Alpenrose
Not a rose but actually a rhododendron, this evergreen shrub grows just above the treeline in the Alps and the Jura. It can grow up to a metre high, and flowers throughout the summer. Its leaves have rusty spots on their undersides, hence the name “ferrugineum”. The blossom has been immortalised in a song by Swiss singer Polo Hofer.
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