2.  Early June.  Sprouting stem with involucral
bracts.

3.  Early June.  Sprouting stem with bud.
Basal leaves have not appeared.
involucral bracts partially enclose the bud

4.  Late May.  Upper stem, involucral bracts
and partially opened blossom.

5.  Late May.  Top view of blossom in
photo 4.

6.  Early June. Multi-stemmed plant in early
stage of bloom.  Some of the stems have
multiple blossoms.  The pedicels will elongate
with age.

7.  Early June.  Another Plant similar to the one
in photo 6.

8.  Early June.  View of underside of blossom.
involucral bracts are still close to sepals.

9.  Mid-June.  A single blossom.

10.  Mid-June.  Two blossoms with the seeds
beginning to develop.  The blossom on the
right is at a later stage.

11.  Mid-June.  Top view of a stem with
multiple blossoms.

12.  Mid-June.  Several stems with multiple
blossoms.  Note how the pedicels have elongated.

13.  Mid June.  Two blossoms from adjacent
plants.  This shows the variation in sepal shape.

14.  Late June.  A basal leaf.

15.  Mid-June.  A fruiting head.

16.  Early September.  Seeds.

17.  June 3, 2009.  A mult-istemmed
plant in bud.

18.  July 11, 2009.  A two-stemmed plant
in seed.  Note how the pedicels have
elongated.

19. July 11, 2009.  A fruiting head at an
early stage with the stamens still attached.

20. July 11, 2009.  A fruiting head at a
later stage.  Most of the stamens have dropped
off.

21.  May 22, 2011.  A sprouting plant
with a bud in a very early stage.

22.  May 22, 2011. Close-up of the
early bud in photo 21

23.  May 28, 2011.  The plant in photos
21 and 22 taken 6 days later.  Note
that the plant is now much less hairy.

24.  May 28, 2011.  Basal leaves on a
rcently sprouted plant.

25.  May 28, 2011.  A single, barely opened,
yellow blossom

Photos 1 and 16 taken along the Pinnell
Mountain Trail beyond milepost 2.
65° 29.72' N, 145° 28.02' W
Elev. 3850 ft.

Photos 2, 3, 6-9 and 11-14
taken on the Central
side of Eagle Summit.
65°  30.08' N,   145°  22.84' W
Elev. 3700 ft.

Photos 4 and 5 taken on a ridge 2 miles
southeast of Portage Summit.
65° 24.78' N,  144° 40.73' W
Elev. 2900 ft.

Photo 10 taken 1.5 miles northeast
of Portage Summit.
65° 26.46' N, 144° 47.50' W
Elev. 2650 ft.

Photo 15 taken along small road
on Eagle Summit.
65° 29.71' N,  145 °23.12' W
Elev. 3850 ft.

 

 

Photo 17 taken on Eagle Summit
at the Pinnell trailhead road.
65° 29.03' N, 145° 24.52' W
Elev. 3600 ft.

Photos 18-20 taken in a ravine west of
Twelvemile Summit.
65° 23.6' N, 145° 58.8' W
Elev. 2950 ft.

Photos 20-23 taken on the east side of
the saddle between Miller Fork of
Eagle Creek and Miller Creek.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 37.481"
Longitude: W 145° 22' 28.838"
Altitude: 1134.97 m.

Photos 24 and 25 taken above the west side
of the saddle between Miller Fork of
Eagle Creek and Miller Creek.
Latitude: N 65° 28' 25"
Longitude: W 145° 21' 40"
Altitude: 1200 m.