A resource of downloadable photographic images of the flora of Zermatt, Switzerland by Hugh Knott - all photos also on Flickr

The Alpine Flora of Zermatt, Switzerland

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Nigritella rhellicani (Black Vanilla Orchid)
Potentilla recta (Sulphur Cinquefoil)

Found on the edge of the town and also seen naturalised further out, but almost certainly a recent garden escape.
Salix reticulata (Net-leaved Willow)
Linaria alpina (Alpine Toadflax)
Eryngium alpinum (Alpine Eryngo)

A rare native to the Alps, but commonly planted and this one almost certainly so
B - Monte Rosa and the Gornergletscher glacier
L - Hydroelectric dam in Gornergletscher valley
K - Gornergletscher valley showing the glacier in the distance
Q - Zermatt from Trockener Steg
Silene suecica (Alpine Catchfly)
Viola calcarata (Alpine Pansy)
Gentiana brachyphylla (Short-leaved Gentian)
Gentiana brachyphylla (Short-leaved Gentian)
Pulsatilla vernalis (Spring Pasqueflower)
Draba aizoides (Yellow Whitlowgrass)
Draba aizoides (Yellow Whitlowgrass)
Geum montanum (Alpine Avens)
Ranunculus glacialis (Glacial Crowfoot)
A - Gornergrat July 20161
Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage)
Saxifraga seguieri (Seguier's Saxifrage)