The magazine pictures that have been saved in my wish book all show alpine type plants, I think the erodium may be one, but it was Lewisia that was coveted, it died immediately.    From Wordnik.com.  [Containers-Part One « Fairegarden] Reference

Lewisia rediviva (Fr. racine amère, "bitter root" — giving name to the Bitter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806] Reference

Here is bitterroot, Lewisia rediviva.    From Wordnik.com. Reference