Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Gentianaceae

Oops, I fell asleep sitting in front of the TV straight after I uploaded these three images this evening! Can you believe it, I was in the next province, British Columbia, today?!! Friends Ron and Trish invited me to go with them as far as the amazing Takakkaw Falls, which are located in Yoho National Park, near Field, B.C.. I had never been there before. What an amazing day, seeing so much breath-taking scenery and enjoying great company! Totally dead beat now and will have to fall into bed soon. Thank you SO much, Ron and Trish, for treating me to such a special and thoroughly enjoyable day!!! A few of us saw several tiny flowers - this is a macro photo - of this alpine Gentian species growing at Arethusa Cirque, Kananaskis, on July 30th (two days ago). By the way, I don't think these are the leaves that belong to this plant, but not sure. These flowers were barely noticeable, just small dots of blue down at ground level - and, oh, so exquisite!

I don't get to see Fringed Gentian very often. This macro shot shows where it got its name from : ) A small, very pretty native wildflower, this one was found at Elkton Bog, north west of the city, on a botanizing day on July 30th.

In reality, this is just one very small flower on a stem full of similar flowers. I love seeing the tiny fringe when seen close up. This Northern Gentian, also called Felwort, is one of several native, wild Gentians that grow in Alberta. Seen on a day of botanizing yesterday, south of the city on Rod Handfield's acreage. What a gorgeous place to walk, through the forest, eyes down to catch every fungus - and to notice all the hundreds of fallen logs and branches that lie in wait to trip you, LOL.

This was a new plant for us, found two days ago when we went to botanize the grassy meadows of Plateau Mountain, southern Alberta. The flower is very tiny and I didn't even notice that there was a very small insect on it until I looked through my macro lens. Had hoped for a sharper photo of the flower itself, but I guess my lens focussed on the insect instead : )

I came across a couple of plants of Prairie Gentian when I walked near Forgetmenot Pond (end of Elbow Falls Trail, Highway 66, Kananaskis) two days ago. Two other plants were still in bud. I was so glad to see one or two open flowers and had intended getting a half-decent photo, which didn't quite happen. Will have to try a different angle when I next go out there. I like the little spots on the petals.

It was a joy to see this small wildflower, Fringed Gentian, on a walk in Weaselhead Natural Area this morning. It is a very uncommon flower in Calgary.

This afternoon, several of us met to go and see a few Fringed Gentian flowers that had been found in Beaverdam Flats Park. Status of this plant: relatively uncommon. I had never seen this plant before, so I was very happy to get the chance to see and try and photograph it. It is a very small plant and flower and my camera did not want to focus on it. Not the sharpest of photos, but you can see the four petals with fringed margins. Sorry, Nancy! I wish you had been able to get your camera to focus. Next year for sure, right? Doug, thanks so much for taking the time to lead us down into the area where you had found a bunch of these attractive little flowers the other day. I owe this photo to you! By the way, Nancy and I saw a rare Double Harebell, down the main path just a little to the west of the parking lot. I managed to get a photo that is at least a little sharper than the ones I took at the other area they were found the other week.