REDSTEM SAXIFRAGE 



Saxifraga lyallii Engler 



When traveling over the higher mountain regions above timber- 

 line, we frequently found the sloping banks of the tiny valleys spread 

 with carpets of redstem saxifrage. Where the soil was wet by drip- 

 pings from snowbanks, the tiny red and white flowers, carried well 

 above the tufts of leaves on their red stems, reached their greatest 

 perfection. When clumps of parnassia are associated with them, the 

 effect is beautiful indeed. 



Redstem saxifrage is a plant of narrow range, being found only from 

 Montana and Alberta to British Columbia and Alaska. 



The flowers sketched were obtained near Baker Lake, fifteen miles 

 by trail from Lake Louise, at an altitude of 6,500 feet. 



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