SWEET ANDROSACE 



Androsace carinata Torrey 



Sweet androsace is really a spring flower, unfolding on the lower 

 hillsides with the earliest blossoms, but it may be found during most 

 of the summer by ascending to a higher altitude. Its sweet odor and 

 the dainty clustered flowers, with their yellow centers, lend the plant 

 a peculiar charm. The rosettes of stiff green leaves, from which each 

 delicate flower stem rises, give a mosslike appearance to a colony of 

 the plants. They frequent both dry and moist situations. Several related 

 species occur frequently in the northern Rockies, but they are of un- 

 attractive appearance, and are seldom noticed. 



This member of the Primrose Family ranges from the cold moun- 

 tain tops of New Mexico north to Alberta and British Columbia. 



The specimen sketched was found at Ptarmigan Pass, seven miles 

 northeast of Lake Louise, British Columbia, at an altitude of 7,5 00 feet. 



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