Yellow mountain saxifrage / Saxifraga aizoides, wildflowers in Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.

Yellow mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides, in the Saxifragaceae family). This flowering herb and alpine plant spreads by short rhizomes, forming mats. The flowers, with five sepals and petals, are yellow-green, or sometimes appear reddish-orange as shown here. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).

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Yellow mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides, in the Saxifragaceae family). This flowering herb and alpine plant spreads by short rhizomes, forming mats. The flowers, with five sepals and petals, are yellow-green, or sometimes appear reddish-orange as shown here. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).