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A rare flower is in a superbloom in the Rocky Mountains

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe
Published July 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM PDT

Green gentian wildflowers are in a major superbloom in the alpine meadows of Colorado. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to David Inouye, a researcher who has been studying these magnificent flowers for decades.

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Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.
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