Alpine Plants--part 1

All photographs copyright Stephen Sharnoff

Lewisia pygmaea, nestled in a streamside gravelbed at about 11,000 feet above Tioga Pass.

Trifolium kingii, a kind of clover, growing on an open slope above Sonora Pass.

Polemonium eximum., or sky pilot, which only grows on the highest slopes and ridges.

Castilleja nana, a small paintbrush from a ridgetop above Tioga Pass.

Epilobium obcordatum. or rockfringe, above treeline in a drainage high on the middle fork of Bishop Creek.

Raillardella argentea from the rocky slopes alpine slopes above Convict Lake.

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