The Rhaetian is named after the Rhaetian Alps, a mountain chain stretching over parts of eastern Switzerland, northern Italy and western Austria.
Alps | Swiss Alps | French Alps | Dinaric Alps | Bavarian Alps | Australian Alps | Julian Alps | Southern Alps | Maritime Alps | Victorian Alps | Nine Black Alps | Napoleon Crossing the Alps | Gurktal Alps | Apuan Alps | Trinity Alps | Stubai Alps | Rhaetian | Main chain of the Alps | Heidi, Girl of the Alps | Gailtal Alps | Central Eastern Alps | Northern Alps | Noric Alps | Ligurian Alps | Kitzbühel Alps | Flora of the Alps | Filisur (Rhaetian Railway station) | Bonaparte Crossing the Alps | ''Bonaparte Crossing the Alps | Bergamo Alps |
Rhaetian Alps poppy (P. alpinum subsp. rhaeticum) has light yellow to orange petals and feathery foliage is found in the Central and Southern Alps.