Late Bloomer-Wild Rose

Katie Spellman writes,

Arctic Light Elementary school students in the afterschool club have been monitoring rosehips and found this late-blooming flower. There are lots of other buds in the area ready for overwintering but this one popped! (Less than 1% of the buds in the area.) The weather this fall has been unusually warm.

LEO says:

This observation has been added to the Late Bloomers Project Page. The Late Bloomers project is collecting observations of flowers blooming at unusual times in late summer or fall throughout Alaska.