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From Aurora:
Here is a good site for most of the flowers you see in the High Sierras. 
www.summitpost.org/object_list.php?parent_id=198189&object_type=3

The pink is Mountain Pride, a pink penstemon.
www.timetotrack.com/jay/mtns/penstmp3.htm

Here is the arnica site to look at
www.timetotrack.com/jay/mtns/arnicc2.htm
www.timetotrack.com/jay/mtns/arnicn.htm
There are several types of Arnica.  I was told that what we saw was
heart leaf arnica, but I can't find the exact site for that.

One of your photos was phlox.
www.timetotrack.com/jay/mtns/phloxd4.htm

The yellow one with the long leaves is a Wooly Mules Ear.  A good description is found here:
www.mammothmountain.com/docs/assets/Tmpl_wildflowers4.pdf

I thought they were Lambs Ears since they were shorter and more gray in
color.  I was told a few years ago that they were anyway. However, after
searching, it looks more like the mules ears.  Here is the site for WoolyLambs Ears. 
www.finegardening.com/plantguide/stachys-byzantina-and-cvs-lambs-ears.aspx

This is a great site for wildflowers:
www.timetotrack.com/jay/mtns/default.htm



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