Parcopedia

It is a perennial herbaceous plant 20-40 cm tall. It has an underground stem and a leafless one that emerges from the ground. The leaves are heart-shaped with lobes and denticles. The flowers are hermaphroditic and grouped in an umbel. The fruit is a capsule with 30-40 seeds.

Genepì is a small plant that grows on scree and rocky areas at altitudes above 2300 meters, but it is also cultivated in the mountains on suitable terrains and positions, for the production of herbal teas and liquors.

Larch (Larix decidua) is a hardy conifer with deciduous needles that thrives in harsh alpine climates. It grows on poor soils and pioneers the way for more complex forests.

The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a conifer that shows a high ability to adapt to the environment: it lives from the valley floor up to 2000 meters above sea level.

The Swiss pine is the only native pine with needles grouped in bundles of 5 and produces cylindrical cones, purple in color, containing seeds wrapped in a hard shell (pine nuts)

Wild narcissus dots alpine meadows with its tufts of highly fragrant flowers featuring white petals and yellow corona.

La scarpetta di Venere è una delle orchidee più affascinanti e riconoscibili della flora europea. Il suo grande fiore giallo dorato, rappresentato dall’elemento centrale definito “labello” e racchiuso in sepali e petali bruno-violacei, ricorda una piccola scarpa, da cui deriva il nome. È una pianta erbacea perenne appartenente alla famiglia delle Orchidaceae, alta fino a 40–60 cm, che fiorisce tra maggio e giugno. La sua fioritura vistosa ne provoca una raccolta eccessiva che, unita alla diminuzione dei suoi habitat a causa della crisi climatica, la rende una specie sempre più vulnerabile.