There`s a flower
Which loves height
Of the mountain tops
Growing in crevices of rock
It survives sun, wind and snow
Where no other species can grow
In Austria and Switzerland up in the Alps
Leontopodium alpinum is something you may see
You need to look carefully and mind where you tread
They are beautiful to look at , with a flower so small and white
They are better known by the name Edlewiess which can be translated
To mean noble and white
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