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Eritrichium nanum (Vill.) Schrad. ex Gaudin

17 photos.
The "arctic alpine forget-me-not", "arctic forget-me-not", or "mountain forget-me-not", a hairy, mat-forming species
with a compact inflorescence found at higher elevations.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 31904


1.  Photos 1-9 taken in mid-June.  Deep blue flowers with orange and purple fornices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.  Possibly a miniature. The larger
blossoms were added to show the
difference in size.


3.  Red fornices tending toward yellow
in the throat of the corolla.



4.  Orange fornices, hairy buds and
partially opened flowers.



5.  Side view showing leaf shape, hairs
and linear sepals.



6.  Good view of leaves, flowers and buds.




7.  Growing with Dryas octopetala and
Salix reticulata.  Good view of internal
structures within corolla.


8.  Fornices red and orange tending towards
yellow in the throat of the corolla.



9.  Good view of leaves and hairy stems.




10.  June 5, 2009.   Mat with coin to indicate
the size of the blossoms.



11.   June 8, 2009.  A pair of terminal
clusters.



12.  June 8, 2009.  A close-up of a single
Blossom.



13. June 8, 2009.  Several budding stems.




14.  June 8, 2009. Close-up of one of the
stems in photo 13.



15.   July 11, 2009.   Terminal cluster of a
seeding plant.



16.  June 11, 2010.  Several blossoms, some with
missing or deformed fornices and petals.



17.  June 22, 2014.  Terminal cluster, petals
red-magenta, perhaps due to age.

 

Photos 1, 3 and 6?-8? taken in the saddle between
Miller Fork of Eagle Creek and Miller Creek
65°28.661' N,   145°22.391' W
Elev. 3701 ft.

Photos 2 and 15 taken on the Central
side of Eagle Summit.
65°  30.08' N,   145°  22.84' W
Elev. 3700 ft.

Photo 4 taken on a ridge just east
of Eagle Summit.
65°  29.5' N,   145°  23.28' W
Elev. 3800 ft.

Photos 5 and 9 taken in the saddle between
Baker Gulch and the Left ForkP of Mastodon
Fork of Eagle Creek.
65° 27.337' N,   145° 20.717' W
Elev. 3985 ft.



 

Photo 10 taken on the east side
of the mountain listed as Eagle summit.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 46.21
Longitude: W 145° 22' 51.62
Altitude: 1199.98 m

Photo 11 taken on the south side
of the mountain listed as Eagle summit.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 34.391
Longitude: W 145° 23' 37.078
Altitude: 1107 m

Photos 13 ad 14 taken in a saddle 1.5 miles
south of Mastodon Dome.
Latitude: N 65° 27' 18.164
Longitude: W 145° 20' 53.145
Altitude: 1220 m.

Photo 16 taken on the southwest side
of the mountain listed as Eagle summit.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 45.67
Longitude: W 145° 24' 4.86
Altitude: 1104 m.


Photo 17 taken on Eagle Summit on the
hillside across the Steese highway
from the Pinnell trailhead road.
65° 29.00' N, 145° 24.35' W
Elev. 3650 ft.