by CONPS ME | Mar 19, 2023
Moss Campion (Silene acaulis) is in the Pink Family (Caryophillaceae). It is a pioneer species, the first to grow in disturbed habitats, and develops a root as long as six feet. It is common on alpine tundra and less so in subalpine habitats. Blooms from June through...
by CONPS ME | Mar 19, 2023
Creeping Sibbaldia (Sibbaldia procumbens) is a native wildfower in the Rose Family (Rosaceae) and is common in alpine tundra and on rocky, subalpine slopes or spruce-fir forests, from the montane to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. It Blooms from June...
by CONPS ME | Mar 14, 2023
Rocky Mountain Nailwort (Paronychia pulvinata), in the Pink Family (Caryophillaceae), is found on alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in the subalpine, alpine and occasionally montane, on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through August. Photo by Frank...
by CONPS ME | Mar 14, 2023
Alpine Stitchwort (Cherleria obtusiloba), in the Pink Family (Caryophillaceae), is common on alpine tundra and occasionally in subalpine spruce-fir forests, on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from June through September. Photo by Frank...
by CONPS ME | Mar 14, 2023
Pygmy Goldenweed (Tonestus pygmaeus) is in the Aster Family (Asteraceae) and is locally common in rocky soil of the alpine tundra, but is also widespread in the mountains from the subalpine to the alpine on the eastern and western slopes. Blooms from July through...
