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The flowers in the Colorado mountains are spectacular. Here is a selection. I am grateful to Jane Hendrix and Marty Richardson for their help in identifcation. Jane Hendrix's web page has a quite complete collection of photos of flowers in Summit County. See <<http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=6&uid=22322>>. My favorites in the list below are the third one in the Fairy Slippers section, the first Glacier Lily (by Mike Rogers), the Stemless Goldflower, and the Kluane Poppy.
Fairy Slippers (aka Calypso), Rare Color Variation, Colorado
Wooly Actinella, or Stemless Goldflower
Alpine Dusty Maiden (Chaenactis alpina)
Bigelow's Groundsel (Senecio Bigelovii, sometimes known as Ligularia pudica)