Rhodiola rhodantha, July 25, 2023
From above, Blue Lake area, 12,000’, July 30, 2023
Common & scientific name
Queen’s crown, Rhodiola rhodantha
Family
Stonecrop, Crassulaceae
Location
Summit, 12,100’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This succulent beauty always grows in wet places and has a taller, rounder top of pink and 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. Queen’s crowns leave turn an electric-red in the late summer, as seen below.
Blue Lake area, 12,000’, July 30, 2023
Above Linkins Lake, fall leaves, 12,400’, September 11, 2023