Diminutive, for the fairies! 

This grows at alpine level from the Central & Eastern Alps, Apennines, Rhodope to the Carpathians Mts. The solitary, large, reddish-violet fringed flowers, appear right after the snowmelt, most often in large numbers in certain locations (meaning somewhere in July at alpine level). It has Kidney-shaped/cordate leaves (with a shallow lobe on either side) roughly 2 to 3.5 cm across. The undersides of the leaves feature prominent, highly visible veins. Typically bears 1 to 3 (rarely up to 4) purple-violet blooms per scape (stalk). 

Soldanellas are a favourite alpine flower. Hardy and easy with good drainage, moisture and some humus. 

I have messed up the names of this due to incorrect labels in the past... but I think I'm getting them sorted. The next size up is S alpina, and the larger S montana or S. carpatica. Both S. alpina and S. pusilla  have more entire flowers, that is they look less like a tassel. 

Imagine seeing this many in the mountains...

In snow in Switzerland: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Italian alps: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Pyrenean: Bettina Huber, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons