Corn Lily (Veratrum californicum) flower cluster in Mono Meadow, Yosemite

Corn Lily (Veratrum californicum)

There would be a lot of you around, too, if you could get this many flowers fertilized every year. But your hundreds of offspring wouldn't have a negative net carbon footprint or freely provide nectar to anyone who cared to wander by and collect it, so it's just as well.

This Photo:  In Mono Meadow, mid July