[The Saxifrage Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]
Purple Mountain Saxifrage, Purple Saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia (ssp. ?)
The photos on this page show close-ups of purple mountain saxifrage as seen from atop Thoro Ridge, Denali National Park..................June 23, 2002.
A close-up of the cluster of low leafy stems that make up a mat of purple mountain saxifrage. Photographed atop the high ridge directly east of both Gravel Mt. and Stony Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve...................September 6, 2009.
Purple mountain saxifrage in a vertical crack on a rock outcrop near the summit of Mount Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve.............June 21, 2012.
Paul Slichter