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  • Gentianopsis Holopetala / Sierra Fringed Gentian blooms purple at Honeymoon Lake in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California, USA.
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  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus commonly known as claret cup cactus, Mojave mound cactus, or kingcup cactus. (It is the official state cactus of Colorado.) Starting at River Mile 134.5, a portion of our party disembarked our rafts for a hike one way up beautiful Tapeats Creek Trail to the wondrous Thunder Spring and River, across remote Surprise Valley Trail, then down Deer Creek Trail to meet others of our group at The Patio and Deer Creek Falls at River Mile 136.9. This scenic one-way traverse was 8 miles with 2300 feet gain (measured by my smartphone GPS app). Day 10 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • Pink & white flowers of liverleaf wintergreen / Pyrola asarifolia (formerly called Pink Wintergreen) is native to moist, wooded locations in western North America. Pyrola asarifolia has a single unbranched stem rising from basal rosettes of shiny, round, stalked leaves, topped by an elongated flower cluster, with between 5 and 25 heads. Leafless versions are saprophytes, which absorb their nutrients from the rich soil humus. Individual flowers are downward-pointing cups formed of five white, pale pink or reddish pink petals and centered on ten stamens. Stamens have white filaments and relatively long, purple anthers. Beneath the petals are five green sepals, longer than wide. At the base of the short flower stalks are a few narrow bracts, about as long as the stalk. Photographed in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Columbine flowers (genus Aquilegia, in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae). Lake of the Hanging Glacier trail, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The trailhead is 1.5 hours drive west of Radium Hot Springs on the dirt Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road. High clearance vehicle recommended. On 2018 July 19, via rough but dry roads plus two small streams crossed, our Toyota Prius V made it carefully to parking at 1 km from the trailhead, making the spectacular hike 11.7 miles round trip with 3100 feet cumulative gain. The scenic reward was worth hiking over and under 60 fallen trees each way.
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  • Columbine flower (genus Aquilegia, in the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae). Sherbrooke Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • White hybrid rhododendron flowers bloom over bench, in Meerkerk Gardens, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Sunrise on the Matterhorn, seen from City Hotel Garni Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Fiesch is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The Alps, Europe.
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  • Hike a very spectacular trail from Eigeralp farm at upper Bussalp, around Faulhorn to Bachalpsee, finishing at the gondola lift station at First, which descends to Grindelwald BGF. Grindelwald is in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. Along this hike on a clear day, admire breathtaking array of peaks: Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, Finsteraarhorn (highest mountain in the Bernese Alps, at 4274 m or 14,022 ft), Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau. Eigeralp.ch offers a wonderful traditional breakfast and farm stays, and can be reached as follows: ride the private GrindelwaldBus.ch to the last stop in Bussalp, then ascend 40 minutes on foot. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae) wildflowers bloom purple on Lisengrat ridge, in the limestone Alpstein massif, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Martagon Lily / Lilium martagon (Liliaceae family). August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • A bumblebee crawls on a purple Centaurea flower. Centaurea is a genus of hundreds of species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants (commonly called knapweed, starthistle, centaury, centory) in the family Asteraceae. Centaurea are found only north of the equator. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Mountain cornflower or Squarrose Knapweed (Centaurea triumfetti, in the daisy family, Asteraceae). Blooming from May until August, the inner flowers are bright purple; the outer ones are azure blue or deep mauve. It grows to a height of 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in). The leaves are undivided and narrow-lanceolate. Photographed in Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Native orange crocus flowers bloom in an alpine pasture in the Kaçkar Mountains, Republic of Turkey. Yellow lichen covers nearby rock scree. Glacier-clad Mt. Kaçkar rises to 12,900 feet at right. The name Kaçkar may be from the Armenian word Խաչքար (pronounced Khachkar) meaning "cross stone".  Kaçkar Dağı translates to Kaçkar mountain, and the name of the range Kaçkar Dağları translates to Kaçkar mountains.
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  • Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • A yellow Glacier Lily grows above a white Trillium Flower along Ingalls Creek Trail, in Wenatchee National Forest, between Leavenworth and Blewett Pass, in Washington, USA. Erythronium grandiflorum is commonly known as glacier lily, yellow avalanche lily, and dogtooth fawn lily.
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  • In late December, orange-red flowers of Rhodophiala splendens (Amaryllidaceae family) bloom in an enchanting Monkey Puzzle Tree forest in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, a coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Mysterious mists water a garden of yellow lichen draped over the forest. Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) are conifers which are usually dioecious, where male and female cones grow on separate trees, though some individuals bear cones of both sexes. Its edible seeds (about 200 in each female cone) are similar to large pine nuts. Araucaria araucana, the national tree of Chile, is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. As the hardiest species of its genus, this tree has become popular in gardens. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Branches form an umbrella of sharp leaves on a straight trunk which grows to over 100 feet high. In France, the Monkey Puzzle tree is known as désespoir des singes or "monkeys' despair." In the native Mapuche language, Nahuelbuta means "big tiger." What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the foothills between Temuco and Puerto Montt including three Regions (XIV Los Ríos, IX La Araucanía, and X Los Lagos) in what Chile calls the Zona Sur (Southern Zone).
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  • Giant lupines (Lupinus weberbauerii) grow meter-tall flower stalks in Tingopampa Valley, on the Santa Cruz Trek in Huascaran National Park, Peru, South America. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, scientific name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Horses support trekking groups. UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes.
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  • From Parapets Viewpoints atop Mount Revelstoke National Park, see the Monashee Mountains (left), Columbia River (center), and Selkirk Mountains (right), in British Columbia, Canada. These are all part of the Columbia Mountains, a range west of the Rocky Mountain Trench.
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  • A yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus genus) at Gem Lakes in Inyo National Forest, California, USA. From Little Lakes Valley Trailhead, we hiked 7.9 miles round trip with 1040 feet gain to Gem Lakes.
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  • Shrine statue at 1968 Byodo-In Temple, Valley of Temples Memorial Park, island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. The peaceful Byodo-In Temple is in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, at 47-200 Kahekili Highway, Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu. The Byodo-In Temple ("Temple of Equality") was built in 1968 to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. This Hawaii State Landmark is a non-practicing Buddhist temple which welcomes people of all faiths. The beautiful grounds at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains include a large reflecting pond stocked with Japanese koi carp, meditation niches, and small waterfalls. Byodo-In Temple in O'ahu is a half-scale replica of the original Byodo-in Temple built in 1053 in Uji, Japan (a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
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  • Sunrise on the Matterhorn, seen from City Hotel Garni Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Gimmelwald, Lauterbrunnen Valley, in Bern canton, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Gimmelwald, Lauterbrunnen Valley, in Bern canton, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Kandersteg is a great base for hiking in Switzerland. For example: an epic hike from Selden in Bern canton traverses Lötsch glacier and Lötschen Pass (German: Lötschenpass, Swiss German: Lötschepass) to neighboring Lötschental in Valais canton; hiking poles recommended. The walk starts with a reserved Postbus ride from Kandersteg to Selden (in Gasterntal / Gasteretal / Gasterental), climbs 1350 meters, descends 925 m, and ends 13 km later at Lauchernalp lift station, which descends to Wiler in Lötschental, to reach Goppenstein via Postbus, back to Kandersteg via train. You can also reverse the route or stay overnight in dorms at Lötschepass hut.
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  • Alpine wildflowers in Meglisalp on Rotsteinpass trail, in the Alpstein limestone mountain range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • A spring gentian (Gentiana verna, in the family Gentianaceae) blooms with a deep blue five-lobed corolla (set of petals) with white center, on Meglisalp near Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • A tiger lily or Columbia lily (Lilium columbianum) grows next to the white bark of an aspen tree trunk. In the Bishop Creek watershed, enjoy a scenic hike from North Lake to Lamarck Lakes in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The moderate trail to Upper Lamarck Lake is 5.5 miles round trip with 1550 feet cumulative gain.
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  • Sierra Primrose (Primula suffrutescens) is endemic to California in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Ranges. Off Highway 88 near Carson Pass, hike a varied loop through lush wildflower fields from Woods Lake Campground to Winnnemucca Lake then Round Top Lake, in Mokelumne Wilderness, El Dorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The excellent loop trail is 5.3 miles with 1250 feet gain (or 6.4 miles with 2170 feet gain if adding the scramble up Round Top).
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  • A Trillium flower blooms white with pink and purple, along Ingalls Creek Trail, Wenatchee National Forest, between Leavenworth and Blewett Pass, in Washington, USA.
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  • Admire native flowers on the Mount Townsend trail in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
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  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
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  • Skunk cabbage. Ravenna Park, Seattle, Washington, USA. Cowen and Ravenna Park were formed when melt-off from the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet formed Lake Russell and cut drainage ravines through new glacial fill. Lake Russell disappeared when the Ice Sheet retreated north of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, but various features remained, including the Green Lake drainage basin, which continued to empty through the Ravenna ravine into Lake Washington. The deeper pockets of the basin became Bitter, Haller and Green Lakes. Many creeks and brooks and springs fed into Green Lake, whose outlet was on the east side of the route of Ravenna Boulevard, in a deepening ravine which became Cowen and Ravenna parks.
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  • A wild alpine Lilium bulbiferum flower (commonly called Orange Lily, Fire Lily, or Tiger Lily) blooms on Monte Civetta, in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe. From Alleghe village, take a scenic lift to hikes on impressive Monte Civetta (3220 meters or 10,564 feet elevation). The Dolomites or Dolomiti are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Campanula / bellflower, Brenta Dolomites mountains, Italy, Europe. From the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, the Passo Groste lift takes you directly into the Brenta Dolomites to enjoy scenic mountain hiking trails. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Fields of lavender colored crocus wildflowers bloom in May below Mount Astraka, a peak in the Tymfi Massif, north Pindus Mountains (Pindos or Pindhos), Zagoria, Epirus/Epiros, Greece, Europe. Mount Tymfi (or Greek: , also transliterated Timfi, Tymphe, or Tymphi) is near the 40 degree parallel. Zagori (Greek: ) is a region and a municipality in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. Zagori contains 45 villages collectively known as Zagoria (Zagorochoria or Zagorohoria).
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • A desert rock nettle (Eucnide urens or desert stingbush) shrub blooms with creamy yellow flowers in Two Hundred and Twenty Mile Canyon at Colorado River Mile 220.1. Day 15 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • Red ocotillo flower buds. Ladder Canyon and Painted Canyon Loop Trail, Mecca Hills Wilderness, managed by BLM's Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, near Mecca, California, USA.
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  • A yellow stonecrop flower (sedum genus) blooms in Hoover Wilderness of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra Nevada, Mono County, California, USA.
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  • Alpine wildflower: cushion buckwheat with pink flowers (Eriogonum genus). Piute Pass Trail (9.7 miles, 2200 ft gain) in John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California, USA.
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  • Yellow flower of matamora (Senecio patagonia) at Laguna Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, near El Chalten mountain resort, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America. Hike 21 km (13 miles) round trip with 730 m (2400 ft) cumulative gain to Laguna Torre and Mirador Maestri to see Cerro Torre and other peaks. Senecio patagonicus is an arid land perennial native to high elevation steppe ecosystems of Patagonia. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Its name comes from the Quechua word huanaco (modern spelling wanaku). Young guanacos are called chulengos. Neneo (Azorella proflifera; syn. Mulinum spinosum) is a rounded bush with yellow flowers and spiny leaves, typical of the Patagonian steppe and related to fennel. Location: Chacabuco Valley, 180 miles south of Coyhaique, the regional capital of Aysen, in Chile, South America. Patagonia National Park consists of the Tompkins Conservation donation in addition to the former national reserves of Jeinimeni and Tamango, plus fiscal land. Parque Patagonia was created by Conservacion Patagonica, a nonprofit incorporated in California and founded in 2000 by Kris Tompkins. On January 29, 2018, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kris Tompkins signed a decree creating 5 national parks, including Patagonia National Park.
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  • Lupine flowers in Mendenhall River Greenbelt near Brotherhood Bridge, in Juneau, capital city of Alaska, USA. The City and Borough of Juneau is the capital city of Alaska and the second largest city in the USA by area (only Sitka is larger). This unified municipality lies on Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle. Juneau has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of what was the District of Alaska was moved from Sitka. The city is named after a gold prospector from Quebec, Joe Juneau. Isolated by rugged terrain on Alaska's mainland, Juneau can only be reached by plane or boat. Downtown Juneau sits at sea level under steep mountains up to 4000 feet high, topped by Juneau Icefield and 30 glaciers.
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  • Mountain Daisy (Celmisia genus). Hooker Valley Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Nonnative Russell lupin flowers explode in color along Fairlie-Tekapo Road in early January 2019, in Canterbury region, South Island of New Zealand. The plant's diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com .
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  • Purple heather and green grass cover the cliffs of Trotternish Peninsula above the Sound of Raasay, on Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Enjoy this view southwards towards Brothers Point from the same viewpoint as Kilt Rock & Mealt Falls along the A855 road, 15 km north of Portree (2 km south of Staffin) on Skye, the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides. Between 61 and 55 million years ago, volcanic activity on the west coast of Scotland covered the northern half of Skye in layers of molten rock over 1200m thick. Molten rock squeezed between layers of Jurassic sandstone rocks then cooled slowly and shrank into striking polygonal columns seen along this coast.
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  • The western columbine (Aquilegia formosa, in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae) is a wildflower with a red-orange crown, five pointed sepals, and inner yellow petals and stamens that nod downward. Hike the Beckler Peak Trail, 7.4 miles round trip with 2200 feet gain, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA. See vistas of the town of Skykomish, Skykomish Valley, and Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Wild Sky Wilderness and Henry M. Jackson Wilderness. Directions: Drive US Highway 2 to near Milepost 52, and turn north onto Forest Service Road 6066. Drive 6.6 miles on a gravel road to the Jennifer Dunn Trailhead.
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  • A pink flower with yellow center blooms in a garden (probably Cistaceae / rock rose family). Compass Rose Bed & Breakfast. Coupeville, Washington, USA.
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  • Sunrise on the Matterhorn, seen from Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Flowing through town is the Matter Vispa, a river tributary of the Rhone.
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  • Sunrise on the Matterhorn, seen from City Hotel Garni Zermatt, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Hike the dramatic Sentier des Chamois from Verbier, in Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Chamois Path starts at La Chaux ski lift and ends at Fionnay PostBus. Cross Col Termin (2648m/8688 ft) in Haut Val de Bagnes nature reserve and descend to Lake Louvie via 1800s stone barns to the north, then to Fionnay (640 m up, 1415 m down in 8.5 hours). Along the way, we admired a group fighting of Hérens cows, ibex with huge horns, and the glaciers of Grand Combins. Optionally stay overnight in dorms Cabane de Louvie.
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  • Hike the dramatic Sentier des Chamois from Verbier, in Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Chamois Path starts at La Chaux ski lift and ends at Fionnay PostBus. Cross Col Termin (2648m/8688 ft) in Haut Val de Bagnes nature reserve and descend to Lake Louvie via 1800s stone barns to the north, then to Fionnay (640 m up, 1415 m down in 8.5 hours). Along the way, we admired a group fighting of Hérens cows, ibex with huge horns, and the glaciers of Grand Combins. Optionally stay overnight in dorms Cabane de Louvie.
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  • Hike from First gondola lift station above Grindelwald, across Grosse Sheidegg pass, then walk down to Rosenlaui PostBus station for a ride to Meiringen. Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
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  • Hotel Gletschergarten, Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
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  • We loved hiking to the quiet retreat of Berghotel Obersteinberg, which offers tremendous views of waterfalls and peaks in Upper Lauterbrunnen Valley, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe. Lit by candle light at night, this romantic escape built in the 1880s recalls an earlier era without power. The main luxuries here are flush toilets down the hall, and traditional Swiss hot meals. The private double rooms lack electricity, and bowls of water serve as bath and sink. Obersteinberg is a 2-hour walk from Stechelberg, or 4 hours from Mürren, in one of the world's most spectacular glaciated valleys. From Obersteinberg, don't miss the 2-3 hours round trip to the deep-blue tarn of Oberhornsee in the upper glacial basin, beneath snowcapped Grosshorn, Breithorn and Tschingelhorn. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Above the beautiful lake of Oeschinnensee, easily reached by lift from Kandersteg, is a challenging hike traversing steeply up over Hohtürli Pass then down to Griesalp in the remote valley of Kiental, Switzerland, Europe. Ascend 1120 meters and descend 1380 m in 13 km, which feels much longer due to steep, exposed rocky & gravelly slopes. Stairs and ladders assist your footing. Optionally stay overnight in Blüemlisalp hut at Hohtürli Pass.
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  • A spring gentian (Gentiana verna, in the family Gentianaceae) blooms with a deep blue five-lobed corolla (set of petals) with white center, in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • A purple monkshood (also known as aconite) alpine wildflower blooms in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Aconitum is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom in shades of purple color in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta in this vertical panorama on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.  This panorama was stitched from 9 overlapping photos.
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  • Blue lupine flowers. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Off Highway 88 near Carson Pass, hike a varied loop through lush wildflower fields from Woods Lake Campground to Winnnemucca Lake then Round Top Lake, in Mokelumne Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The excellent loop trail is 5.3 miles with 1250 feet gain (or 6.4 miles with 2170 feet gain if adding the scramble up Round Top).
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  • A yellow wallflower (Erysimum asperum) plant grows in black cryptobiotic soil crust in Natural Bridges National Monument, near Blanding, Utah, USA. Because the Monument has been closed to grazing for nearly a century, and off-road motorized travel is restricted, Natural Bridges contains extensive areas of undisturbed, mature cryptobiotic soils. This knobby, black crust is dominated by cyanobacteria, but also includes lichens, mosses, green algae, microfungi, and bacteria. Also known as biological soil crust, this living groundcover forms the foundation of high desert plant life throughout canyon country.
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  • Erythronium montanum, Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. The White Avalanche Lily is native to the alpine and subalpine Cascade and Olympic Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia in North America.
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  • A black ant crawls in a purple Grasswidow flower blooming along Table Mountain Trail #1209, near Blewett Pass, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA. Grasswidows have the scientific name Olsynium douglasii, with synonyms Sisyrinchium douglasii or Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, in the genus Olsynium, native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to northern California, and east to northwest Utah. This perennial herbaceous bulbiferous plant grows 10-40 cm tall with flowers having six purple tepals.
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  • Erythronium grandiflorum is commonly known as glacier lily, yellow avalanche lily, and dogtooth fawn lily. The flower was photographed along the Table Mountain Trail #1209, near Blewett Pass, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, USA.
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  • Purple Trillium flower, Ingalls Creek Trail, Wenatchee National Forest, between Leavenworth and Blewett Pass, in Washington, USA.
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  • In mid to late May, hike amid fields of Lupinus luteolus yellow flowers on Ninemile Ridge Trail, Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Pendleton, Oregon, USA. Lupinus luteolus (Pale Yellow or Butter Lupine) is native to the coastal mountain ranges of Oregon and California.
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  • A Tragopogon dubius flower blooms yellow on Ninemile Ridge Trail, Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Pendleton, Oregon, USA. Tragopogon dubius (commonly known as Yellow Salsify, Western Salsify, Goatsbeard, or Wild Oysterplant) is native to southern and central Europe and western Asia. After introduction into North America, it spread widely (invasively) across the continental United States and most provinces of Canada. The flowers open early in the morning and often close up by late afternoon. The seed head resembles that of a large dandelion. Western Salsify (T. dubius) looks very similar to the commoner Meadow Salsify (T. pratensis) except the green bracts behind the yellow flower are longer and more noticeable. Although not closely related to Meadow Salsify or Common Salsify or Oyster Plant (T. porrifolius), the Western Salsify readily hybridizes with both, and in North America its hybrids have created the new alloploid hybrid species T. mirus and T. miscellus.
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  • This columnar, yellow alpine plant is probably a Lycopodium, a genus of clubmoss (in the class Lycopodiopsida). Photographed near Jancarurish Lake in Alpamayo Valley on day 7 of 10 days trekking around Alpamayo, in Huascaran National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Werneria is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae/Compositae). This white composite alpine flower hugs the ground with no stem near Huaraz, on a day hike 630 meters vertically up a steep trail to Lake/Lago Churup (4465 meters elevation) in the Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus) is native to southwest USA and northern Mexico. Echinocerens is from the Greek echinos, meaning a hedgehog, and cereus meaning a wax taper. Triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles" and refers to the straight spines arranged in clusters of three. Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site is popular for birding and bouldering (rock climbing) in El Paso County, Texas, USA.
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  • Erythronium californicum (common name California fawn lily) is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, endemic to moist woodland habitats in the mountains of Northern California. Hike in Forks of Butte Creek Recreation Area, on Federal BLM land, California, USA. Directions from Chico: drive northeast on State Highway 32, 20 miles to Forest Ranch, then southeast on Garland Road (graded dirt road), then left on Doe Mill Road. It is about 4.75 miles to Butte Creek trailhead from Highway 32.
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  • The Mount Townsend trail passes by native rhododendrons which bloom with pink/magenta flowers in late June. Hike 8 miles round trip and 3000 feet in steady vertical gain to an alpine ridge on Mount Townsend Trail #839 in Buckhorn Wilderness, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, USA. Contact Quilcene Ranger Station, Olympic National Forest.
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  • Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna) flowers bloom with blue petals in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe. The beautiful ski resort of Selva di Val Gardena (German: Wolkenstein in Gröden; Ladin: Sëlva Gherdëine) makes a great hiking base in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (South Tyrol) region of Italy. These flowers grow along the steep pass Furcela Forces De Sieles (Forcella Forces de Sielles). The pass traverses the Puez Group from verdant pastures to alpine wonders, all preserved in a vast Nature Park: Parco Naturale Puez-Odle (German: Naturpark Puez-Geisler; Ladin: Parch Natural Pöz-Odles). UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Chilco (Fuchsia magellanica), is a beautiful wild plant found in southern Chile. A gray gloved hand holds red flower petals surround a purple interior. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia.
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  • Giant lupines (Lupinus weberbauerii) grow meter-tall flower stalks below snowy Mount Taulliraju (19,100 feet) in Tingopampa Valley, near Punta Union Pass, on the Santa Cruz Trek in Huascaran National Park, Peru, South America. June 6, 2000. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, scientific name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes. Published in Wilderness Travel 2002 and 2009 Catalog of Adventures. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Horsetail Falls and pink blooms of fireweed, along the Richardson Highway in Keystone Canyon (mileposts 14-17), in the Chugach Mountains, near Valdez, southcentral Alaska, USA.
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  • Chuquiraga is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. Quilotoa, in the highlands of Ecuador, South America.
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  • Chuquiraga is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. Quilotoa, in the highlands of Ecuador, South America.
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  • Epilobium Obcordatum / Rock Fringe Willowherb. John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California, USA. Seen at Honeymoon Lake.
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  • Barrel cactus with yellow flowers on the Victor Trail. We hiked the Palm Canyon Trail to Indian Potrero Trail to Stone Pools, and looped back via Victor Trail, in the Indian Canyons, Palm Springs, California, USA. The beautiful Palm Canyon Trail takes you through the world's largest California Fan Palm oasis. The Indian Canyons are the ancestral home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
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  • Yucca plant with yellow flowers. We hiked the Palm Canyon Trail to Indian Potrero Trail to Stone Pools, and looped back via Victor Trail, in the Indian Canyons, Palm Springs, California, USA. The beautiful Palm Canyon Trail takes you through the world's largest California Fan Palm oasis. The Indian Canyons are the ancestral home of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
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  • Parry's nolina ((Nolina parryi). Joshua Tree National Park, near Twentynine Palms, California, USA. The park straddles the cactus-dotted Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert, which is higher and cooler.
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  • A Datura flower blooms in Dry Fork Coyote Gulch at the entrance to Peekaboo Gulch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then usually closes by mid-morning.
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  • A yellow flower of Calceolaria biflora (slipperwort, lady's purse, or slipper flower). Location: Pampa Linda, Nahuel Huapi National Park, near Bariloche, Lake District of Argentina, southern Andes, in the Patagonia region of South America. Calceolaria is a genus of plants in the family Calceolariaceae. Calceolaria consists of about 388 species of shrubs, lianas, and herbs, with a geographical range extending from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution center in the Andean region. Calceolaria species have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots.
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  • Tiny white alpine flowers, on scenic Curry Ridge Trail (6 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain) from K'esugi Ken Campground, in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Denali State Park is in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve along the Parks Highway.
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  • Dryas octopetala (also known as mountain avens, white dryas, or white dryad) is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. Photographed in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. This small prostrate evergreen subshrub forms large colonies. Its name octopetala derives from the Greek octo (eight) and petalon (petal). Its eight petals are an unusual number in the Rosaceae family, where five is normal, though flowers with up to 16 petals also occur naturally.
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  • Mountain Daisy (Celmisia genus) flowers bloom on Sealy Tarns Track, above Mueller Lake in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (3755 meters / 12,349 feet) rises majestically at the head of the Hooker Valley above Hooker Lake in the distance. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from two overlapping photos to increase depth of focus.
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  • Lake Tekapo, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.
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  • Seed heads of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. On the right is Mount Beatty Glacier. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red under the Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) and Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • A white and pink orchid pops in contrast with green background. The exquisite Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo is my favorite garden in the Hawaiian Islands. Delightful paths and boardwalks take you through a soothing green tropical wonderland endowed with streams (Alakahi Stream, Boulder Creek), waterfalls (Onomea Falls) and oceanfront vistas across Onomea Bay. Purchased in 1977 and transformed over 8 backbreaking years by Dan and Pauline Lutkenhouse, the garden opened to the public in 1984 and was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1995. On the Big Island, a few minutes north of Hilo off of Route 19, take the narrow four-mile Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive which winds along coastal cliffs, across one-lane wooden bridges over picturesque waterfalls, to reach this peaceful oasis. The garden grows over 2000 plant species, representing more than 125 families and 750 genera, with diverse palms (nearly 200 species), heliconias (80+ species) and bromeliads (80+ species). Address: 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA.
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  • Anthurium andraeanum (Flamingo Flower) is an ornamental garden plant and houseplant, native to shady, humid tropical forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Projecting from a bright red heart-shaped spathe (a type of bract), the spike of its long white spadix has a yellow tip. The plants are poisonous and contain calcium oxalate crystals, which can cause severe mouth irritation and swelling if ingested. The Volcano Inn has beautiful flower landscaping in a lush cloud forest, on the Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Address: 19-3820 Old Volcano Rd, Volcano, HI 96785
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  • A yellow flower blooms in Allerton Garden, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • Giant Spider Lily / Queen Emma Lily / Crinum augustum (in the Amaryllis Family, Amaryllidaceae). Waimea Valley is a historical nature park with botanical gardens, at 59-864 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, on the North Shore of island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Formerly known as "Waimea Valley Audubon Center," since 2008 the garden has been managed by Hi'ipaka LLC, a non-profit company created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Hawaii is the northernmost island group in Polynesia.
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  • Lewis' monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii) blooms on Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For vigorous training, hike a scenic 10 mile loop with 3200 feet ascent, from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, to Second and First Burroughs, then back via Shadow Lake. Through mid July, be cautious of steep snow below Second Burroughs. Erythranthe lewisii was formerly known as Mimulus lewisii before DNA evidence reclassified it in 2012. It is named in honor of explorer Meriwether Lewis.
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  • Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpure, in the Plantaginaceae family) flowers bloom on a tall spike in Washington state. The Latin meaning of "Digitalis" refers to the "finger-like" ease of fitting the flower over your fingertip. Digitalis also refers to cardiac glycoside drugs (such as digoxin) extracted from plants of genus Digitalis. Wallace Falls State Park offers good hiking and camping beneath mossy trees on the rushing Wallace River near the town of Gold Bar, Washington, USA.
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