GRAYLEAF FIVEFINGER 



Potentilla glaucophylla Lehmann 



On the higher mountain slopes we were always attracted by the 

 cheerful yellow flowers of grayleaf fivefinger. The slender stems, 

 rising well above a bunch of gray-green leaves, wave to and fro in 

 the mountain breezes. The blossoms seem sometimes almost like a 

 shower of gold, just reaching the earth from the clouds above. This 

 plant belongs to the Rose Family. 



Grayleaf fivefinger ranges from New Mexico to Oregon, British 

 Columbia, and Saskatchewan. 



The sketch was made at Lake O'Hara, eleven miles by trail north 

 of Hector Station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia, 

 Canada, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. 



plate 2.96 



