Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Yellow Lady's-slipper
Summer joy
Yucca seedpods
Maximilian Sunflower
Goat's-beard
Just a few more weeks
Half way open
A taste of spring before the snow returns
Joyful Prairie flowers
I love Dandelions
Early Blue Violet / Viola adunca
Early Yellow Locoweed
Sticky Locoweed / Oxytropis borealis var. viscida
Striped Coralroot
Smooth Blue Beardtongue, Penstemon nitidus
Blue-eyed Grass
Early Blue Violet
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Shootingstars / Dodecatheon
Little jewel of the forest
Brightening up the Badlands
Shootingstar
A colourful rocky spot
Wild Strawberry
Long-fruited Wild/White Prairie Parsley / Lomatium…
Canada Violet
A beautiful display of Elephant's Head
Mother Nature at her best
Indian Paintbrush
A splash of colour
Against the cabin wall
White Campion, male
My favourite Thistle
One-sided Pyrola / Orthilia secunda
Fireweed - for a change of colour
Dwarf Dogwood
The joy of vibrant Fireweed
A beautiful display of Fireweed
Embracing the sun
Yellow Penstemon
Asters plus fly
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
Harebell and tiny visitors
The fancy web work of a spider
Fall colours of Common Tansy
Eye-catching Fireweed
Similar to a Dandelion
From pale to vibrant
Like rays of sunshine
Moss Phlox
Creamy peavine / Lathyrus ochroleucus
Purple Avens
Ice crystals on Prairie Crocus
Brrr ... shiver
Early Blue Violets
Prairie Crocuses covered in water droplets
Night-flowering Catchfly / Silene noctiflora
Growing at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Sparrow's-egg Orchid
Bird's-eye primrose / Primula mistassinica
Arrow-leaved Coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Before they go to seed
Pinedrops with bokeh
Silene sp
Hawkweed
Butter-and-eggs
Looking towards Bow Glacier and Bow Glacier Falls
Drummond's Thistle
White Prairie-clover
Shootingstar
Woundwort / Stachys pilosus
Crab Spider on Richardson's Geranium
The electric shock look : )
Delicate Harebells
Sunny Gaillardia
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal
Crab Spider on Gaillardia
Is this an Orsodacnid Leaf Beetle
Prickly Rose
Heart-leaved Arnica
Beauty in miniature
Prairie Gentian
Hoary Plantain
Grouseberry
Scarlet Mallow
Paintbrush
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Common Labrador Tea
Mealy Primrose
Low Larkspur
Mountain Shootingstar
A rare, wild beauty
Pygmy-flower
Sagebrush Buttercup
Face to the sun
Roseroot
Common Knotweed
Tall Buttercup
Sparrow's-egg Orchid
Northern Grass-of-Parnassus
Fairybells
Goldenrod
Tartarian Honeysuckle
Blazingstar
Bracted Honeysuckle
Campion
One-flowered Wintergreen
Asparagus
Wandering Daisy, Erigeron peregrinus
Bracted Lousewort
White Mountain-avens
White Cinquefoil
Roses AND diamonds
Three-flowers Avens
Sticky Locoweed
Pygmy-flower
Mountain Shootingstar
Leafy Musineon
Aster versus Fleabane
Still waiting ..
Bishop's-cap
Marsh Hedgenettle
Bird's-foot Trefoil
Skullcap
See also...
See more...Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
- Photo replaced on 25 Oct 2013
-
396 visits
In all its purple glory
The large Nodding or Musk Thistle is my favourite species of Thistle - though it is a weed, but a very beautiful one. I went with my youngest daughter to the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area in Calgary on 26 July 2013, to photograph anything we could find that interested us, and I was so happy to see that there were some of these Thistles to show her. The Alberta Provincial Designation for Nodding/Musk Thistle is Prohibited Noxious.
"A native of Europe, nodding thistle has a long history as a rangeland pest. The invasive nature of this aggressive plant can lead to severe degradation of native grasslands and meadows because grazing animals focus on native vegetation giving the thistles a competitive advantage." From invasiveplants.ab.ca.
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/factsheets/FS-NoddingThistle.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
"A native of Europe, nodding thistle has a long history as a rangeland pest. The invasive nature of this aggressive plant can lead to severe degradation of native grasslands and meadows because grazing animals focus on native vegetation giving the thistles a competitive advantage." From invasiveplants.ab.ca.
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/factsheets/FS-NoddingThistle.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduus_nutans
, Puzzler4879, sasithorn_s, LeapFrog have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
www.ipernity.com/group/singleflower
Beautifully captured floral image. A pleasure to view. Well done with this one Anne. Regards Tess.
Seen and admired in : Beautiful Flowers
www.ipernity.com/group/beautifulflowers
This lovely image was admired in the
our ~ Wonderful Flowers ~ group.
Enjoyed in www.ipernity.com/group/singleflower.
Seen in:
Beautiful Flowers
Sign-in to write a comment.