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It is a damp-loving herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and wide, with heart-shaped pointed leaves, downy beneath, and narrow spikes of rose-red or white flowers in summer. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, including 'Firetail'.
Antennaria dioica (mountain everlasting, [3] stoloniferous pussytoes, [4] catsfoot or cudweed) is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.It is a perennial herb found in cool northern and mountainous regions of Europe and northern Asia (Russia, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, China (Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Gansu) and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
It is found in the Southern Appalachians, in mountain forests at elevations between 700 and 1,500 feet. [58] [59] Convolvulus sericatus [60] Corallorhiza bentleyi-Bentley's coralroot. It is found only in the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia. [61] [62] Coreopsis latifolia [63] Crataegus austromontana [64] Crataegus buckleyi [64] Crataegus ...
These include perennial grasses, sedges, forbs, cushion plants, mosses, and lichens. [2] Alpine plants are adapted to the harsh conditions of the alpine environment, which include low temperatures, dryness, ultraviolet radiation, wind, drought, poor nutritional soil, and a short growing season. Some alpine plants serve as medicinal plants.
Arenaria montana is an evergreen perennial growing 14–22 cm (6–9 in) tall, with lanceolate or ovate green to grayish-green opposite leaves 10–30 mm (0.4–1.2 in) in length. From mid to late Spring it produces dense clumps of white to near-white flowers approximately 25 mm (1 in) in diameter borne on cymes of 2 to 10 flowers each.
Satureja montana (winter savory or mountain savory), is a perennial, semi-evergreen herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to warm temperate regions of southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa. It has dark green leaves and summer flowers ranging from pale lavender, or pink to white.
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Centaurea montana, the perennial cornflower, [1] mountain cornflower, bachelor's button, montane knapweed or mountain bluet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Europe. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north.