2.  May 20, 2009.  A sprouting plant.

3.  Late May.  Entire sprouting plant showing
the taproot.

4.  Late May.    Green-leaved, multi-stemmed
plant with red-leaved plants to the right
and above right.

5.  Late May.  A red-leaved, multi-stemmed
plant which was within 3 feet of the
green-leaved, multi-stemmed plant in
photo 4.

6.  Mid-June.  A multi-stemmed plant.
with reddish-brown leaves.

7.  Mid-June.  A single-stemmed branched plant
with root.

8.  Mid June.  Tip of the stem of a
single-stemmed, branched plant.
Note the buds.

9.  Late June.  Another single-stemmed,
branched plant with root. Lower stem
is red and flowers are tinged red.

10.  Mid-June.  A highly colored blossom
cluster on a branched, green-leaved plant.

11.  Late June.  Leaves of green-leaved plant.
Left: upper leaf.  Right: lower leaf.

12.  Mid June.  Leaves of brown-leaved plant.
Left: upper leaf.  Right: lower leaf.

13.  Late June.  Several brown-leaved,
multi-stemmed plants.

14.  Early September.  A multi-stemmed plant gone
to seed.

15.  Early September.  Close-up view of the
capsules after seed expulsion.

16.  May 31, 2009.  A group of young
plants.

 

17. July 29, 2009.  A plant with dark
leaves.

Photo 1 taken on Pinnell Mountain
Trail between mileposts 1 and 2.
Elev. approx. 3900 ft.

Photos 2, 3, 10, 12 and 16
taken on the Ketchem Rocks.
A series of granite tors located
six miles south of Central, Alaska.
65°  29.1' N,  144° 45.2' W
Elev. 1300 ft.

Photos 4 and 5 taken on a hillside
above Upper Bottom Dollar Creek
between St. Patrick's Creek and Nugget
Gulch (St. Patrick's Creek is labeled
as Nugget Gulch on the USGS map)
65°  25.8' N,   144°  49.9' W
Elev. 2200 ft.

Photo 6 taken 1.5 miles northeast
of Portage Summit.
65° 26.46' N, 144° 47.50' W
Elev. 2650 ft.

 

Photos 7, 8, 11 and 13 taken
near upper Half Dollar
Creek.
65° 25.51' N, 144° 46.60' W
Elev. 2000 ft.

Photo 9 taken along Upper Bottom
Dollar Road.
65°  25.5' N,   144°  49.4' W
Elev. 2000 ft.

Photos 14 and 15 taken on
Twelvemile Summit.
65°  23.84' N,   145°  59.36' W
Elev. 3150 ft.

Photo 17 taken at 1.5 mile Pinnell
Mountain trail.
Latitude: N 65° 29' 27.383"
Longitude: W 145° 27' 11.410"
Altitude: 1166.22 m.