May 20, 2017
May 12, 2013
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
May 22, 2009
Who does not believe in miracles?
Today these appeared for the first time, literally overnight, wild and free, planted and tended only by Mother Nature.
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