soldanella

Great belts of blue gentian hang like a zone on the mountain slopes; masses of yellow globe-flower star the upland pastures; nodding heads of soldanella lurk low among the rugged boulders by the glacier's side.

Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

_Convolvulus soldanella_, which trails along the high-water mark its ropes of glossy green leaves and its great pink bellflowers.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

It is the fate of these poor flowers to spring and flourish on the very skirts of retreating winter; they soon wither -- the frilled chalice of the soldanella shrivels up and the crocus fades away before the grass has grown; the sun, which is bringing all the other plants to life, scorches their tender petals.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

It is the fate of these poor flowers to spring and flourish on the very skirts of retreating winter; they soon wither -- the frilled chalice of the soldanella shrivels up and the crocus fades away before the grass has grown; the sun, which is bringing all the other plants to life, scorches their tender petals.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

Saleve, and I saw what gave me more pleasure, I confess, than the distant view of Mont Blanc, which he expected me to be enthusiastic over, -- the soldanella and gentians.

The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I William James Stillman 1864

We climbed the Saleve, and I saw what gave me more pleasure, I confess, than the distant view of Mont Blanc, which he expected me to be enthusiastic over, ” the soldanella and gentians.

The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901