Showing posts with label Chinook Pass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinook Pass. Show all posts
Friday, June 28, 2019

Lewisia Triphylla, Three-Leaf Lewisia

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Day 258: Roughly a quarter inch across, the flowers of Lewisia triphylla (Three-Leaf Lewisia) are borne close to the ground. Its leaves a...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Delphinium Glareosum, Rockslide Larkspur

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Day 277: No rarity here, just a blue that'll knock your socks off! Rivalling Gentian and Monkshood for intensity of colour, Rockslide...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Erythronium Grandiflorum, Glacier Lily

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Day 260: Like their well-known white cousins Avalanche Lilies, Glacier Lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum) follow the receding snow-line, o...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Hoary Marmot

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Day 258: Even seasoned photographers can't resist taking pictures of the Park's most commonly observed mammal. Hoary Marmots are...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Monkshood, Aconitum Columbianum

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Day 281: When it grows among the subalpine Larkspurs featured in yesterday's post, Aconitum columbianum is easily dismissed as a memb...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Rockslide Larkspur, Delphinium Glareosum

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Day 280: Another vibrantly blue flower you may encounter in the high country, Larkspur is a smaller cousin to the towering Delphiniums o...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Campanula Rotundifolia, Harebells

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Day 277: "These are not the Campanulas you are looking for." Campanula scouleri remains elusive, even when I was in the company...