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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Antennaria carpatica (Carpathian Catsfoot)

male plants
Antennaria carpatica (Carpathian Catsfoot)

female flower head
Antennaria carpatica (Carpathian Catsfoot)

female plant
Achillea nana (Dwarf Yarrow)
Achillea erba-rotta ssp moschata (Musk Milfoil)
Achillea erba-rotta ssp moschata (Musk Milfoil)
Ligusticum mutellinoides (Dwarf Alpine Lovage)
Allium sphaerocephalon (Round-headed Leek)
Allium sphaerocephalon (Round-headed Leek)
Allium oleraceum (Field Garlic)
Allium oleraceum (Field Garlic)
Chaerophyllum villarsii (VIllar's Chervil)

Chaerophyllum villarsii (VIllar's Chervil)
C - The melting Gornergletscher glacier
B - Monte Rosa and the Gornergletscher glacier
Viola tricolor (Wild Pansy)
Viola biflora (Two-flowered Violet)
Potentilla recta (Sulphur Cinquefoil)

Found on the edge of the town and also seen naturalised further out, but almost certainly a recent garden escape.
T - Near Stafel looking down valley towards Zmutt
L - Hydroelectric dam in Gornergletscher valley
K - Gornergletscher valley showing the glacier in the distance
N - Gornergletscher valley

Trees colonising the valley after the retreat of the glacier, the hydroelectric dam in the middle distance