Old-Man-of-the-Mountain wildflowers bowed eastward as usual.
The Never Summer Mountains are in the far background.
These are the only tundra flowers with such a broad head. Behind their
head is a hoary coat of fibers giving them the Old-Man name. These
sunflowers are sometimes called Sun Gods or Rydbergia grandiflora.
They bloom only once, after several years of preparation, and then they die!

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