Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: ROCK PLANTS FOR ACID SOIL (Many of these require special care. Those marked with *require strongly acid soil.) #Do not collect this in the wild or you will go to jail. BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Achillea moschata Musk Yarrow Androsace alpina Alpine Rock-Jasmine Androsace carnea Pine Rock-Jasmine Anemone blanda Greek Anemone Anemone quinquefolia Wood Anemone *Arethusa bulbosa Arethusa Astilbe simplicifolia Star Astilbe Chimaphila maculata Striped Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata Common Pipsissewa *Chiogenes hispidula Creeping Snowberry Coptis trifolia Goldthread Dicentra Cucullaria Dutchman’s Breeches *Epigaea repens #Trailing Arbutus *Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Gentiana alpina Bluets Iris verna Vernal Iris *Linnaea borealis Twinflower Orchis spectabilis Showy Orchid Parnassia caroliniana Carolina Parnassus Parnassia palustris Marsh Parnassus Potentilla tridentata Wineleaf Cinquefoil Primula elatior Oxlip Primrose Pyrola elliptica, Shinleaf Shortia galacifolia Oconee-bells Sibboldia procumbens Creeping Sibboldia Silene pennsylvanica Wild Pink Soldanella alpina Moonwort Thalictrum alpinum Arctic Meadow Rue Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue Thalictrum minus Low Meadow Rue Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower Trillium nivale Dwarf Trillium Trillium grandiflorum White Trillium Trollius chinensis Chinese Globeflower Trollius laxus American Globeflower