Marble Mountain Flower

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Marble Mountain Flower

Post by derwoodynck » July 2nd, 2016, 4:48 pm

Anyone care to take a stab at this one? Spotted near Summit Lake in the Marble Mountain Wilderness 6/27.
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Re: Marble Mountain Flower

Post by greenjello85 » July 2nd, 2016, 7:44 pm

Lewisia Cotyledon?

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Re: Marble Mountain Flower

Post by derwoodynck » July 3rd, 2016, 5:11 am

greenjello85 wrote:Lewisia Cotyledon?
That could be it. We did see quite a bit of that, but most of it looked like this: Image

But I do see on wildflowersearch.com that it is sometimes that color and can have 7 to 13 petals so I'm inclined to agree. Thanks!

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Re: Marble Mountain Flower

Post by bobcat » July 3rd, 2016, 2:26 pm

More likely Lewisia columbiana - yes, that's at the southern end of its range!

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Re: Marble Mountain Flower

Post by derwoodynck » July 3rd, 2016, 4:59 pm

bobcat wrote:More likely Lewisia columbiana - yes, that's at the southern end of its range!
That looks good too. I think I can safely say it's a Lewisia :lol:

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