MOSS FORGET-ME-NOT 
Eritrichum elongatum (Rydberg) W.F. Wight 
This member of the Borage Family, whose flowers look so much 
like a true forget-me-not, is one of the plants that have adapted them- 
selves to severe alpine conditions. Growing above timberline where 
there is little shelter from storm and wind, it hugs the ground, its 
woody toot firmly inserted in some ctevice, whete barely sufficient 
soil has collected to permit its growth. Its flowets nestle in a mass of 
gray moss-like leaves, whose somber coloring enhances the rare blue 
of the flowers. 
Moss forget-me-not ranges through the Rocky Mountains from 
New Mexico to Montana and Oregon. 
The specimen painted was found on a trail that carried us away 
from the lower valleys near Apollonaris Spring in Yellowstone Na- 
tional Park, Montana. 
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