RHH's photos with the keyword: grandiflora

These are photos of a few of the wildflowers we found at Catherine Creek Natural Area. The area is along the Columbia River and we visited there before following the Columbia further west and crossing into Oregon.

The Large-flowered Bellwort was blooming in Aman Park in Michigan when we hiked there in May. It is a beautiful plant with beautiful flowers.

Bellwort or Yellow Bellwort is a plant in the Lily family that blooms in the spring on the prairies and eastward. We saw this example in Aman Park, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, while on a trip there to visit family and attend a wedding. There is a photo of one of its flowers in the insets but this plant, yet to bloom, with the four water drops lines up caught my eye and is my main post.

Bellwort is a plant in the Lily family that grows int he midwest and eastern USA. We found it at Aman Park in the area of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is one of the flowers which bloom in beautiful clusters.

This s the beautiful foliage of Bellwort, a plant in the Lily family that we found at Aman Park, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, while on a recent trip there.

This common wildflower is seen more often in eastern Washington than on our side of the state. It can grow to three feet and likes drier areas. This example was photographed on Manastash Ridge south of Ellensburg, Washington

This was photographed near Shepherd's Glen on the Oregon side of the Columbia River gorge and I believe it is Collinsia grandiflora, the Giant Blue-eyed Mary It is larger than its small-flowered cousin, but still a small plant with tiny flowers, less than half an inch. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/06/columbia-river-gorge.html

These were photographed on Manastash Ridge (see previous posts) where they were growing in profusion. My wildflower book lists them as uncommon but they certainly were not in this location. They are also known as Brodieaea douglasii, the Large-flowered Brodiaea. They belong to the lily family, are perennial, grow to about a foot and a half in height and bloom in the spring. A diary of our hike and many more pictures are here: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/05/manastash-r... .