Steer's heads

fleeting, tiny and hard to find - people do certain hikes out here just to see these little guys. They are related to bleeding hearts, but are much smaller grow in rocky soil near mountain tops and bloom just after the snow melts (look in the most soil near any little remains of snowbanks to find them). Their dusky pink color often blends in, rather than stands out from the bare soil that they prefer, and even the sharp eyed can walk right by them. I even spotted some that I did not see on my way up the trail, on my way back down, in a place where I actually expected them - they hide well..