Mealy Primrose

This is a very tiny wildflower and not seen all that often. We do have it within the city, but this particular plant was photographed in a meadow at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, north west of Calgary.

The flowering stem, which is 10-40 cm tall, is covered in white powder. The pale lilac to pink flowers themselves are 6-10 mm across, so only very tiny. This is a macro shot and then cropped. The plant grows in sloughs, calcareous bogs and saline meadows.