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| Lewisia tweedyi |
| Lewisia tweedyi |
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| Abundant but restricted to a very small area. |
| Lewisia tweedyi |
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| Flowers vary white, orange, pinks, apricot. and the plants large to small. |
| Penstemon procerus |
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| Frequently found growing on the alpine slopes of Washington |
| Eriogonum ovalifolium nivale |
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| Prostrate flowers of this buckwheat virtually hide the silver leaves beneath |
| Lewisia rediviva |
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| Bitterroot. Common in rocky areas of eastern Washington up to the alpine zone of the east Cascades. |
| Ipomopsis aggregata |
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| Scarlet Gilia |
| Phacelia sericea |
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| Restricted to alpine screes |
| Douglasia nivalis |
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| Found in the Wenatchees and North Cascades; one of the first to bloom in May or June. |
| Erigeron compositus |
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| Often encountered, this is one of many forms. |
| Anemone nuttalliana (aka Pulsatilla patens) |
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| Found in the midWest and Rockies, there is also a small outlier population in the Wenatchees |
| Polysichum lemmoni |
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| Usually restricted to rocky serpentine. |
| Claytonia megarhiza nivalis |
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| Found only in serpentine soils of Wenatchee Mtns |
| Campanula parryi |
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| Found also in parts of Idaho and Montana but in Washington restricted to Wenatchees. |
Compare Campanulas of Washington....
| Saxifraga bronchialis |
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| Common plant bears many small white flowers |
| Saxifraga bronchialis (close up) |
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| Those white flowers are expertly spotted red and yellow. |
| Rock outcrop in Wenatchees, heavy with bloom |
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| Lewisia columbiana flowering in profusion |
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