Common Names: Alpine Springbeauty, Fell-fields Claytonia, Wenatchee Springbeauty
ENDEMIC (Wenatchee Mtns.)
SYN: C. megarhiza var. nivalis)
USDA lists three varieties. ITIS and eFloras list none (Flowers can be white, pink, rose).
USDA LIST
var. bellidifolia: found on west coast US
var. megarhiza: found in Rocky Mtns up through Canada
var. nivalis: Endemic to Wenatchee Mtns. Purple flowers
Note rosette of fleshy (succulent) spoon shaped green leaves, purple on outer edge. Multiple purple flowers with dark veins, same length to shorter than leaves. Grows in talus, scree.
east Central Cascades (Wenatchee Mtns.)
TRAIL: Lake Ingalls
HABITAT: north side talus
ELEVATION: 1,980 meters (6,495 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 01-AUG