Album Wildflowers

[Yvonne]

so many wildflowers are out here right now in the forest. I'm learning more about Washington wildflowers each day

Lupine

Bleeding Heart

Candy Flowers

Dollar Plant

white Dollar Plant

Western Trillium with two different leaf colors

Salmonberry

Lizard's Tail

Western Trillium

 

[Ugly]

 

[SteveR]

It's been a slow start to wildflower season in the foothills and rockies of Alberta. A couple from a hike last week.
I liked these little yellow ones, a Draba of some sort, cradled in a sheltered niche on an exposed ridgeline.

The Prairie Crocus are always the first harbinger of spring, but it's been late in coming to the mountains.

Shy clematis on a woodsy city bike ride:

 

[tennistime99]

Near Island Park, ID.

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[greenlizard456]

Some recent summer blooms from the San Rafael desert. Frasera paniculata on the left and Opuntia polycantha, Plains Prickly Pear on the right.

 

[SteveR]

Yellow Lady's Slipper orchids, last week while biking in Calgary:

Balsam Root in the Whaleback, southern Alberta:

Mountain Avens on Table Mountain, Castle Provincial Park, Alberta:

Too many species to list, along the trail to Southfork Lakes in the Castle:

This one's for Jackson. Wild roses in profusion yesterday along the mtb trails at Paskapoo in Calgary:

 

[Jon Carbaugh]

Wow... those orchids are gorgeous!

 

[SteveR]

More wildflower pictures from a morning mountain bike ride in the city. .
Western wood lily favours terrain with a mix of open meadow and aspen. Unfortunately it's showiness encourages picking which kills the plant, and it has become scarce in some areas:

Equally as showy were these gallardia aka brown eyed susan. They don't seem to be as vulnerable to picking and are flourishing right now in open grasslands:

 

[Yvonne]

finally some wildflowers, Mount Saint Helens and Penstemon and Paintbrush

 

[Yvonne]

another hike at Mount Saint Helens with more wildflowers to enjoy after work at the visitor center

Coldwater Lake

 

[Jackson]

Bear grass was blooming everywhere in the Mission Mountains this past weekend. Never seen it so consistent and thick throughout a large area.

 

[SteveR]

Abundant beargrass at lower elevations in Waterton last week. Great to see that it has recovered from the 2017 wildfire.

 

[zionsky]

Foxgloves in full bloom in North Cascades

 

[Ugly]

 

[Yvonne]

a few wildflower images taken on all my recent Mount Rainier NP explorations

Jeffrey's Shooting Star

Spreading Phlox

Avalanche Lillies

Rosy Spirea

Pink Mountain Heather

Pasque Flower

Braced Lousewort

Lupine

Pasqueflower Seedheads

Flower Meadow with Pasque Flowers and Tatoosh Range

 

[Wanderlust073]

First time I'd ever seen one of these (and there were many) up on the mountains. I literally googled 'alien looking plant on colorado 14ers' and while that didn't come up, the actual name is pretty humorous - "the funky thistle", Cirsium funkiae.

It was just named this spring, and is apparently relatively confined to certain mountain regions in the state:

https://mailchi.mp/b63fffa1df9e/june-events-at-the-gardens-1321584?e=f052bf515a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsium_funkiae

My photos are horrible crops out of larger captures, but it has a large bulbous 'nose' very reminiscent of a squid.

 

[SteveR]

Last blast of wildflowers for 2022? At Balu Pass, Glacier National Park, B.C. on September 1.

 

[westy]

 

[Janice]

I was pleasantly surprised to see wildflowers in Maroon Bells at the end of September. There were others that I didn't get pictures of, but I was happy to get these.

 

[danger02ward]

The third week in August 2022 I had the great pleasure of completing the dixon wind river high route. Although it was a little late in the season for the best wildflower viewing, we still got to enjoy some wondrous wind river wildflower viewing.

Lovely reds and yellows near the beautiful peak lake and stroud peak.

More lovely yellows with a splash of red near the headwaters of the green river

We witnessed wonderful wildflowers of the yellow, red, and fuchsia variety as we worked our way up towards knapsack col.

A particular pretty patch of lovely lavender in the spectacular titcomb basin.

The yellows and pinks were quite Magnificent at the beautiful middle fork lake.

Long lake had lots of lovely wonderful wildflowers of the red, pink, blue, and yellow variety.

A couple of Pretty Pronghorn peak purples

Some fabulous east park lakes fuchsias.

Let’s try a splash of yellow with the gorgeous granite at the excellent East park lakes area!

The East park lakes area was one of my favorite areas of the entire trip so it is only fitting to finish with one more excellent East park lakes fabulous fuchsia view.