Ligusticum mutellina   Mountain Lovage

Ligusticum mutellina whole

This small, perennial alpine umbellifer is quite often seen with pink or white flowers most often pink when in bud. It is edible and the leaves are sometimes used as a substitute for Parsley. Although it looks rather vulnerable and delicate being not much taller than the grassland in which it lives, it has been found to be tolerant of the trampling by tourists.

Ligusticum mutellina

Ligusticum mutellina Mountain Lovage

Mid slopes of Piz Nair, Engadine. Switzerland 10th July 2010

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Ligusticum mutellina Mountain Lovage

Mid slopes of Piz Nair, Engadine. Switzerland 10th July 2010

Added on 25th November 2010

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