[The Pea Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Maydell's Oxytrope

Oxytropis maydelliana

Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala

Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

Maydell's oxytrope as seen along the Park Road about one mile south of the Wonder Lake Ranger Station, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 19, 2012.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

Close-ups of the inflorescence of Maydell's oxytrope as seen along the Park Road about one mile south of the Wonder Lake Ranger Station, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 19, 2012.

Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

Basal leaves of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

Close-up frontal view of the flower of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

Maydell's oxytrope as seen on the river bar along Gorge Creek about one mile east of Eielson Visitors Center, Denali National Park and Preserve...........June 20, 2012.

Inflorescence of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)

A close-up of the flowers of Maydell's oxytrope photographed along the park road east of Wonder Lake............June 24, 2002.

Pinnately compound leaf of Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)
A close-up of the leaf of Maydell's oxytrope photographed along the park road east of Wonder Lake............June 24, 2002.

Maydell's  Oxytrope: Oxytropis maydelliana (Synonyms: Oxytropis campestris ssp. melanocephala, Oxytropis campestris var. glabrata, Oxytropis glabrata, Oxytropis maydelliana ssp. melanocephala)
Maydell's oxytrope photographed along the park road east of Wonder Lake............June 24, 2002.

Paul Slichter