glacier buttercup
glacier crowfoot
ranunculus glacialis latin

Others include Arenaria montana, Bulbocodium vernum, and Ranunculus glacialis.

The southern slopes and the plateaus consist mostly of talus, and there is very little plant life except lichen, moss and ranunculus glacialis.

In the hollows for example globe-flower and aconitum can be found while the Ranunculus glacialis, snow bunting and rock ptarmigan prefer higher altitudes.

In the wild, Androsace alpina grows on silicaceous substrates, particularly granite, and is one of the few plants in the Alps to grow above 4000 metres, including near the summit of the Matterhorn (only Ranunculus glacialis and perhaps Saxifraga biflora grow higher).