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Lupines

Wildflowers

More than 100 acres of wildflowers bloom in a solid mass in late July and early August on a northeast-facing slope at the head of Long Canyon in the Trinity Alps. Probably dozens of species are represented, but the most prominent are vivid red paintbrushes; blue, yellow, and purple lupines; white angelica; and creamy western pasqueflowers that turn into fuzzy white mops when they go to seed.

In a completely different location, under evenly spaced red firs on the south side of the Salmon River Divide, the waxy white blossoms of queen’s cups and twinflowers shine against the dark background of the forest floor.

The preceding two paragraphs only hint at the diversity of the hundreds of species of plants that thrive in this section of the Klamath Mountains. To name and describe them all would require an entire volume. Many people derive a great deal of pleasure from being able to identify, as well as admire, the many flowers they see. For such a purpose, A Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers by Theodore E. Niehaus, Roger Tory Peterson, and Charles L. Ripper (in the Peterson Field Guides series) is highly recommended.