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
Arrowleaf Balsamroot with Crab Spider
Yellow Lady's-slipper
The dreaded Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Purple avens / Geum rivale
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
Nodding Silverpuffs / Microseris nutans
Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Shrubby Penstemon / Penstemon fruticosus
Rosy Pussytoes / Antennaria rosea
Wood Lily
Wild Chives / Allium schoenoprasum
Ambrosia sp.
Spotted Coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Unidentified plant along Bertha Falls Trail, Water…
Brightening up the forest
Spotted Coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Northern Gentian / Gentianella amarella
Houndstongue / Cynoglossum officinale
Orobanche / Orobanche fasciculata
The changing colour of Baneberry berries
A beautiful property, SW of Calgary
Shootingstars / Dodecatheon
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Early Blue Violet
Blue-eyed Grass
Smooth Blue Beardtongue, Penstemon nitidus
Striped Coralroot
Sticky Locoweed / Oxytropis borealis var. viscida
Early Yellow Locoweed
Early Blue Violet / Viola adunca
I love Dandelions
Joyful Prairie flowers
A taste of spring before the snow returns
Half way open
Just a few more weeks
Goat's-beard
Maximilian Sunflower
Yucca seedpods
Summer joy
Yellow Lady's-slipper
Narrowleaf Stoneseed
In all its purple glory
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
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Little jewel of the forest
These small wild orchids can be difficult to photograph, as they grow in the forest, where the light is not good for taking photos. It's always good to see them in the spring, after a long, bitterly cold winter. I remember maybe two or three years ago, I took photos of a small cluster of them surrounded by snow, so I guess they are hardier than they look. Found this one just off Elbow Falls Trail, in Kananaskis, on 12 June 2014. They are such exquisite wildflowers! Unfortunately, a single flowerhead doesn't quite fit into a macro photo, but I have to balance that with being able to get a soft, blurred background.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(orchid)
www.mountainnature.com/plants/PlantsLatinNameResult.asp?I...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(orchid)
www.mountainnature.com/plants/PlantsLatinNameResult.asp?I...
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