July 1, 2013
With the temperature headed for one hundred today, early morning was the only time for a short hike and yesterday’s post on Jomegat’s Weblog reminded me that the Pipsissewa are starting to bloom, an event I would hate to miss. The wildflowers don’t mind the heat, especially along a wooded canyon trail. There were other flowers in bloom as well.

Bluebell bellflower, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia

Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata

Oneleaf foamflower, Sugar scoop, Western foamflower, Tiarella trifoliata

Common selfheal, Prunella vulgaris

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis


Liverleaf wintergreen, Pink pyrola, Pyrola asarifolia

Nodding onion, Allium cernuum

Spotted coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata
June 12, 2013

Orange Honeysuckle, Lonicera ciliosa

Smallflower Miterwort, Mitella stauropetala

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

Woods Rose, Rosa woodsii
June 26, 2012
Another trip to the home of the “whuzzit” last night yielded no new clues to its identity, but as with every wander in the forest there were other photo ops.

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

One-leaved Foamflower, Tiarella unifoliata

Self-heal; just starting to bloom

Spotted Coralroot, Corallorhiza maculata


Green Wintergreen, Green-flowered Wintergreen, pyrola chlorantha

Silver-leaf Phacelia, White-leaf Phacelia , Phacelia hastata
and this guy:

June 21, 2012

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis

(I don’t even know where to begin…)
July 11, 2011
And the procession continues!

Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet Nightshade, Felonwort ~ Solanum dulcamara


Twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis

Spear Leaf or Lance-leaved Stonecrop ~ Sedum lanceolatum

Meadow Buttercup ~ Ranunculus acris

Canada Violet ~ Viola canadensis
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