Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) was one of the first alpine flowers I was introduced to, forty years ago. I still enjoy spotting it whenever I am up above timberline. It is a thickly growing little mound of tightly packed little leaves, interspersed with tiny pinkish purple flowers. Moss Campion likes to grow in well drained alpine areas, gravely cliffs and ledges, and in rocky crevasses.
The “campion” part of its common name means “champion” and I guess long ago in Europe, sport champions were crowned with a wreath of their version of this plant whose flowers are red.
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