Cinquefoil / Potentilla genus, & wild thyme. Grindelwald Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.

A cinquefoil flower blooms yellow (Potentilla genus), in Bussalp, Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The purple bloom is wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae). Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. To reach Bussalp, ride the private GrindelwaldBus.ch to the last stop in Bussalp, then ascend 40 minutes on foot. Hike a spectacular alpine trail from Eigeralp farm at upper Bussalp, around the Faulhorn to Bachalpsee, finishing at the gondola lift station at First, which descends to Grindelwald BGF. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Contained in galleries: 2016 Berner Oberland, 2016 ALL images SWITZERLAND

A cinquefoil flower blooms yellow (Potentilla genus), in Bussalp, Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The purple bloom is wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae). Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. To reach Bussalp, ride the private GrindelwaldBus.ch to the last stop in Bussalp, then ascend 40 minutes on foot. Hike a spectacular alpine trail from Eigeralp farm at upper Bussalp, around the Faulhorn to Bachalpsee, finishing at the gondola lift station at First, which descends to Grindelwald BGF. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.