Odds and ends

Our wildflowers here have been catching up with their blooming cycles and it’s hard to keep up with finding and photographing them. Here are some of the more recent ones.

Blue-eyed Mary ~ Collinsia parviflora

Lanceleaf Springbeauty ~ Claytonia lanceolata

Utah Honeysuckle ~ Lonicera utahersis

Oregon Boxleaf ~ Paxistima myrsinites

Heart-leaf Arnica ~ Arnica cordifolia

Blue Clematis ~ Clematis occidentalis

New arrivals

Redstem Stork’s Bill ~ Erodium cicutarium

Hooker’s Fairybells ~ Prosartes hookeri

Utah honeysuckle ~ Lonicera utahensis

Blue-eyed Mary~ Collinsia parviflora

Arrowleaf Balsamroot~ Balsamorhiza sagittata

(As a size comparison, a few Blue-eyed Marys can be seen in the background of this last photo.)

It’s easy to get carried away when the wildflowers start blooming!

Holly-leaf Oregon-grape, Berberis aquifolium

Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Claytonia lanceolata

Blue-eyed Mary ~ Collinsia parviflora

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More new arrivals

Blue-eyed Mary ~ Collinsia parviflora

Stork’s Bill ~ Erodium cicutarium

Shooting Star ~ Dodecatheon pulchellum

May wildflowers

After the late arrival of warm weather, the wildflowers in this part of Western Montana have been hurrying to catch up with spring. Here are more that have started blooming in May:

Miner’s Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata

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Western Blue Clematis, Clematis occidentalis

Heart-leaf Arnica , Arnica cordifolia

Fairy Slipper, Calypso Orchid , Calypso bulbosa

Falsebox, Mountain Boxwood, Oregon Boxwood, Paxistma myrsinites

Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia parviflora

Yellow Wood Violet, Viola glabella

Arrow-leaved Balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagittata

Arrow-leaved Balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagittata

Serviceberry, Saskatoon, Amelanchier alnifolia

Antelope Bitterbrush, Antelope-brush, Purshia tridentata

Antelope Bitterbrush, Antelope-brush, Purshia tridentata

Sticky Purple Geranium, Sticky Geranium, Geranium viscosissimum

Woolly Groundsel, Packera cana

Ground Ivy, Glechoma hederacea

Largeflower Triteleia, Triteleia grandiflora

Meadow Death Camas, Common Death Camas, Zigadenus venenosus

Small-flowered Woodland-star, Small-flowered Prairie-star, Lithophragma parviflorum

Holly-leaf Oregon-grape, Shining Oregongrape, Tall Oregongrape, Berberis aquifolium

Unknown shrub

Common Hawkweed, Hieracium lachenalii

Two-lobe Larkspur, Upland Larkspur, Delphinium nuttallianum

Still the time of the hardy ones.

Though we in the northern states often become distracted by visions of spring in other parts of the country and the world, nature always does what has been successful for millenniums. Yes it’s spring, but last night’s low was 28°f and it’s still only the time for the small ones and the hardy ones.

Shooting Star, Dodecatheon pulchellum

Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia parviflora

Next week the Trilliums should appear along a favorite trail (if it’s clear of snow). I will try for them on Monday perhaps.