Tufted Saxifrage (Saxifraga caespitosa)

Marmot Pass, Buckhorn Wilderness, 7/2017.

Nearly twenty species of saxifraga occur in the pacific northwest, and up until now, we’ve only posted three!  Make that four with this high-elevation (and low-elevation coastal), matted variety we found on a high pass on the Olympic peninsula.  Turner and Gustafson’s Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest notes that this plant is found nearly worldwide, with the exception of eastern North America.

Marmot Pass, Buckhorn Wilderness, 7/2017.

Marmot Pass, Buckhorn Wilderness, 7/2017.