Natural History Wanderings

The  Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park blog has a new wildflower report for Crosier Mountain:

The dry slopes, meadows, shaded woods, and wet areas all along the trail were all teeming with wildflowers.  Most spectacular was the return through the H-G Ranch meadows!  Here are highlights:

• White Mountain Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
• Mountain Death Camus (Zigadenus elegans)
• Patch of Dotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)
• Dotted Saxifrage flower (Saxifraga bronchialis)
• Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
• White Geranium (Geranium richardsonii)
• Silvery Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)
• Mariposa Lily (Calochortus gunnisonii)
• Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera villosa)
• Short-Styled Onion (Allium brevistylum)
• Silvery Cinquefoil (Potentilla hippiana)
• Wyoming Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia)
• Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritaceae)
• Low Penstemon (Penstemon virens)
• Wild Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
• Wild Rose (Rosa woodsii)
• Fendler Sandwort (Eremogone fendleri)
• Stonecrop (Sedum lanceolatum)
• Sulfur Flower (Eriogonum umbellatum)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• Scarlet Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)
• Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale)
• Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
• Alumroot (Heuchera sp)

See many photos and older posts at:  Wildflowers of Rocky Mountain National Park.