Fringed Gentians

When we visited Yellowstone National Park this past summer the Gentians were finished but we have seen them on many other trips. These were photographed in the area of the Fountain Paint Pots growing in a boggy area with sedges. The Western or Small Fringed Gentian, Genianopsis detonsa is the official flower of the park and one of the most beautiful wildflowers in the park.