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  • Salix glauca / grayleaf willow

    • very low-growing shrub at high altitude (alpine/subalpine)
    • rounded to lance-shaped leaves; smooth below
    • large-ish catkin inflorescences

  • Sedum lanceolatum / lanceleaf stonecrop

    • bright yellow, star-shaped flowers (possible red tinge)
    • fleshy/succulent, small leaves (green, yellow or red)
    • open rocky outcrops, gravelly sites
    • drought tolerant

  • Stenotus acaulis / stemless goldenweed

    • very short, mat forming perennial yellow "daisy"
    • thin, lance-shaped leaves, pointing upward
    • yellow flower head with 6-15 ray florets, up to 50 disk florets
    • in dry, rocky, open-scrub habitats

  • Toxicoscordion venenosum / meadow death camas

    • cream to greenish-white flowers - somewhat triangular overall
    • branched flowering stem with multiple flowers in a compact pyramidal head
    • 6 tepals (petals + sepals), greenish-yellow nectar glands
    • grass/lily-like leaves
    • blooms early in the season

  • Turritis glabra / tower mustard

    • long (3"-ish) stick-like seedpods, erect and hugging the stem
    • nondescript mustard-family 4 petalled flowers in a cluster at the top
    • tall stem with leaves clasping the stem (no petioles)
    • generally in exposed, dry habitats

  • Viola canadensis / white violet

    • heart-shaped (like Valentines) leaves, 3-ish inches long
    • sharp leaf tips; rounded teeth
    • white flowers (1 inch) with yellow centers, petals purple-tinged on back side
    • understory, but may also be exposed
    • blooms in early spring

  • Viola praemorsa / upland yellow violet

    • yellow, 5-petals with purple "pencilling" on lower petals
    • back sides up upper petals brown-ish
    • leaves relatively thick, likely with many short hairs
    • on dry, rocky soils, often with sagebrush or steep slopes
    • soon after snowmelt; follows the snow up the mountains

  • Viola vallicola / sagebrush violet

    • early, bright yellow violet, usually in sagebrush
    • lanceolate leaves with long petioles
    • moderate purplish "pencilling" on lower petal; 1-2 lines on side petals
    • back sides of petals usually yellow (not brown)

  • Wyethia amplexicaulis / yellow mules ear

    • blooms in late June, July
    • large yellow sunflower-like central flower, smaller additional flowers
    • long, shiny, not-hairy leaves - like green mule's ears
    • strongly aromatic
    • may cover acres, almost as a monoculture
    • crunchy in the fall

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