Monument Plant
Also known as elkweed and green gentian, the monument plant is found in both the Cascade and Rocky Mountains. This close-up of one its flowers was found and photographed near Colorado's Maroon Bells just outside of Aspen.
- Copyright
- © 2014
- Image Size
- 4394x2929 / 7.7MB
- Keywords
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Angiosperms, Aspen, Asterids, Colorado, Eudicots, F. speciosa, Frasera, Frasera speciosa, Gentianaceae, Gentianales, Habit, Maroon Bells, Maroon Valley, Pitkin County, Plantae, Rocky Mountains, White River, White River National Forest, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, color, deer's ears, dicot, elkweed, flora, flower, flowers, forb, fresh, gentian, green, green gentian, herb, monocarpic, monument plant, national forest, native, natural, nature, perennial, plant, plants, summer, west coast, wild, wildflower, wildflowers
- Contained in galleries
- White Wildflowers, Gentianaceae (Gentians)
