French police stress rules on taking blooms of plants such as edelweiss as drought affects some areas of country
French police have warned Alpine hikers they will be fined hundreds of euros if they pick too many blooming plants on their summer walks.
Officers confiscated thousands of génépi sprigs and edelweiss flowers during a week-long enforcement operation this month.
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