April 12, 2015
Despite the foibles of spring weather, our wildflowers are bound to begin their spring and summer cycle. Here are some of the newest:
Shooting Star ~ Dodecatheon pulchellum
Arrow-leaved Balsamroot ~ Balsamorhiza sagittata
Pear blossom
Nineleaf Biscuitroot ~ Lomatium triternatum
Serviceberry, Saskatoon ~ Amelanchier ainifolia
Kinnikinnik ~ Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Oregon Grape ~ Mahonia aquifolium ~ Berberis aqufolium
July 8, 2013
Last Saturday there some shrubs along the trail with pairs of red berries; Utah Honeysuckle. Then today as I was enjoying some Serviceberries (my favorite wild fruit) I noticed the seed head of a Goat’s Beard, and I realized that it is already getting into the mature time of the season.
Utah Honeysuckle, Lonicera utahensis
Yellow Salsify, Goat’s Beard, Tragopogon dubius
Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia
May 12, 2013
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
Unknown
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
May 1, 2012
With the exception of the Larkspur, the last flowers I observed blooming in April were white.
Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia
Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia
Upland Larkspur, Delphinium nuttallianum
Upland Larkspur, Delphinium nuttallianum
Meadow Death-camas, Zigadenus venenosus
Meadow Death-camas, Zigadenus venenosus
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
May 25, 2011
Pink Trillium ~ Trillium ovatum 5/10
Saskatoon, Serviceberry ~ Amelanchier alnifolia 5/17
Ground-ivy, Creeping Charlie, Gill Over the Ground, Field Balm ~ Glechoma hederacea (Mint) 5/17
Upland Larkspur, Nuttall’s Larkspur ~ Delphinium nuttallianum 5/18
Indian Paintbrush, Common Red Paintbrush ~ Castilleja miniata 5/18
This bud is actually pretty early for here. The species will bloom on into late summer, especially higher up the slopes.
Miner’s Lettuce ~ Claytonia perfoliata 5/19
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