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Welcome to the Sierra Nevada Wildflower web site!
We provide a place to share our interest in the beauty and diversity of wildflowers found in these lovely mountains. As a secondary objective, we will be able to share our love of photography as it applies to capturing the images of the many wildflowers of our region. We invite you to join us by sharing your images and posting your comments about the information on this site. Warning! We are not experts, but hobbyists, and are learning as we go, so your comments and corrections are important to us. We hope this site becomes a resource for you, and although it is not yet a field manual, perhaps some day...
Flower of the Hour
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Note the alternate lanceolate leaves along the lower part of the stems. The bracts are less colorful than paintbrushes, but the upper sepals are colorful as if the paintbrush has been just barely dipped in the bucket. The flowers are hidden inside these colorful bracts, and have a pink upper lip and a white lower lip.
| Common Name: |
Copeland's Owl's Clover |
| Scientific Name: | Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cyptanthus |
| Family: | Figwort |
| Color: | Blue/Purple/Violet |
| Author: | Columbine Kid |
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