[The Pea Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope

Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens

Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea

Close-up sideview of a flower of Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

Close-up sideview of the flower of purple oxytrope as seen on rocky tundra slopes near the summit of Mount Healy, park entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve............June 14, 2012.

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

Purple oxytrope as seen on rocky tundra slopes near the summit of Mount Healy, park entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve............June 14, 2012.

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea) - Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

Purple oxytrope as seen atop Camp Ridge above Camp Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 16, 2012.

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea) - Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

Purple oxytrope blooming along east-facing slopes of Pillow Basalt Ridge on the west side of Little Stony Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve............June 17, 2012.

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

Purple oxytrope photographed atop Thoro Ridge, Denali National Park............June 23, 2002.

Seed pods of Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)
A close-up of the seed pods of purple oxytrope photographed atop the ridge to the west of Wonder Lake, Denali National Park............June 25, 2002.

Blackish Oxytrope, Purple Oxytrope: Oxytropis nigrescens var. nigrescens (Synonyms: Oxytropis bryophila, Oxytropis glaberrima, Oxytropis gorodkovii, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. bryophila, Oxytropis nigrescens ssp. pygmaea, Oxytropis pygmaea)

A mat of basal leaves of purple oxytrope as seen on gravelly slopes on the ridge to the east of both Gravel Mt. and Stony Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve................September 6, 2009.

Paul Slichter