius Ranunculus seguieri View: Awesome Scenery View: Tri Cime Trail Astrantia major Dactylorhiza fuchsii Phyteuma orbiculare Campanula scheuchzeri Campanula cochlearifolia Lilium martagon Orobanche gracilis Saxifraga hostii Saxifraga hostii View: Happy Trails