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Tiny Rockpink by Jared Payne, on Flickr
Phemeranthus brevifolius. Synonym: Talinum brevifolium. (Shortleaf Rockpink, Canyonlands Fameflower, Pygmy Fameflower)
Montiaceae (Miner's Lettuce Family)
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Tiny Rockpink by Jared Payne, on Flickr
Phemeranthus brevifolius. Synonym: Talinum brevifolium. (Shortleaf Rockpink, Canyonlands Fameflower, Pygmy Fameflower)
Montiaceae (Miner's Lettuce Family)
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We had an explosion of Prairie Crocus over a month ago:
Now long gone to seed:
Other than that, it's been a bit of a disappointing season for wildflowers around here thus far, with sustained hot and dry weather bringing on early and less profuse blooming, with some flowers- notably shooting stars and western wood lilies- barely even making an appearance in the usual hotspots.
A few photos from the last week or so.
Buffalo Bean already fading:
Violets in a damp glade:
Several weeks earlier than usual for these lupine on Nose Hill in Calgary:
Mountain Avens already a bit past prime:
Peak wild rose a few days ago:
Some much needed rain here this morning should hopefully freshen things up for the late bloomers.
Now long gone to seed:
Other than that, it's been a bit of a disappointing season for wildflowers around here thus far, with sustained hot and dry weather bringing on early and less profuse blooming, with some flowers- notably shooting stars and western wood lilies- barely even making an appearance in the usual hotspots.
A few photos from the last week or so.
Buffalo Bean already fading:
Violets in a damp glade:
Several weeks earlier than usual for these lupine on Nose Hill in Calgary:
Mountain Avens already a bit past prime:
Peak wild rose a few days ago:
Some much needed rain here this morning should hopefully freshen things up for the late bloomers.
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Coincidentally- I noticed some of these on my mtb ride in the Alberta foothills yesterday, but didn't stop to take a picture. Your post reminded me to look it up in the Handbook of the Canadian Rockies, and to my untrained eye it appears closest to the spotted coral root (although I don't see any spots in your photo), a saprophyte (parasitic with no chlorophyll) that is a member of the orchid family.
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Some images from an alpine meadow wander on Saturday afternoon:
Ridgetop, with some small patches of snow lingering from a cold mid-week storm:
Moss Campion:
Up until last week it had been a hot and dry spring after a quick snowmelt, with the flowers appearing several weeks earlier than usual. These buttercups are doing fine, but the meadows here usually also feature an equal mix of forget-me-nots around late June-early July. Not this year, though:
Although, there were a few nice ones:
Larkspur doing ok too, and the paintbrush are already appearing which is ahead of schedule for this elevation.
Ridgetop, with some small patches of snow lingering from a cold mid-week storm:
Moss Campion:
Up until last week it had been a hot and dry spring after a quick snowmelt, with the flowers appearing several weeks earlier than usual. These buttercups are doing fine, but the meadows here usually also feature an equal mix of forget-me-nots around late June-early July. Not this year, though:
Although, there were a few nice ones:
Larkspur doing ok too, and the paintbrush are already appearing which is ahead of schedule for this elevation.
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The first series are from a 4 day camping and hiking trip in the third week of June, to Castle Wildland Park in SW Alberta.
A great mix on the grassy ridges above Beauvais Lake.
Western wood lily, unfortunately in a bit of a decline closer to home in city natural parks due to picking, which kills the plant.
Salmonberry
Confirmed by Bill the botanist as spotted coral root, @Bob.
One of the many species of Arnica.
Beargrass thrives in the area, which abuts onto Waterton/Glacier.
Next up- a day hike to a favourite area that we hadn't been to for several years- Sparrowhawk Tarns.
Crested Beardtoungue in the jumbled rockslide that has to be negotiated.
Columbine.
Moss Campion.
Rock Jasmine.
Paintbrush and heather, earlier than usual here in the alpine as has been the theme this summer.
Buttercup in soggy streamside meadows.
More pictures from both trips, here:
Castle Wildland Park
Sparrowhawk Tarns
A great mix on the grassy ridges above Beauvais Lake.
Western wood lily, unfortunately in a bit of a decline closer to home in city natural parks due to picking, which kills the plant.
Salmonberry
Confirmed by Bill the botanist as spotted coral root, @Bob.
One of the many species of Arnica.
Beargrass thrives in the area, which abuts onto Waterton/Glacier.
Next up- a day hike to a favourite area that we hadn't been to for several years- Sparrowhawk Tarns.
Crested Beardtoungue in the jumbled rockslide that has to be negotiated.
Columbine.
Moss Campion.
Rock Jasmine.
Paintbrush and heather, earlier than usual here in the alpine as has been the theme this summer.
Buttercup in soggy streamside meadows.
More pictures from both trips, here:
Castle Wildland Park
Sparrowhawk Tarns
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At Sleeping Bear Dunes high above beautiful Lake Michigan
lots of white thistle
peas & pods
3 different types of milkweed - common, green comet (had to look that one up), butterfly weed
. 
We loved this one! I looked it up but forget its name.
A bunch more
. 
This was all over the place - from a distance it looked like silvery sage
Bladder campion (I think)
. 
At first glance, we thought this was a flower. Instead, there are tiny pink galls all over the leaves.
lots of white thistle
peas & pods
3 different types of milkweed - common, green comet (had to look that one up), butterfly weed
. We loved this one! I looked it up but forget its name.
A bunch more
. This was all over the place - from a distance it looked like silvery sage
Bladder campion (I think)
. At first glance, we thought this was a flower. Instead, there are tiny pink galls all over the leaves.
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We loved Crested Butte! I'm jealous of your sons if they live there. I felt obligated as a mountain biker to make a pilgrimage to CB at some point (it's one of the mountain biking meccas), and it didn't disappoint
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