[pct-l] flower identification?

[Ernie Castillo]

By any chance, did you see these dense clusters of what looked like shiny, irridescent balloons, mostly maroon with white stripes shortly after harvesting forest mushrooms?
 
(Just joking!)

Ernie Castillo
erniec01 at hotmail.com
248 884 5201



 
> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:29:31 -0700
> From: janetgr at Cableone.net
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] flower identification?
> 
> I recently did a section hike from Kennedy Meadows to Echo Summit. 
> There was a really beautiful flower I saw at higher elevations, 
> especially in the area before I started going down to reach Sonora Pass. 
> It grew in dense clusters of what looked like shiny, irridescent 
> balloons, mostly maroon with white stripes. They were very close to the 
> ground. Anybody know what they were?
> Janet
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