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5 plants worth knowing

Andorra

Andorra is an entirely mountainous country in the eastern Pyrenees – even its lowest point lies at about 840 m above sea level, and its peaks rise above 2,900 m. The valleys are clothed in Scots pine and fir forests, higher up stretch extensive forests of Pinus uncinata, and above them lie mountain pastures and alpine grasslands that burst into flower in summer. In the past, tobacco and cereals were grown on terraces in the narrow valleys; today tourism dominates, but the pastoral landscape is still protected, notably in the Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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where it grows

  1. Poet’s daffodil 1

    flower · National flower of Andorra

    Poet’s daffodil

    Narcissus poeticus

    The white grandalla, with its red-rimmed corona, blooms in mountain meadows and is Andorra’s national flower.
  2. Pinus uncinata 2

    tree

    Pinus uncinata

    Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata

    The highest-growing tree of the Pyrenees – dark “pi negre” forests mark the upper treeline throughout Andorra.
  3. Tobacco 3

    crop

    Tobacco

    Nicotiana tabacum

    For two centuries tobacco was Andorra’s main livelihood – its terraced fields can still be seen in the valleys.
  4. Alpenrose 4

    shrub

    Alpenrose

    Rhododendron ferrugineum

    In early summer the slopes above the forests turn pink with flowering “neret” thickets.
  5. Great yellow gentian 5

    perennial

    Great yellow gentian

    Gentiana lutea

    A stately, yellow-flowered gentian of the Pyrenean pastures whose bitter root has been made into liqueurs and medicines for centuries.