Thermal pools strip the landscape of vegetation and fill it with new forms of color. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Flowers break free from the forest floor of pine cones. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Abundant alongside subalpine and lower alpine streams and drainages. The Clusters of bell-shaped flowers grow on stems 8 to 31 inches tall (20-80cm). The flower buds are pinkish to lavender, changing to blue when the flowers open. This color change alerts bees that flowers are ripe for pollination. Tall chimingbells bloom from mid-June to mid-August.
