Warmer, south-facing valley slopes are home to rare plants that have survived in this harsh climate including Shacklett's Cryptantha (Cryptantha shacklettiana), Erysimum asperum and alpine golden buckwheat (Eriogonum flavum).
Five red/blue-listed vascular plants are known to occur including red-listed Obscure Cryptantha (Cryptantha ambigua) and Needleleaved Navarretia (Navarretia intertexta) and blue-listed Northern Linanthus (Linanthus
Cryptantha flavoculata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name roughseed cryptantha.