Well, maybe better late than never…

After one of my last hikes of last summer into the Patrick’s Knob Roadless area on the top part os USFS trail 205 and the east end of USFS trail 404 I put these photos into a pending file and forgot them. It might be interesting to note that these plants are presently resting under about eight feet of snow.

Along USFS trail 205

American Vetch ~ Vicia americana

Parship-flower Buckwheat ~ Eriogonum heracleoides

Douglas’ buckwheat ~ Eriogonum douglasii

Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea

Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum

Pearly Everlasting ~ Anaphalis margaritacea

Fireweed ~ Chamaenerion angustifolium

Birch-leaved Spirea ~ Spirea betulifolia

Mountain Ash ~ Sorbus scopulina

The procession continues

Once the weather warmed up the wildflowers began to bloom with new species starting every day. It is hard to keep up with all of them.

Narrow-leaf Mountain-trumpet ~ Collomia linearis

Hound’s Tongue ~ Cynoglossum officinale

American Vetch ~ Vicia americana

Viper’s-bugloss ~ Echium vulgare

American twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

Queen’s Cup ~ Clintonia uniflora

White Sweet-vetch ~ Hedysarum sulphurescens

American speedwell ~ Veronica americana

Yellow Clover ~ Trifolium aureum

Bird’s-foot Trefoil ~ Lotus corniculatus

Sulphur Penstemon ~ Penstemon attenuatus

Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare

Wildflowers of summer (11)

As summer draws to a close, blooms of the wildflowers have almost completed; I have only a few more photos of this year’s blooms left to post.

For the next couple of weeks my posting will likely be sporadic and/or brief. Our daughter will be here for a visit and we have a lot of plans, many of which involve trekking into the beautiful back country of Montana. I’m sure there will be many photos to be posted later as a result of those trips, perhaps including some new blooms.

Shrubby Penstemon and Indian Paintbrush

Golden Clover ~ Trifolium aureum

Deptford Pink ~ Dianthus armeria

Yellow Evening Primrose ~ Oenothera villas

Parsnip-flower Buckwheat ~ Erigonum heracleoides

Arrowleaf Buckwheat ~ Erigonum compositum