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Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit and taxonomic work belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs.

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

Leaves like I. bakeri, involucellar bractlets like I. rivularis, calyx length like I. longisepela, calyx shape like I. latibracteata. Interesting to say the least.
Another nearby obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173734753

“GRIZZLY BEAR (1) The obvious highlight of the trip!!! While we were coming down from the Canada border (in Whatcom Co.), I spotted a distant speck in a meadow adjacent to the ridge we were on (~6,400’). Upon getting on it in binoculars, it became apparent that not only was it brown and huge, but it had a large hump between its shoulders. We watched it for about a half an hour and though distant, every now and then it would turn at the right angle and we could see the large facial disc typical of Grizzlies.”

Copied from my Tweeters post.

Not positive here, but much smaller than any M. rufidula or M. occidentalis that have seen. Leaves less than 10mm long (one much larger pictured is a bit less than 20mm) with hairy margins. Found in shaded cracks of volcanic boulder; east facing. Apologies for the poor quality iPhone photos.