Flowers of the Julian Alps: An introduction

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Trumpet gentian Gentiana clusii Low plant in clusters of bell-shaped flowers. Various shades of blue to be seen.					Snow Buttercup Ranunculus adoneus Shiny dish-shaped yellow or orange leaves. Appears on snowfields soon after snow melts.
Season: May-Aug Frequency: Common Habitat: 800 - 3,100m on scree, rocks, grass Properties: Raises appetite, lowers body temperature					Season: June-Aug Frequency: Common Habitat: High meadows, rocks and scree Properties: -

Mouse-ear hawkweed Hieracium peleterianum Growing to 30cm, can be confused with Tolpis. Single leafless stems; yellow flower with square ends.					Fringed gentian Gentianella ciliata Hairy-edged plant with spoon-shaped leaves. Colour can be purple, pale blue, mid-blue or azure.
Season: May-Oct Frequency: Uncommon Habitat: 200 - 2,700m on dry grassland and heath Properties: -					Season: Aug-Sept Frequency: Rare Habitat: 200 - 2,400m on limestone, scrub, meadows Properties: -

Greater Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella major Tall, growing up to 1m. Member of the carrot family.					Large-flowered leopard's bane Doronicum grandiflorum Bold yellow flower growing up to 50cm tall. Similar in appearance to Arnica and Chamois ragwort.
Season: Jun-Aug Frequency: Rare Habitat: Meadows, herbs Properties: -					Season: July-Aug Frequency: Uncommon Habitat: 1,700 - 3,200m Properties: -

Monk's-hood Aconitum napellus Distinctive petals; upper petal forms 'hood'. Buttercup family, growing to 1.5m tall.					Glacier mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium uniflorum Petals in groups of two resembling mouse ears. Small flowers on short stems.
Season: June-Aug Frequency: Common Habitat: High, damp woods; river banks Properties: Poisonous: do not pick up or eat					Season: July-Aug Frequency: Uncommon Habitat: 2,100 - 3,400m Properties: -

See these flowers close-up on a walking holiday in the Julian Alps

Alpine Exploratory offers a range of self-guided walking holidays in the Julian Alps. While trekking in the mountains you'll come across flowers in various places, whether poking out of cracks in rocks, or carpeting lush meadows. Our self-guided holidays give you the accommodation reservations, local information, routecards and maps that you need in order to enjoy the walking by yourself or in your own group of friends or family. The two trips below are chosen to offer the chance to see high-mountain flowers and valley flowers respectively.

Julian Alps    Bohinj Valley Self-guided daywalks 3 days Gentle walks explore the forests, valleys, fields and small hills in Bohinj; flowers in abundance					Julian Alps    Hut-to-Hut Self-guided trekking 6 days A trek in Slovenia's high mountains where the flora changes noticeably as you gain and lose height