Album Wildflowers

[SteveR]

Wildflower season is on the wane, but we found some nice patches this past week.

 

[zionsky]

arnica and bellflower adorn the swiss mountain side

 

[SteveR]

Still a bit of fireweed color on a foothills bike ride today, but other than the occasional aster or cinquefoil, that's going to be pretty much it for 2024 Alberta wildflower displays.

 

[SteveR]

arnica and bellflower adorn the swiss mountain side
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The hills are alive....

 

[zionsky]

The hills are alive....

That was Austria But I was thinking the same thing when I took the shot.

 

[Bob]

Along the Divide in the Teton Wilderness


Scatman on the Divide

 

[Janice]

Wildflower season is on the wane, but we found some nice patches this past week.
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The hot pink paintbrush scattered among the pale yellow columbine is wonderful. Among the bright yellow and purple is wonderful, too.

 

[Titans]

Paintbrush just opening up in The Needles

 

[Bob]

Lol..... A long ways to go before I see any of those up here

 

[SteveR]

After a winter that was both warmer and dryer than average, the pasque flowers (aka prairie crocus) have popped up very early this year, adding splashes of colour to the brown hillsides below our neighbourhood.

 

[SteveR]

Riding and hiking on balsamroot covered hillsides near Kimberley, BC last week.

 

[Ugly]

I will not even attempt to name these... all from last weekend.





There is more than flowers in this photo.

 

[Ugly]

Flowers from around home. Because I am great at gardening and yardwork (not).

 

[Bob]

Lots of Camas everywhere.......

 

[Ugly]

Instead of hiking today, I am recovering. Hahaha
The desert is in full bloom.

 

[Ugly]

@regehr I do not think I was exactly in the magical time before the outrageous bugs in the Uintas...
However, I had a few days of wonderful lower elevation truck camping.

The lady at Bear River Lodge's general store said the bugs had not been bad yet, so maybe the bugs haven't hit. Maybe I was just lucky.

Only a handful of mosquitoes would attack in late morning and early evening, and then disappear. We made a steak dinner one night, and the flies massed out of nowhere, but otherwise it was quite pleasant -bug wise-. It was worse Sunday morning than previous mornings as we packed up.

The flowers are doing very well.


In one canyon, there were miles of aspens chock full of columbine, paintbrush, and all the other varieties I cannot name.




Mule ears galore.


I am not sure what this little one is named.




Another little guy.


Some yellow paintbrush on some drier slopes on Poison Mountain.

 

[regehr]

@Ugly love it!!!

 

[fossana]

Rudbeckia occidentalis (Western coneflower)


Frasera speciosa (Elkweed)

 

[Janice]

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Rudbeckia occidentalis (Western coneflower)

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Frasera speciosa (Elkweed)

Wow - never saw a green coneflower before and had no idea they existed!

 

[SteveR]

A wildflower photo dump from the last month. The flowers have generally been sparser than usual, but we have found some nice patches.