http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Valeriana_officinalis_-_Valerian.jpg this link shows leaves similar to those in your photo but elsewhere it is described as being white or pale pink.

the flower is reminiscent of a sedum too.

It looks like Valerian officinalis - the leaves and flowers are just like that. Sedum flowers are similar but the leaves much thicker and have a different texture.

Whilst I am not saying that it is a Sedum, I wouldn't discount it either. There are 100s of different ones. For example, Sedum 'Jaws' is a wonderfully hardy and long-blooming upright sedum, so named for the serrated leaf edges that are reminiscent of shark's teeth.

thats why i sugessted sedum.

Thank you for your efforts. I doubt it is Sedum, as it was growing in high altitude 1600 m above the sea. Maybe Valeriana is more possible, however, those leaves are not typical.

I have just posted a photo of the jaggy leaved valeriana from Wikipedia. Please have a look and see if they bear any similarity to what you saw and photographed.

Scptsgran@yes, shapes of leaves are very similar, although those on your picture looks softer (thinner). Maybe it is the sort of V.o.?

I would still not rule out a sedum, Katarina. Either Sedum spectabile or Sedum rosea.

Bulbaholic@do they grow as high as 1600 metres above the sea? As that was altitude where I made this photo.

Katarina, I cannot find any information on this. They do grow along our northern coastline where the severity of conditions is considered to be equivalent to high alpine. In these coastal areas you can find Saxifrage oppositifolia, Armeria maritima and Primula scotica (equivalent to P. farinosa). So, why not these sedums?

That was justt a question. As to my experience sedums die due to frosts, they survive in coastal areas, but not in cold continental winters. But everything is possible. Maybe I will send it to somebody who is expert in regional flora here.

Two plants similar to yours, Katarina.
Rhodiola rosea (was Sedum rosea) grows all across Europe up to 3,000m. Trouble is the flowers are usually yellow. There could be a pink variation.
Sedum telepheum grows across Europe up to 1800m. Has pink flowers and toothed leaves. I have not seen this for myself but it grows in woods and rocky places.

I got out my wild flower book and another possibility is Hemp agrimony "Eupatorium cannabinum". I have to admit I have not seen it either.

Sounds interesting. I found in my books, that this plant grows in wet woods, so possibility is there. Slovak herbalists used it as drastic purgative. English name is Sweet Joe Pye and is associated with American Indian Joe Pye, who used this plant for the treatment of typhus (my God, I hope he didn´t leave cemetery of patients over there :)). However, Scotsgran, have a look on leaves, how they are attached to the central stem. It is different.

Bulbaholic@Sedum telepheum looks the most similary. I am surprised, that it grows in the free nature. I always associated Sedum species with "just garden sort of flowers". The only thing, which remains enigma is - what was stinking there then? :)

I'll have a look.

Did you step in some goat poo??????? ;-)

Seriously Katarina just because there is a stink (to use the Sam Johnson word for a bad smell) in an area it doesn't mean that it comes from the plant that you are interested in. Could be anything. (Although that is as likely as anything, Bulbaholic) And I don't think that Scotsgran means that she will have a look for pooh. This 'small' i.d. problem is getting ridiculously complex. Lol.

It is all part of the fun of botanising, Sarraceniac. It often takes me much longer to id a plant than it took to find it in the first place. I have many pictures from the alps still unidentified in my folders. This one of Katarinas' would probably be labeled ?Sedum telepheum? with no great certainty.

Sarraceniac@This i.d. problem is more and more complex, I may say we will slowly approach to secret Vatican files, lol.

I think Bb has the same evil sense of humour as you Serraceniac. It would be nice to know what it is. All this banter is narrowing the field because Katarina has read about the plant I suggested and given more information on the area where she found it growing. At least she has suggested that although the plant is not what she thinks her one is, it is growing in a similar situation.

though I do not have the foggiest idea, it certainly is fun to hear you all trying to identify the mystery plant. Keep looking and be sure and post when you find it!

Wells@you have been a little bit late, lol. We led this discussion last year and didn t come to any conclusion. That s life.

Late is better than never?

Hah. You are right, lol. Any conclusion.