Glacier Lily

One of our favorite spring wildflowers, it blooms at snow-melt time. At high elevations that can be mid to late summer, as in this case. This was a protected location and there was a lot of snow left as well as a lot of mosquitoes. The bugs and a strong breeze made photography difficult and meant that we did not stay very long to admire the flowers. The botanical name for this beauty is Erythronium grandiflorum.

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