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Soldanella alpina
Also called Blue moonwort
Soldanella alpina is a small alpine perennial with fringed, bell-shaped lilac-blue flowers that often emerge through snow. It is grown in rock gardens and cool alpine beds, and needs cool, moist, well-drained conditions.
Soldanella alpina, the alpine snowbell or blue moonwort, is a member of the family Primulaceae native to the Alps and Pyrenees.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
