Linda's Alpine Flowers Page

Yellow and Orange Flowers
(except Orchids)

This page is part of Linda's collection photographs of flowers in European mountains, mostly alpine (roughly 1800-2500m) and sub-alpine (roughly 1200-1800 m), but with a few from lower altitudes. The collection includes shots of over 550 species. The main page contains additional information, and links to the other pages in the set.

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Yellow Anemone
Anenome ranunculoides ...
... and cropped
– Oss'16
Angelica sp.
– Cw'15 ...
... at Port Quin
Yellow Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolen
– Pyr'11
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Zill'18
Arnica – Salz'12
... again ...
... cropped ...
and the plant-base
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
... leaves ...
... and cropped
Again – CdE'17 ...
... and again
Again – Dol'17
Again – Van'18 ...
... and cropped
Again – Van'19
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and closer-up
Alpine Asphodel
Tofieldia calyculata– Zrm'17' ...
... closer ...
... and close-up
Astragalus sp.
– Pyr'11
Again – Eng'14
Again
And again
Wild Lentil
Astragalus cicer ...
... and cropped
– Dol'19
Austrian Rocket
– Oss'13 ...
.. Sisymbrium ...
... cropped
Again – CdE'17 ...
... again
Alpine Avens – Salz'12
... Geum montanum ...
... and again ...
... lower and older?
 
Alpine Avens – Salz'12
... again
Again – Ktz'13
  
Alpine Avens – Zill'14
Again
Again – Dol'16
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and cropped
Creeping Avens – BOb'16 ...
... and cropped
Bears Ears
Primula auricula
– Dol'09
Again – Slo'13 ...
... Stare Fuzina
towards Triglav ...
... with the view ...
... as a
necessary extra
... the valley
southwards ...
... closer ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Again – Sänt'14
Again, with view
– Sänt'14
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and closer
Bedstraw – Slo'14
poss. Galium taurina,
with yellow leaves
aka Asperula taurinum
Lady's bedstraw – Iseo'19 ...
... Galium verum
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
– Zrm'17
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and its leaves
 
Drooping Bittercress – Slo'12
... cropped
Again – Slo'13
  
Again – Picos'13 ...
... cropped ...
... cropped again
Lugano Broom – Iseo'19 ...
... Cytisus emeriflorus ...
... and closer ...
... and closer again
 
Hybrid Buttercup
– Dol'09
Woolly Buttercup
Ranunculus lanuginosus
– Dol'10
Thore's Buttercup
– Pyr'11
  
Buttercup, poss.
R. bulbosus – Pyr'11 ...
... Cropped
Ranunculus
poss. bulbosus ...
... cropped – Pyr'11
   
Pyrenean Buttercup
Ranunculus pyrenaeus ...
... cropped – Picos'13
The species is White!, but
this yellow form seems identical
    
Ranunculus
polyanthemoides
– OT'15 ...
... and closer
Again – OT'15
Marsh Buttercup
Ranunculus cymbalaria
– OT'15
Pygmy/Dwarf Buttercup
Ranunculus pygmaeus (poss.)
– Dol'19
And with Spring Gentians
And again
Campanula thyrsoides
– Eng'14 ...
... Yellow Bellflower ...
... See also in Yellow!
Again – Dol'17' ...
... closer ...
... and cropped
Again – Van'18 ...
... again ...
... and again ...
... and cropped
 
Golden Cinquefoil – Dol'10
... Potentilla aurea,
cropped
Again – Pyr'11
  
Again – Dol'12
Again – Salz'12
Again – Zill'14 ...
... cropped
Again ...
... cropped
Again – Cw'15
Again – Dol'17
Alpine Cinquefoil
Potentilla crantzii
– OT'15
European Cinquefoil
aka Thuringian Potentilla
Potentilla thuringiaca
– Pyr'16
Cinquefoil Sp. – CdE'17 ...
... again
Brown Clover – Van'18 ...
... Trifolium badium
Yellow sweet clover
Melilotus officinalis
– Aos'19 ...
... closer up ...
... and its leaves
Coltsfoot – Oss'11
Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot – Salz'12
Again
– Oss'13
... and cropped
 
Again
– HS'18
... and again ...
... and the first, cropped
  
Again – Dol'19...
... cropped again
Cowslip – Cw'15 ...
... Primula veris
(on the Ridgeway)
Common Cowwheat
– Scot'14 ...
... cropped
aka Malumyrum pratense
Again
Again
Again – BOb'16
Again – Zill'18 ...
... and again ...
... and cropped
Melampyrum Sp. – Van'18
Cress, with
Globularia – Dol'10
Poss. Cress
– Auv'14
Cress sp. – Dol'16 ...
... poss. Coincya genus ...
... and cropped
Hoop Daffodil
Narcissus bulbocodium
– Picos'13 ...
... cropped
And another
And another, cropped
And with the view
And again
Tiny Daffodil sp.
Narcissus asturiensis
– Picos'13 ...
... with view ...
... in profusion ...
... at Fuente Dé
Narcissus abscissus
or pseudonarcissus
ssp. abscissus – Oss'13
Large flower daffodil
– Oss'13 ...
... Narcissus
pseudonarcissus
ssp. nobilis ...
... in great quantity ...
... near Pic du
Midi d'Ossau ...
... demanding
attention ...
... throughout a
several-hour walk ...
... in early summer ...
... at altitude
Poss. also Large
Flower Daffodil
– Auv'14 ...
... and view
Daisy – Slo'14
... cropped ...
... and cropped
Spurge Daphne
Daphne laureola
– Pyr'13
Again – Pyr'16 ...
... and closer up
Echinospartum horridum
– Pyr'13 ...
... cropped
Yellow Foxglove – Sr'15 ...
... Digitalis grandiflora,
cropped
Again – Zill'18 ...
... and again
French Flax
Linum trigynum – Tarn'11
Yellow Gentian
– St'10
Again – Ktz'13
At last, in bloom!!
– Dol'15 ...
... Gentiana lutea ...
... closer up ...
... the leaves ...
... getting closer ...
... and closer ...
... and with bee ...
... and on the right
a False Helleborine!
Foreground Gentian
(grey-green), Mid
False White Helleborine
(green) – VdU'17
Again – Van'18 ...
... and cliffs
Spotted Gentian
Gentiana punctata – Dol'10
Mountain Germander
Teucrium montanum
– GdV'17
Globe Flowers
– St'07
Globe Flowers
– Dol'09
Again – Ktz'13
And closer up
Goat's Beard – CdE'17 ...
... Tragopogen
pratensis, cropped
Again – Aos'19
Golden Hawkesbeard
with Rattles – Dol'10
Again – Ktz'13
Crepis aurea
Heartsease – Dol'10
Alpine Hawkweed
– Zill'18 ...
... Hieracium alpinum
and its very hairy buds
Honeysuckle – Van'18 ...
... and cropped
Smooth Honeywort
Cerinthe glabra ...
... and cropped – VdU'17
Iris – Ktz'13
at Schwarzsee ...
... and cropped
   
Laburnum alpinum
– Slo'13
   
Lady's Mantle
(with Birdsfoot Trefoil)
>– BOb'10
See also Other Colours!
Alpine Lady's Mantle
Alchemilla basaltica – Oss'11
A Lady's Mantle
– OT'15 ...
... Alchemilla plicatula
cropped
Waxy Lady's Mantle
– OT'15 ...
... Alchemilla
poss. glaucescens
cropped
Hoppes Lady's Mantle – HS'18 ...
... Alchemilla hoppeana,
cropped
 
Heart-Leaved Leopardsbane
Doronicum columnae ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Another – Tarn'11
  
Again – Dol'15 ...
... and cropped
Again – DOl'17 ...
... and the leaves
Large-Flowered
Leopardsbane – BOb'16 ...
... Doronicum grandiflorum ...
... and leaves
Again – CdE'17 ...
... again
Orange Lily
Lilium bulberiferum ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Again – Dol'16
Again – Dol'17
Wild Liquorice – Dol'15 ...
... Astragalus
glycyphyllos ...
... and cropped ...
... and another
cropped
Leafy Lousewort
Pedicularis foliosa
– Dol'10
N.B.: P. foliosa and
P. comosa (the next species)
are very, very similar
Again – HA'14
Again – Eng'14
Again
Again
With friends
In context
Again – Tux'16
... and leaves
Again – Van'18 ...
... and cropped
Crested Lousewort
Pedicularis comosa
N.B.: P. foliosa and
P. comosa (the previous species)
are very, very similar ...
... and cropped
– Picos'13
Again – Dol'16
... cropped
Again – Van'18 ...
... cropped ...
... again, cropped
Again – HS'18 ...
... and cropped
Long-Beaked Lousewort
– BOb'16 ...
... Pedicularis tuberosa ...
... another, cropped
Again – Dol'17
Again – Dol'17'
Again – Zrm'17' ...
... and cropped
Ascending Lousewort ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Swamp/Marsh Marigolds
– Oss'11 ...
... Caltha palustris – Pyr'11
Marsh Marigolds – Pyr'11
Swamp Marigolds – Slo'12
... under water ...
... cropped again
Again – Oss'13 ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'19
Shrubby Milkwort
Polygala chaemaebuxus – BOb'16 ...
See also White and Red!
... cropped ...
... and again
Again – Dol'19 ...
... and cropped
Buckler's Mustard
 – Dol'12
... Biscutella laevigata
but now uncertain! ...
... and view of Sella
Again – BOb'16 ...
... its leaves ...
... and cropped ...
... cropped again
Again – VdU'17 ...
... and again ...
... cropped
Again, with double-seed
– Dol'17
Again – Van'18 ...
... and leaves
Again – Aos'19
   
Chicory-leaved Buckler's
Mustard – AM'16 ...
... Biscutella cichoriifolia
Wood-Treacle Mustard
– Dol'10
Again – CdE'17
Erysimum sylvestre ...
... again, cropped ...
... further cropped ...
... again ...
... again, cropped ...
... further cropped
Again – Dol'17
Hoary Treacle Mustard
– Pyr'13 ...
... and its leaves
 
A Treacle Mustard
Erysimum sp. – Slo'14
A Treacle Mustard sp. – Pyr'16 ...
... Erysimum sp., cropped
Yellow Oxeye
Buphthalmum salicifolium
– Zill'14
Again – OT'15 ...
... stem and base
Oxlip
Primula elatior – St'07 ...
... cropped
Oxlip – Dol'09 ...
Oxlip – Pyr'11 ...
Oxlip – Dol'12 ...
... cropped
Oxlip, in profusion
– Picos'13 ...
And again
Again
– Auv'14
Again
– OT'15
Again – AM'16 ...
Location and ...
... three degrees ...
... of cropping
Again – Dol'19...
... and again
Mountain Pansy
But also in Mauve (or both)
Viola lutea – AM'16
Again – VdU'17 ...
... and view
Again – BOb'16 ...
... again ...
... and cropped ...
... another, cropped
For Yellow Pasque,
see the White page
Yellow Pimpernel
Lysimachia nemorum
– Sänt'14 ...
... and again
Again – OT'15
Again – OT'15 ...
... and cropped
Alpine Poppy
Papaver alpinum – Dol'10
Kerner-Alpine or Rhaetian Poppy
P. alpinum ssp. kerneri
and/or P. rhaeticum
– Dol'17
Native Primrose
– Dol'09 ...
... Primula vulgaris
ssp. vulgaris, cropped
Again – Cw'15
 
Chamois Ragwort – Salz'12
Southern Ragwort
Senecio ovirense
– VdU'17 ...
... and cropped
  
Marsh? Ragwort
Senecio helenites– Zrm'17' ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Rattle – Salz'12
?Burnat's Yellow
Yellow Rattle / Cockscomb, Rhinanthus minor
A Rattle,
with clover
– Zill'14
Large Yellow Rest-Harrow – Iseo'19 ...
... Ononis natrix ...
... a bit out-of-area
Alpine Rock Rose
Helianthemum ?oelandicum
– Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again, in situ,
with Erica – Sänt'14
Again – Van'18 ...
... and leaves
Common Rock Rose
Helianthemum nummularium
– Eng'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Tux'16
... flower cropped ...
... and leaves cropped
Hoary Rock Rose
– Pyr'16 ...
... Helianthemum canum
ssp piloselloides ...
... incl. flowers ...
... and leaves
Again – Dol'17
Rock Rose sp. – Pyr'16
Rock Rose sp. – CdE'17 ...
... cropped ...
... again
Again – VdU'17
Sticky Sage
Salvia glutinosa
– Ktz'13
Musky Saxifrage
Saxifraga exarata ...
... Musky Saxifrage,
Cropped – Dol'10
Musky Saxifrage,
– Oss'11
Again – Tux'16 ...
... and cropped ...
... leaves ...
... and close-up
Again – BOb'16 ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Again, with S. tenella
– Dol'17'
Golden Saxifrage – Salz'12
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Again – Oss'13
with Marsh Marigolds ...
Again – Slo'13
 
Yellow Saxifrage
Saxifraga aretoides ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
And again – Pyr'11
  
Senecio species
– VdU'17 ...
... and cropped
Bladder Senna ...
... cropped – Pyr'11
Again – Ktz'13 ...
Colutea sp.
Silverweed – Salz'12
... Potentilla anserina, cropped
Whorled
Solomon's Seal
– Slo'14 ... ...
... Polygonatum
verticillatum ...
And again ...
... and closer-up
Cypress Spurge
– Slo'12 ...
... Euphorbia cyparissias
Again – GdV'17 ...
Rock Spurge – Slo'12
... Euphorbia saxitilis ...
... again ...
... cropped
Kerner's Spurge
– Dol'15
... Euphorbia kerneri ...
... again ...
... and cropped
Biting Stonecrop
Sedum acre ...
... cropped
– Dor'14
Again or poss.
Sedum alpestre ...
... Pale Stonecrop
– OT'15 ...
... and again
Yellow Melancholy Thistle
Cirsium erisithales
– Dol'16
... cropped ...
... and cropped again
Twisted Thymelaea
– Pyr'13
Toadflax Common,
Linaria vulgaris
– Picos'08
... but poss. Pyrennean,
cropped
And again
– Oss'11
Again – Pyr'16 ...
Habitat and plant
Common Tormentil
(or Septfoil) – Slo'14
aka Potentilla
erecta/laeta/tormentilla
– Scot'14
Again
aka Tormentilla erecta
 
Verbascum ...
... Cropped once ...
... and again – Dol'10
  
 
Verbascum lanatum – Slo'12
... cropped ...
... and view back to carpark)
  
Verbascum lychnitis
NEW – VdU'17 ...
... and cropped
   
Milk Vetch,
Cropped – Dol'10
Milk Vetch,
with Wulfenia – Dol'10
    
Yellow Milk Vetch
Oxytropis campestris
– Dol'17' ...
... again ...
... leaves cropped
?Woolly Milk Vetch
Oxytropis pilosa
– CdE'17
Stinking Milk Vetch – Van'18 ...
... Oxytropis fetida ...
... and its leaves
   
?Pale Vetch – Salz'12
... cropped
    
Common Kidney
Vetch – Dol'09
Again – Ktz'13
And again,
Anthyliss vulneraria
And again
... and cropped
Again – Cw'15 ...
... closer ...
... closest
Again – Cw'15
Again – Cw'18 ...
Still A. vulneraria,
but ssp. carpatica – Van'18 ...
... again, cropped
Horseshoe Vetch
– Dol'12 ...
... and Cropped
Again – OT'15 ...
... and again
Again, Hippocrepis comosa ...
... and again, cropped
– Oss'16
Again – HS'18
Meadow Vetchling
or Yellow Pea – Pyr'11 ...
... Lathyrus pratensis,
and cropped
Yellow Violets ...
... Cropped – Dol'10
Yellow Wood Violets
– Dol'10
Viola biflora
– Salz'12
Again – Dol'15
Vitaliana
Androsace vitaliana ...
... cropped, aka Vitaliana
primulifolia – Oss'16
Again – CdE'17
Again – Van'18
Again – Dol'19 ...
... and cropped
Again, with Bob Watson
 
Yellow Whitlow Grass
– Dol'09...
... Draba azoides ...
... and again ...
  
Again
– Oss'13 ...
Again
– Sänt'14 ...
Again, on Mt Roen
above the Trentino
– Dol'15 ...
... closer
Again, near
Passo Cigolade
Again – BOb'16 ...
... and leaves
Again – VdU'17 ...
... and again
Again – HS'18 ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'19 ...
... and cropped
And again
Wolfsbane
– Slo'14 ...
... Aconitum vulparia
?= lycoctonum or
... ?= A. lyctotum ssp. vulparia
Again – Sänt'14
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Dol'17' ...
... and cropped ...
... and its leaves
Southern Woodruff
Asperula taurina ...
... closer-up – Pyr'11
Again – Oss'13 ...
... and cropped
Again – Sänt'14 ...
... and cropped
Again – Auv'14
Again – Pyr'16
Yellow Woundwort – Salz'12
... Stachys annua ...
... and again ...
... cropped
Again – OT'15 ...
... and again
Again – VdU'17
Perennial Yellow-Woundwort
Stachys recta
– Zrm'17
Again – Iseo'19
Again – Aos'19 ...
... and again
Yellow Star of Bethlehem ...
... Gagea lutea ...
... cropped
– Oss'13
Another Gagea sp.
– Slo'13
Gagea sp. – Oss'16
... and cropped
Again – HS'18
Again – Aos'19

 
Unknown species – Pyr'13 ...
... cropped ...
... cropped again
Unknown species – Picos'13 ...
Unknown cinquefoil-like,
but with 4 petals ...
... and cropped
– Ktz'13
Yellow-flowering
tree – Dol'15
Daisy, poss. Hawkweed
or Leopardsbane – Dol'15
Yellow-with-red,
pea-like flower ...
... on tall stalks – Dol'16

This is a page within the Clarke-Spinaze Alpine Flower Photo Gallery. The site home-page is here
Contact: Linda or Roger
Created: 9 August 2010; Last Amended: 21 June 2020