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Common name: Miner's Candle
Latin name:
Oreocarya virgata

Miner's Candle - Oreocarya virgata
Annual/Perennial: Perennial

Flowers: May to July
Flower size:
1/4" to 3/8"

Found in:
Plains to Montane

Height: 12" to 36"
Invasive:
No
Native species:
No
Useful in garden: No

Image taken: Guanella Pass

Pictured Wildflower: Miner's Candle Oreocarya virgata
Wildflower Field notes: Miner's Candle is very easy to find and identify... but its really hard to get a good picture of. Look here to see a picture of the upper portion of the flower spike. 

Miner's Candle can be found growing in any dry, sunny area. Look for them if fields, meadows, the sides of cliffs, and along roadways.

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