Alpine biome occur wherever there are plenty high enough to have snow , accord to the Blue Planet Biomes website . These alpine biome are harsh , bleak , frigid environment bombarded with high winds and low temperatures . They ’re also brusque on the carbon dioxide most plants rely on for the photosynthesis that fertilize them . Some 200 works species , however , have found manner of adapting to these ominous places .

Purplefringe

Like all alpine plants , purplefringe hugs the land . By standing just 4 to 16 inches high , this clumping repeated avoids buffet from alpine tip . Its has coiled , long - stamened , blank or purple flowers . They come out in cylindrical spikes during June and July , at the tallness of the abbreviated alpine grow season . Purplefringe ’s oblong - ellipse , silver - haired leaves become smaller as they ascend its stems . This biennial produces base and foliage during its first class before blossom and dying in its second . It grows wild on partially shaded talus – unaffixed , weather bedrock – incline in blood-red fir forests at altitudes of 7,000 to 8,500 feet , agree to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center .

Cushion Pink

Cushion pinkish , or moss campion ( Silene acaulis ) , form inviting , 2- to 6 - inch gamey shock of soft special K in rock gardens across the Western mountain land . From June to August , its glossy - leaved arm have abundant , single lavender or pink bloom . The plant clings to its mountainside perches – moist , limestone - ground crevices – with deep taproots , according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . It turn in full sun .

Pygmy Bitterroot

A purslane house plant life , Pigmy Lewisia rediviva ( Lewisia pygmaea ) has narrow , heavy greenish leafage extending up to 8 inches along the primer . Between May and August , the foliage chunk produce short stalks with small , lone or clustered flowers . Heavy veining shade their clean petals with pink . Their green throats have yellow stamens . After blooming , the plant go bad back to re - issue in autumn . Pygmy bitterroot grows unwarranted in open , dry , gravel - soiled areas above the tree lines of North America ’s westerly passel ranges .

Alpine Azalea

A intimate site on the heights of New Hampshire ’s Mount Washington , alpine azalea ( Loiseleuria procumbens ) is a dwarf , matting bush . Less than 12 inches high-pitched , it has dense branch nearly cover beneath tiny , oblong unripe leaves . From June to August , the plant blooms with clusters of two to five tumid , white or cryptical pink bell - similar blooms .

This perennial occurs in the alpine biomes of New England , Canada and Alaska , where it prosper in the arctic tundra , grant to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . It arise in partly shady locations with gravelly or moist , acidulent – pH below 6.8 – peat - base soils . Alpine azalea ’s roots , seeds and foliation may be toxic or fateful if ingested .

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