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    Wind Cave

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    The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.

Wildflowers - Yellow Evening Primrose

Yellow Evening Primrose, Yellow Sundrops, Half-Shrub Sundrops, Plains Yellow Primrose, Tooth-Leaved Evening Primrose, Calylophus serrulatus, Oenothera serrulata
Yellow Evening Primrose, Yellow Sundrops, Half-Shrub Sundrops, Plains Yellow Primrose, Tooth-Leaved Evening Primrose - Calylophus serrulatus, Oenothera serrulata
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Evening Primroses have flowers that open in the evening and generally remain open the next day before withering.

Did You Know?

Star Lily

The Star Lilly (Leucocrinum montanum) has several common names including sand lily, sage lily, mountain lily, wild tuberose, and Star-of-Bethlehem.  The word Leucocrinum comes from Greek meaning "white lily." More...