TRUE ALPINES 
AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL AND HARDY ROCK PLANTS 
Erigeron algidus —Alpine, 4 in. Narrow leaves in basal tufts. Large, many' 
rayed violet flowers. Sierra Nevada mt. peaks to 13,000 ft. Hardy. 
E. pinnatisectus — Alpine, 6 in. Tufts of gray-green, finely divided leaves. 
Large violet'purple flowers. Central Rocky Mts. Hardy. 
Mimulus tilingi —4 in. Thin round leaves. Large broad-lipped rich yellow 
flowers. Mountain meadows and stream banks to 9000 ft. Hardy. 
Saxifraga aestivalis —12 in. Round, neatly scalloped leaves. Slender panicle 
of dainty white flowers. Mt. streams to 9600 ft. Hardy. 
Synthris sweetzeri— 4 in. Long heart-shaped leaves. Spikes of dark blue 
flowers. Siskiyou Mts. Hardy. 
Trillium rivale — 6 in. Heart-shaped leaves. Large white flower, purple-dotted 
at center. Edge of moist woods in north-western California. Hardy. 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
Erigeron macranthus — 1? in. Loose clusters of many-rayed lilac flowers. Mon¬ 
tane in Rocky Mts. from Arizona to British Columbia. Hardy. 
Eriogonum datum —2 ft. Long-stemmed leaves, gray-green above, white felt 
underneath. Broad flat racemes of creamy fragrant flowers. Dry rocky 
hillsides of northern California. Hardy. 
Lupinus latifolius var. columbianus— 6 ft. Huge leaves. Many large lavender- 
blue flowers. Sierra Nevada mt. streamsides. Hardy. 
L. polyphyllus — 3 ft. Large lush green leaves. Long spikes of fragrant Tyrian 
purple flowers. Moist meadows of northern California. Hardy. 
Nama parryi — 5 ft. Woody stems and narrow leaves. Long spikes of very 
decorative purple funnel-form flowers grouped in an 18 in. panicle. Mts. 
of southern California to 6500 ft. Hardy. 
Oenothera marginata —Large rosettes of narrow, deeply toothed leaves, cover¬ 
ed and fringed with silver hairs. White flowers, 4 to 5 in. across. Dry 
hills of the northern Great Basin. Hardy. 
Sphenosciadium capitellatum—4 ft. Large decorative fern-like leaves. Large 
umbels of many fluffy cream-white balls on downy stalks. A striking plant 
of California mt. streams to 10,000 ft. Hardy. 
Veratrum californicum, Corn Lily—5 ft. Sturdy stems with large ribbed 
sheathing leaves. Cream colored flowers in drooping terminal panicles. 
High meadows of Sierra Nevada mts. to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
PERENNIALS FOR MILD CLIMATES 
Eriogonum rubescens —8 in. Gray foliage. Spreading. Broad heads of rich 
rose-pink flowers. Santa Barbara Islands. 
Helianthemum scoparium, Rush-Rose—2 ft. Many stemmed plant, bearing 
quantities of bright yellow flowers. Dry slopes of central Coast Ranges 
and southern Sierra Nevada mts. 
