Perched high in the rugged landscapes of the European Alps thrives a delicate yet resilient plant: the edelweiss. It's a star ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the edelweiss, a rare and beautiful flower found high on the rocky slopes of the Alps and Carpathians. The edelweiss blooms from June to September, well above ...

No, it’s not edelweiss. I mean, edelweiss is pretty and all, and it’s about as Swiss as you can get—it’s the penultimate alpine flower: “small and white, clean and bright” dah-dee-dah ...

But there’s a lot more to this small, seemingly delicate flower. Edelweiss grows in Alpine environments at altitudes as high as 1500-3000 meters above sea level. For a plant of its size ...

Few flowers from a small portion of Europe and Asia are as universally known as the Edelweiss. Thanks to its prominent use in ...

Many of us are familiar with the song “Edelweiss” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1965 musical “Sound of Music.” The musical is based in Austria where the small white flower is protected ...

Like the song lyrics suggest, edelweiss is indeed 'small and white'. It's a wildflower that grows in high and rocky altitudes, like the Swiss Alps. So, in other words, this flower can withstand ...