Mt. Rainier Flora --
Oxyria digyna -- (Mountain-Sorrel)
A high elevation species of rocky slopes and meadows, it is locally common and easily identified when in flower.
Author: Susan McDougall
First Burroughs, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS:
Date: August 22, 2013
The kidney-shaped basal leaves are borne on long stalks. The leaves turn reddish late in summer.
Author: Susan McDougall
Sunrise Lake trail, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.9196, -121.586, 5783
Date: July 31, 2014
The compact inflorescence is composed of tiny reddish-brown flowers in a panicle, on a leafless stem that may be more than a foot tall.
Author: Susan McDougall
Sunrise Lake trail, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.9196, -121.586, 5783
Date: July 31, 2014
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