I have two clumps of this, rescued from a drainage ditch just across the border in Idaho, just as the spraying outfit was coming for it. I didn't know what it was, but I knew it was something. Well, now I know, thanks to my official Whitman County botanist, Pam Brunsfeld. This is another plant that DNA analysis has complicated with confusing names (well, to me, anyway). Its common name--Grassland saxifrage--is stable, but its scientific name has gone from Saxifraga integrifolia to Micranthese fragosa.
Since we're getting some real rainfall this Spring, flowers that I didn't have last year are blooming this year. Last year I had to use an older photo to show Sugar bowls (Clematis hirsutissima). It just started blooming out there this year. Such a wild flower!
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