Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Geum triflorum

For the next few days, I will be posting photos from an outing yesterday and also a few of my usual local birds taken on the way home from this event. The map feature is not working yet again, though images were showing up on it for a day or two. Now it is back to being faulty yet again, and I don't mean just the mystery name. Causes such a hassle when I post Texas photos that need to be put on the map, so Texas photos will have to wait. These two flowers of a Three-flowered Avens plant had already turned upwards, instead of hanging down. Won't be long before the hidden hairs grow and turn into a beautiful, hairy seedhead. Yesterday, 23 June 2019, was a fun day, despite the fact that it was raining a good part of the time. It was the annual Ghost River Alliance walk, which ends with a delicious fundraiser BBQ at noon. This botany walk, through the forest and on top of the cliff along the Ghost River, is led by our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, and hosted by Erik Butters. I can't remember how many of these events I have been to over the years, but certainly a few. I like to drive myself out there, as I then have the choice to drive somewhere else when all is finished, if I have any energy left. Exactly what I did yesterday, enjoying myself photographing Mountain Bluebirds, a Snipe, and a Bobolink which was unfortunately perched on a high wire. Better than nothing, though. It was a very early start to the day yesterday, as I wanted to allow about two hours' travel time. There has been some flooding in certain areas and I wasn't sure if there might be a road or two blocked off. As it turned out, I reached the meeting place in plenty of time, so drove a bit further to see what I could find. Just an attractive, old wagon that I have seen before, and some adorable, new calves in one of the fields.

I always have such a problem photographing these little native wildflowers, but for once, I have at least managed to get all three flowers in focus : ) They are in bloom right now (May-June), liking dry, open prairie grasslands. Also called Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers and Torchflower.

An individual flower on a hanging cluster of three on a Three-flowered Avens plant, photographed (macro) on a botany hike on the Small Whaleback, July 10th. This is a wonderful area of rolling hills amd wildflower meadows just off Highway 22, just north of the Oldman River, southern Alberta.

Three-flowered Avens has three of these flowers on each plant. When they get closer to going to seed, the flower heads (which normally are hanging) turn upwards like in my image. Macro shot taken during a botanizing day trip to the Small Whaleback, way south of Calgary, on July 10th. talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=1148

This wildflower is in bloom at the moment in many places. When the flower is ready to go to seed, the three flower heads point upwards and turn into a mass of long, thin hairs. Also called Old Man's Whiskers or Prairie Smoke.