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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Thymus praecox ssp polytrichus (Wild Thyme)
Euphrasia alpina (Alpine Eyebright)
Gentiana ramosa (Branched Gentian)

Showing long calyx teeth (compare with G. campestris)
Nigritella rhellicani (Black Vanilla Orchid)
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)