Orobanchaceae
Velvetbells
Bartsia alpina
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Bartsia
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- بارطشية ألبية
- arz
- بارطشية البيه
- Bulgarian
- Алпийска язовка
- Czech
- Lepnice alpská
- Dutch
- Alpenhelm
- English
- Velvetbells
- Finnish
- Punakko, Pohjanpunakko
- French
- Bartsie des Alpes
- German
- Alpenhelm, Alpen-Bartschie
- hsb
- Alpska barčija
- Icelandic
- Smjörgras
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Svarttopp
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Svarttopp
- Polish
- Bartsja alpejska, Barczja alpejska
- Russian
- Бартсия альпийская
- se
- Jeaggečáhput, Gádderuosta
- Slovenian
- Alpska barčija
- smn
- Riddoruostâ
- sms
- Reddruõstt
- Swedish
- Svarthö
- Ukrainian
- Бартсія альпійська
- Welsh
- Gorudd y mynydd
Synonyms
- Alectorolophus erectus Sterneck
- Alicosta alpina (L.) Dulac
- Bartsia alpina f. subimbricata Bolzon
- Bartsia alpina var. jensenii Lange
- Bartsia carnea Griseb.
- Bartsia parviflora E.Thomas
- Bartsia parviflora Charpent. ex Benth.
- Bartsia transsilvanica Gand.
- Bartsia urticoides Gand.
- Euphrasia alpina (L.) Bubani
- Rhinanthus alpinus (L.) Lam.
- Staehelinia alpina (L.) Crantz
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 594 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anatas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark22, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Karl Gruber, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.