Description: Large, round, lightly ribbed petals surround a center of close green pistils in a bowl of yellow stamens.

Habitat: Rocky upper elevation slopes and flats near or next to receding snow lines.

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Comments: The largest of the yellow buttercups, alpine buttercup flowers often obscure their own leaves. At times they are a welcome burst of color on what would seem uninhabitable rocky terrain.