Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Stonecrop family

An old photo, taken on 1st September 2005. This was the first time I had ever seen this brilliantly coloured wild plant. It was growing high up in the mountains, on a hike at Ptarmigan Cirque in Kananaskis. This plant grows on moist alpine scree slopes and rocky outcrops. LOL, today, we are in the middle of a major snowstorm!

Macro shot of a beautiful Rose Root plant, found up on Plateau Mountain on July 2nd.

This is a low-growing plant that seems to like growing on rock, in a large, dense mass. Only a very small flower, too, so this image is obviously zoomed in. I just loved the bright yellow against the deep blue sky - and consequently have given a false idea of what this plant is like and where it grows : ) Sorry, everyone, was out all morning, then had a volunteer shift this afternoon, and now I am about to dash out to see a gentleman's cactus garden this evening. I have a long day's hike tomorrow to botanize a new area. Will catch up with you as soon as I can : )

Roseroot is in the Stonecrop family and grows on moist, alpine scree slopes and rocky outcrops - which is definitely where we were yesterday! The flowers are dark purple to reddish yellow. These ones were growing high up the Ptarmigan Cirque trail (off Highway 40 in Kananaskis) and seemed to be some of the first ones to open.

I thought these three colours of Kalanchoe looked so pretty, growing together in the Arid Room at the Calgary Zoo's Conservatory.

Discovered this beautiful plant growing up at Ptarmigan Cirque in Kananaskis. The colour is really shown off by the pale grey scree on which it grows.