Claytonia megarhiza, June 29, 2025
Common & scientific name
Alpine springbeauty, Claytonia megarhiza
Family
Purslane, Portulaceae
Location
Independence Ridge, 13,000’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This totally unmistakeable plant 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 (as with the plant at left), turn green during bloom, then bright red after.