NODDING CAMPION 



Lychnis apetala Linnaeus 



Nodding campion grows among the rocks and boulders of old 

 moraines or on alpine summits. Its flowers, turned toward the 

 ground, are inconspicuous. The tiny petals project only a little from 

 the end of the inflated calyx. Though the species has a wide distri- 

 bution, it is seldom seen by the traveler because the coloring of both 

 leaves and flowers is similar to that of the rocks among which it 

 grows. 



Nodding campion is found in both Labrador and Greenland, and 

 extends from Colorado and Utah northward to Alberta, British 

 Columbia, and Alaska. It occurs also in Europe and Asia. 



The sketch was made from a specimen found near Lake McAr- 

 thur, fourteen miles by trail from Hector, British Columbia, at an 

 altitude of 7,000 feet 



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