Monday, August 20, 2012

Medicine Bow Peak, Snowy Range WY


Snowy Range and Medicine Bow Peak (tallest)

On a recent trip north to Wyoming's Snowy Range, and hike up Medicine Bow Peak, we found that there were still a large number of wildflowers in bloom.  These are just some of the flowers we came across:


All-white Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)

Colorado Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)

Subalpine Larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi)

Subalpine Larkspur (Delphinium barbeyi)

Fireweed (Chamerion danielsii, previously called Epilobium angustifolium)
Fireweed (Chamerion danielsii)

Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis thermalis)

Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis thermalis)

Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis thermalis)

Rose Gentian (Gentianella acuta)

Parry Gentian (Pneumonanthe parryi, previously called Gentiana parryi)

Parry Gentian (Pneumonanthe parryi)

Star Gentian (Swertia perennis)

Mountain Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Fringed Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia fimbriata)

Fringed Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia fimbriata)

Fringed Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia fimbriata)

Alpine Phlox (Phlox sibirica)

Rose Crown or Queen's Crown (Clementsia rhodantha)

Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)

Short-Styled Onion (Allium brevistylum)

Subalpine Daisy (Erigeron glacialis)

Subalpine Daisy (Erigeron glacialis)

Reddish tipped bracts of Subalpine Daisy (Erigeron glacialis)

White-Flowered Sulphur Flower (Eriogonum umbellatum)

Northern Paintbrush or Sulphur Paintbrush (Castilleja sulphurea)

Rosy Paintbrush (Castilleja rhexiifolia)

Hybrid of Rosy Paintbrush (C. rhexiifolia) and Northern Paintbrush (C. sulphurea)

Western Dock (Rumex occidentalis)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Ballhead Sandwort (Eremogone congesta)

Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale)

Mountain Bladderpod (Physaria montana)

2 comments:

  1. thanks for sharing.

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  2. hi. i love receiving updates from you about the flower in RMNP. i would like to talk with you about the possibility of using some of your photos for a book. can you contact me at chris.kassar@gmail.com

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