# Alpine campion (Viscaria alpina)

**Swedish: Fjälltjärnblom | English: Alpine Campion | Family: Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)**

## FAQs

- **Why is the Alpine campion considered to be 'Kupferblume'?**: It thrives in soils with extremely high copper contents where other plants die, and was used by prospectors to find ore deposits.
- **What color flowers does Fjälltjärnblom have?**: A very strong, bright purple pink.
- **How big will the plant get?**: Very delicate and windproof, usually only 5 to 15 cm high.
- **When is the flowering time?**: In early summer from June to July.
- **Where does it prefer to grow?**: On barren cliffs, gravelly mountain river banks and wind-exposed mountain heaths.
- **How does the carnation protect itself from storms?**: Through a deeply anchored taproot and a dense rosette of basal leaves.