Zion Draba

Here's a closeup of the flower.

This spread of Draba was in a pine forest, a couple hundred feet off the floor of Orderville Canyon, on a sunny slope. Draba asprella greene var. zionensis Brassicaceae (aka Cruciferae) (Mustard family) Common name: Zion Draba Location: adjacent to Zion National Park, on sunny slope in pine trees, a few hundred feet above Orderville Canyon. May 15, 2008. Elevation: approx 5900 feet NAD83 UTM: 12S 335000 mE 4133000 mN Dominance: Common in the area Comments:   Source: Welsh, Stanley. (1990) Wildflowers of Zion National Park. Zion Natural History Association, Springdale, Utah, USA. ISBN 0-915630-27-3. page 59.