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ALPINES AND ROCK PLANTS 
C. rotundifolia var. olympica—Alpine, 9 in. Rosette of small round leaves. 
BelMike lavender flowers. Long blooming season. From Olympic Mts. 
above timber line. Hardy. 
Cassiope mertensiana—Dwarf alpine ground cover. Heath-like in leaf and 
flower. White nodding bells, solitary on slender erect flower stalks rising 
from scale-covered stems. One of the loveliest of alpine wild flowers. 
Humus-filled granite clefts of Pacific Coast mts. to 10,000 ft. Hardy. 
Pkt. *0*. 
Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur—10 in. Loose raceme of deep blue 
flowers. Open sunny meadows of central United States. Hardy. 
Dodecatheon alpinum, Alpine Shooting Star—8 in. Rosette of narrow leaves. 
Slender-stemmed umbels of pink flowers. High montane to 10,000 ft. 
Hardy. 
D. jeffreyi var. reddens, Sierra Shooting Star—15 in. Rose-pink flowers. 
Fragrant foliage. High montane, 8000 to 10,000 ft. Hardy. 
Douglasia laevigata—Close rosette of stiff glossy leaves. Dainty clusters of 
pink androsace-like flowers on one-inch stems. Mts. of western Oregon 
and Washington. Drainage and cool location. Hardy. Pkt. 50<£. 
Draba glacialis—Alpine, 1 in. Densely-tufted gray moss-like plant bearing 
cream-white flowers on short delicate stems. Rocky ridges, 11,600 to 
13,000 ft. Hardy. Pkt. 50^. 
Dryas octopetala, Mountain Avens—Prostrate evergreen alpine shrub. Immense 
creamy anemone-like flowers. Wide-spread in alpine regions. Hardy. 
Epilobium obcordatum—Alpine, trailing. Diminutive attractive gray-green 
foliage. Many large rose-pink flowers. Granite rocks of Sierra Nevada 
Mts. to 13,000 ft. Hardy. Pkt. 50^. 
Erigeron compositus—Alpine, 2 in. Densely leafed tufts. White or violet 
flowers. Sierra Nevada Mts. to 11,750 ft. Hardy. 
E. foliosus var. confirms—6 in. Decumbent stems. Blue flowers. Dry rocky 
ridges to 7000 ft. Hardy. 
E. linearis—6 in. Many-rayed violet-pink flowers. Montane on arid slopes to 
8000 ft. Hardy. 
E. radicatus—Alpine, 2 in. Densely-tufted gray hairy foliage. Large lavender 
flowers. Sierra Nevada mt. summits to 12,000 ft. Hardy. 
E. ursinus—Alpine. Mat of spreading stems. Large attractive purple flowers on 
three-inch stems. Central Sierra Nevada mt. peaks to 11,000 ft. Hardy. 
Eriogonum compositum—10 in. Downy foliage. Yellow to cream flowers. For 
sunny exposure in the dry rock garden. North Coast Ranges to Washing¬ 
ton. Hardy. 
E. lobbii—Tufts of silver-white leaves. Prostrate flower stems. Umbels of white 
flowers fading to pink. High montane on glacial slopes of Sierra Nevada 
Mts. to 9500 ft. Hardy. Pkt. 50$f. 
