Sunday, June 8, 2014

June 8 - Purple Oxytrope



The purple oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens) was the dominant flower of the day on my hike up the east side of Mount Healy.  I started to see it in the sub-alpine and it was blooming everywhere in the high alpine meadows.  There are generally two tiny, purple flowers per stem.  The calyx is covered with fuzzy hairs.  

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