May 18, 2018
May 18, 2017
New arrivals…
Ground-ivy ~ Glechoma hederacea
Rocky Mountain groundsel ~ Packera streptanthifolia
Ponderosa Pine ~ Pinus ponderosa
Large-flowered Tritelia ~ Triteleia grandiflora
Fern-leaved Desert-parsley ~ Lomatium dissectum
Oregon Boxleaf ~ Paxistima myrsinites
Western Blue Clematis ~ Clematis occidentalis
White Campion ~ Silene latifolia
April 29, 2016
May 13, 2015
May 11, 2014
Early May wildflowers.
In spite of a cold spring and below normal rainfall here in western Montana, the wildflowers are blooming, but about two weeks later than usual. This morning there was fresh snow on the mountainsides a thousand feet above the valley floor.
Western Gromwell, Lemonweed ~ Lithospermum ruderale
Western Serviceberry, Saskatoon ~ Amelanchier alnifolia
Field Pepperweed, Field Peppergrass or Pepperwort, Field Cress ~ Lepidium campestre
Fairy Slipper, Calypso orchid ~ Calypso bulbosa
Marsh Valerian, Northern Valerian ~ Valeriana dioica
Hooker Fairy-bells ~ Prosartes hookeri
Kinnikinnik ~ Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Field Chickweed ~ Cerastium arvense
Arrowleaf Balsamroot ~ Balsamorhiza sagittata
Black Hawthorn ~ Crataegus douglasii
Holboell’s rockcress ~ Boechera pendulocarpa
Menzies’ fiddleneck ~ Amsinckia menziesii
Meadow death-camas ~ Toxicoscordion venenosum
Large-flowered Tritelia ~ Triteleia grandiflora
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
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
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