Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of each plant, with concise descriptions and illustrations for individual plants to enable differentiation from similar species. Flowers can be identified quickly from colour and shape. The notable characters of each plant are clearly highlighted. Covering  500 species, each with colour photographs, this compact guide is designed for walkers and botanists.   For each plant the common name, scientific name, flowering time, plant height, protected status, and distribution (habitat and altitude) are described.