This monument plant is found is the Rocky Mountains and is a member of the gentian family

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This is a monocarpic woody plant, meaning that it only blooms once in its life of 20 to 80 years and then dies. Found in the plains to subalpine biomes, and from New Mexico to Montana.

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Location: Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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