Over the last week or so:

And when I think they are about over…

Elegant Rein Orchid ~ Piperia elegans

Ocean-spray ~ Holodiscus discolor

Brook Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla rivalis

Spreading Dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium

Western White Clematis ~ Clematis ligusticifolia

Bering Chickweed, Alpine Chickweed ~ Cerastium beeringianum

Western Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea

Trio

Bering chickweed, alpine chickweed, Cerastium beeringianum

A search for a trail, surprise #1

No trip into Montana’s outdoors ever takes place without surprises. The first surprise on this outing was actually two surprises, and pleasant ones, too;

Yellow Bell, Goldcup, Yellow Fritillaria, (Fritillaria pudica)

Alpine Chickweed, Bering Chickweed, (Cerastium beeringianum)

both blooming about a month earlier than usual. (I was glad that I did stow the macro lens in my pack.)

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