Rhodiola rhodantha, July 13, 2022
R. rhodantha, Jack Lake, 12,300’, August 6, 2022
R. rhodantha, Independence Lake, 12,300’, August 23, 2022
Common & scientific name
Queen’s crown, Rhodiola rhodantha
Family
Stonecrop, Crassulaceae
Location
Summit, 12,200’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This succulent beauty always grows in wet places and has a taller, rounder top of pinkish-red flowers than King’s crown, which has a flatter top of dark-wine, sometimes almost black flowers, and which can grow in dryer locations.
R. rhodantha, Wet Gulch, in fall colors, 11,400’, August 5, 2022
R. rhodantha, post-bloom, upper Lost Man, 12,000', August 28, 2022