Bluff Lake Trail, Yakama Nation, Mt. Adams , WA, 8/2013.
We’ve been hiking on Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and in the Gorge the last few weeks and have been seeing these everywhere, usually in large bunches. We’ve seen them on roadsides, trail sides and lower-elevation meadows.
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August 16, 2013 | Categories: Alberta, All Northwest, Alpine, aster/composite, August, California, Coastal, dry open woods, grasslands/prarie, July, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, State, Washington, white | Tags: flower, Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood, Wildflowers | 2 Comments
Tatoosh Wilderness, WA, 7/2020.
Arnicas can be distinguished from Groundsels (senecios) by their paired opposite leaves. (more…)
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August 19, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, aster/composite, August, Cascades, dry open woods, East of Cascades, July, medicinal, Mid Elevation, umbel, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Red Earth Trail, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Tubal Cain Trail, Buckhorn Wilderness, WA, 7/2017.
These classic cushion shaped plants dot the open, gravelly, mountain tops of the Pacific Northwest. (more…)
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August 15, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, August, Cascades, July, pink, pink, rocky slopes | Tags: Banff, flower, Lake Louise, marmot pass, Olympic National Park, Plain of Six Galciers Trail, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Red Earth Trail, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
According to Scotter & Flygare’s Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies, the black-tipped bracts “were considered by the Inuit to be a sign of mourning for a band of unsuspecting Inuit massacred in 1771 by Indian warriors who accompanied the explorer Samuel Hearne on his expedition to the Arctic Coast. Sir John Richardson first collected this plant near the massacre site, Bloody Falls, on the Coppermine River and named it lugens from the latin word ‘to mourn’.”
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August 12, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, aster/composite, August, dry open woods, July, Mid Elevation, umbel, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Red Earth Trail, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Yellow Aster Butte Trail, Mt. Baker Wilderness Area, WA, 7/2016.
Young leaves and flowers can be eaten raw. Native Americans used the dried stems as a salt substitute. (more…)
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August 11, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, alpine/subalpine meadow, aster/composite, August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, edible, Low Elevation, March, marsh wetland/water's edge, pink, Southern Oregon / Northern California, umbel | Tags: Banff, flower, Pharaoh Creek Trail, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Lake Louise, Banff N.P. , Alberta, Canada. 7/2011.
This plant’s boiled roots were once used as a cure for diarrhea. It’s better known cousin, Crimson Columbine can be found here.
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August 10, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, buttercup, dry open woods, East of Cascades, July, medicinal, Mid Elevation, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Lake Louise, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Red Earth Trail, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada 7/2011.
As the common name suggests, the fruits are not edible. The latin name comes from Archibald Menzies, a surgeon and naturalist with Vancouver’s Pacific Coast expedition (1790-95), an early botanist of pacific northwest plants.
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August 8, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Cascades, Coastal, dry open woods, heath, July, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, orange/red | Tags: Banff, flower, Red Earth Trail, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
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August 3, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, dry open woods, rocky slopes, rose, white, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Shadow Lake, Banff N.P., 7/2011.
“The fruits are rather small, but sweet, aromatic, and richly flavoured.” – Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies, Scotter & Flygare, 1986. A cherished part of the diet of local inhabitants for centuries in both America and Europe. Mesimarja is a Finnish liqueur distilled from this fruit.
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July 30, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, alpine/subalpine meadow, edible, marsh wetland/water's edge, pink, rose | Tags: Banff, flower, Shadow Lake, Wildflowers | 1 Comment
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
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July 30, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, buttercup, July, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, shaded forests, white | Tags: Banff, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011
Flowers are sometimes “candied” and used to decorate cakes.
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July 27, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Cascades, Coastal, dry open woods, edible, July, June, Mid Elevation, shaded forests, violet, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada. 7/2011.
info and another photo…
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July 27, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, All Northwest, Alpine, honeysuckle, July, Low Elevation, orange/red, Washington, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, North Cascades National Park, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Mt. Rainier N.P., WA. 8/2011.
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July 27, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, Cascades, edible, June, Mid Elevation, purslane, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Washington, white | Tags: Banff, flower, Gibbons Pass, Whistling Pass, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Silver Falls State Park, OR, 5/2014.
The larger of two very similar plants found in northwest forests. Compare to the smaller, star-flowered variety here. (more…)
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July 25, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, All Northwest, Alpine, dry open woods, edible, lily, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Washington, white | Tags: Banff, Columbia Gorge, flower, Lake Louise, Plain of Six Galciers Trail, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Shadow Lake, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
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July 24, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, buttercup, Cascades, July, June, marsh wetland/water's edge, white | Tags: Banff, flower, Shadow Lake, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
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Royal Basin, Olympics National Park, WA, 7/2016.
“Seen only by those who venture near or above timberline” – Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies, Scotter & Flygare, 1986 (more…)
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July 22, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, buttercup, Cascades, July, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Gibbons Pass, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Lake Louise, Banff N.P. , Alberta, Canada 7/2011.
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July 21, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, borage, dry open woods, East of Cascades, July, marsh wetland/water's edge, purple/blue | Tags: Banff, flower, Lake Louise, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Whistling Pass, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada 7/2011.
Glacier Lilies, Buttercups and Spring Beauty immediately follow the receding snow in the early spring high country. (more…)
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July 16, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, Cascades, edible, July, June, lily, Mid Elevation, Southern Oregon / Northern California, yellow | Tags: Banff, flower, Whistling Pass, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Shadow Lake, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada
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July 16, 2011 | Categories: Alberta, Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, heath, July, Low Elevation, marsh wetland/water's edge, Mid Elevation, pink | Tags: Banff, flower, Shadow Lake, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
Red Earth Trail, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
Lake Louise, Banff N.P. , Alberta, Canada. 7/2011.
Red Earth Trail, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada 7/2011.
Shadow Lake, Banff N.P., 7/2011.
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011
Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada. 7/2011.
Lake Louise, Banff N.P. , Alberta, Canada 7/2011.
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