Store-SkagastølstindScandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Purple Flowers & Plants › Alpine Sawort
Saussurea alpina, Alpine Sawort, Fjelltistel. Short.
A stoloniferous perennial with alternate lanceolate leaves. Purple flowerheads in a cluster of 3-15 atop stem. Vanilla scented flowers.
Common on wet, rocky, grassy moorland, birch woods and willow scrub.