[Springbeauties and Miner's Lettuce: The Genus Claytonia East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Masses of fleshy leaves of Sierra springbeauty grow in an alpine stream along the South Loop Road on the Steens Mountain, southeastern Oregon.......September 2, 2011.

Masses of fleshy leaves of Sierra springbeauty grow in an alpine stream along the South Loop Road on the Steens Mountain, southeastern Oregon........September 2, 2011.

Sierra springbeautygrowing in an alpine stream along the South Loop Road on the Steens Mountain, southeastern Oregon........September 20, 2015. Most plants at this location were found in the stream but a few grew out onto moist gravels on a late snowmelt site near the stream.