Western Wood Lily

This beautiful Western Wood Lily was growing at Bow Valley Provincial Park on Monday 27th June, when friends very kindly invited me to join them for a wonderful, leisurely day in this amazing area. We didn't see all that many of these gorgeous wildflowers, and hopefully it was just a case of them blooming a little late this year.

This species is becoming Increasingly rare due to picking the flowers: the flower stalk contains the leaves which are needed to produce the food for the next year's plant. So, please, leave these beautiful flowers right where you find them growing.