Claytonia megarhiza, July 8, 2020
Common & scientific name
Alpine springbeauty, Claytonia megarhiza
Family
Purslane, Portulaceae
Location
Twining Peak, 13,500’ & Tabor Creek, 12,500
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This totally unmistakeable beauty can be found growing among rocks in the high alpine. Its white flowers, colored with yellow centers and pink anthers, are found squeezed tight within a round rosette of succulent leaves that are deep purple at emergence, turn green during bloom, then bright red after.
C. meharhiza, August 7, 2020