Everybody knows the Edelweiss, which grows high in the Alps and is regarded in Switzerland as a national symbol. But how much do the Swiss really know about the Edelweiss? For the first time, an ...

No, it’s not edelweiss. I mean, edelweiss is pretty and all, and it’s about as Swiss as you can get—it’s the penultimate alpine flower: “small and white, clean and bright” dah-dee-dah ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the edelweiss, a rare and beautiful flower found high on the rocky slopes of the Alps and Carpathians.

German artist Rita Fürstenau has created a cross-stitch-style Google Doodle to celebrate the edelweiss, the most romantic of Alpine blooms. The common name for Leontopodium nivale, which means ...

Edelweiss. Gorfer/iStock While a variety of flora graces Switzerland in the warmer months, some of the country's most beautiful blooms can be found high in the mountains. By the end of April, most ...

A different lapel flower worn by the far-right at the opening of Austria’s new parliament hasn't gone unnoticed. FPÖ members wore edelweiss while denying that their past displays of blue ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the appearance of the Edelweiss brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “a manifestation of neo-Nazism” in his address, but the Russian dictator forgot that ...