...and another thank you to Alan Tracey for sharing an image with us for the "Plants of the North" series. Mahsi' choo!
I'm away on vacation, so another series of links instead of a written entry, this time on arctic alpine forget-me-not:
- some web sites or paper references use Eritrichium aretioides for this taxon, but I've opted for the name as in the USDA PLANTS database: Eritrichium nanum var. aretioides
- a description of the taxon is available from Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska: (here named) Eritrichium aretioides
- additional photographs from Paul Slichter
One of the other taxa in this photograph will conclude the "Plants of the North" series in a few days...
perfectly delightful !
Wow, those flowers are BLUE! It looks like they were kind of hiding, too, among those rocks, so it must have been exciting to come upon them.
What intense blue! Great colors all around. It must be a wonderful place to wander.
Love at first sight!
Oh, these are exquisite. I never met a forget-me-not I didn't love, but these are exceptionally lovely.
Interesting, but I'm wondering what the other plant in the photo is...any ideas?
Is that the specific forget-me-not that is the state flower of Alaska?
And is the other plant the little willow the Ptarmigan like?
That blue just jumps out of the picture and the composition a great photo.
I really enjoyed the small blue with the yellow center. The photo is very good in showinig the blue colour as blues are hard to come true to colours.
Thank you,
Margaret-Rae
Tyler -the other plant is the dwarf arctic willow - SALIX ARCTICA.
Qué hermosura de planta con sus flores ... Felicidades para quien tomó la foto ...
Another wonderful photo to add to my picture file.
Thank you Daniel, Alan, and BPotD.
I think the lichens are Vulpicidia tilesii and Thamnolia vermicularis.
when words escape flowers speak
wonderful blue forget me nots painted on
china by my aunts but not this blue blaze
that i see here today -thank you
so many loveing comments - tis spring again
Good job on the lichen ID, Derek. I agree (once I put my glasses on)... Looks like there's also an ericaceous something lower left that could be a subject. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Nice post! Thanks for the trip to the arctic...
Hi again - Sally, the rosette in lower left is SAXIFRAGA TRICUSPIDATA