Alpine Sunflower
Battered Beauty
Alpine sunflowers battered from feisty hail storms stand their ground on the mountain tundra. The odds are against the tender displays of beauty that wildflowers show, yet year after year they burst out in color, even if only for a short time. These are no exception.
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Alpine Forget Me Not
An Alpine Forget Me Not shows the beautiful and tender contrast of brilliant blue and yellow colors. The succulent plant creeps above, taking advantage of every drop of moisture and ray of sunlight in the short alpine growing season.
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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White Stemmed Evening Primrose in Granite
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West Fork Meadow Wildflowers
Beautiful meadows filled with drifts of wildflowers high in the Colorado Rockies are always such a peaceful place to be!
From New and Noteworthy
Porphyry Basin
Sulphur colored paintbrush, snowball saxifrage, buttercups, bluebells, and thousands of other tiny alpine flowers grace the meadow of Porphyry Basin in the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
From Mountain Vistas
Porphyry Basin Creek #2
The flowers were in full force as the sun slowly dipped below the horizon. The jagged ridges above the basin were casting long shadows, and the tranquility of the evening settled over the valley. It was a day that reminded me that a day in the mountains is a good day.
From Mountain Vistas
Field of Tiny Elephants
The unique wildflower known as "Tiny Red Elephants" fills a damp meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. July 2015
From Purples and Pinks
Glacier Lily Snow Drops
Falling snow melts quickly on a delicate Glacier Lily high in the mountain of Colorado.
From Yellows
From Yellows
From Yellows
Glacier Lily in the Snow
A Glacier Lily gives a splash of color against a background of spring snow high in the mountains of Colorado.
From Yellows
From Yellows
Ready to Fly
From Blacks and Whites
Ready to Fly (square)
From Blacks and Whites
From Greens
Lupine Leaf Rain-catcher
From Greens
From Greens
Pink Paintbrush
From Purples and Pinks
From Yellows
Cow Parsnip by the River
Hiding in the Cleft of the Rock
From Purples and Pinks
Working for the Nectar
A hummingbird moth works for his meal in La Plata Canyon
From Purples and Pinks
Hummingbird Moth and Delphinium
Busy Bee
From Purples and Pinks
Pink Paintbrush (vertical)
From Purples and Pinks
Hummingbird Moth and Delphinium (Square)
From Greens
Dumont Paintbrush
Indian paintbrush and Lupine grace the shores of Dumont Lake near the summit of Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado.
Sunflower Fields
Sunflower Aglow
Sunset Wildflower Jubilee
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