An Olympic Mountain endemic meaning it is found nowhere else.  This sweet little alpine is found on the dark shaley-sandy ridgetops and is one of the first alpines to flower blooming with fuzzy little pokers of blue-violet flowers as soon as the snow clears the exposed ridges.  Good in troughs or rock gardens.

Fringe-petal Kitten-tail.  This is an uncommon native found in small areas of the Olympic Mts and in Oregon's Clatsop County.  An early spring treat for the collector, this has rounded leaves with toothed margins and impressed veins that emerge a light olive-copper color.  Small lilac flowers cluster on short stems and the petal margins are incised.  A rare offering.