Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 1, No. 2, August 1928
Flowers
By Earl U. Homuth
The large pink monkey flower (Mimulus
lewisii) is at its height and forms beautiful gardens beside the
lake trail. The wheat species (Mimulus langsdorfii) is also found
in patches amid the others.
The honeysuckle bears beautiful orange
berries, and the anemone now bears it "wooly" clusters of seed pods,
often mistaken for flowers. They are tall, permitting the wind to reach
the seed pods; while in bloom they were short thus protecting the
flowers.
The mountain forms of flowers are now
in seed, and those at present blooming are those growing in moist, damp
places.
The large fire-weed (Epilobium
spicatum) is in bloom, while the smaller forms have their seed pods.
Great areas of Coville's "aster" (Eucephalus
covelli) and fleabane (Erigeron sp.) are in bloom.
In the lower regions the lupines form a
riot of color.
The flower exhibit in the Community
House now numbers 81 identified species.