Edelweiss (Edelweiß)

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Its white colour is considered a symbol of purity, and Edelweiss means "noble whiteness" or "noble purity",its Romanian name, floarea reginei means "Queen's flower".

Leontopodium alpinum

 

"Edelweiss" 
Lyrics from the 1957 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
"The Sound Of Music"
 
Edelweiss, Edelweiss,
every morning you greet me,
Small and white, clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me.

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,

Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Bless my Homeland Forever

 

 

Established 1907 by the Austrian-Hungarian Army for their alpine troops, the sign was used in World War II by the Wehrmacht Gebirgsjäger—here as Edelweiss cap badge.