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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: rgs on August 01, 2013, 04:14:32 pm

Title: Help ID this flower
Post by: rgs on August 01, 2013, 04:14:32 pm

Can anyone help ID this flower? I found it a couple of weeks ago near Grand Lake, CO. Thanks

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 02, 2013, 01:24:28 am

Perhaps Saxifraga aizoides – Yellow Mountain saxifrage, Yellow saxifrage.

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: LoisWakeman on August 02, 2013, 05:41:15 am

Looks like a species of Sedum to me. But not one native to England.

If you have hours to spare, http://www.sedumphotos.net/main.php

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: rgs on August 02, 2013, 09:56:38 am

Thanks to both of you. These are good suggestions. My best guess so far is Yellow Stonecrop which is a Sedum species but I haven't found any examples with bright red stems and red in the blooms. That's what seemed so unusual when I made the image. The Yellow Mountain saxifrage also seems a good choice. Both appear to grow in rocky soil in alpine areas; exactly where I found mine. Guess I'll keep working on it. Maybe someone from Colorado will know for sure.

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: RobSaecker on August 02, 2013, 11:43:48 am

My wife the botanist says sedum, not saxifrage, though she doesn't know which species. Could be a mutant of the Yellow Stonecrop, I suppose.

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 02, 2013, 12:05:02 pm

That central stem says Sedum to me.

Habitat? Dry: Sedum. Wet: Saxifrage.

Title: Re: Help ID this flower
Post by: rgs on August 02, 2013, 12:46:42 pm

Thanks again to everyone. Doing a keyword search on Yellow Stonecrop found one very much like mine but not quite so red, so I'm going with that.