Alpenblumen

This beautiful & colorful flower-card is from my penpal, Tina (Germany).
(Received in April, 2012)

My favourite from these flowers is the Edelweiss.

Edelweiss, (Leontopodium alpinum), is a well-known mountain flower, belonging to the sunflower family.

The common name comes from German edel, meaning "noble", and weiß (also spelled weiss) "white", thus signifying "noble whiteness".