I was heavily into wildflower ID for a couple years, but eventually abandoned it in frustration. You can get the genus OK, but species ID usually requires determining whether the peduncle is puberulent (slightly hairy) or glabrate (barely hairy at all), which is… nebulous
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@inaturalist, it's likely a white marsh marigold, Caltha leptosepala. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/caltha_leptosepala.shtml … -
Thank you! Seems very likely right
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Looks like alpine dryad.
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Ah! Yes it does…
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Looks like a crocus to me. They bloom at lower elevations as winter ends. And tbh i don't know. Thank you for the moment of beauty.
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