Note lower two fused petals extending at an angle of up to 45 degrees below stalk. Fused petals have little to no cleft or lobe. Two dark green smudges on upper part of lower petals. Heartshaped to wide linear leaves approximately half way up the slightly hairy flower stalk.
west North Cascades
TRAIL: Yellow Aster Butte
HABITAT: Montane Forest (wet)
ELEVATION: 1,240 m (4,060 ft.)
BLOOM TIME: 12-JUL
