Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Sweet-flowered fairy candelabra

This is a supermacro shot of a tiny, delicate flower, taken near Forgetmenot Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail, W of Calgary, in Kananaskis. This is the only place I will drive to, to get into the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, but I'm really thankful that I am able to get that far. This drive was on 1 July 2011. This flower is also known as Alpine Rock Jasmine and Sweet-flowered fairy candelabra. Not as sharp as it should have been, which no doubt is the reason I didn't post it before : ) "This tiny flower is often missed, but always a pleasant discovery. It grows from a trailing, often reddish, stem. Periodically a dense tuft of leaves will form, and an erect stem will sprout. Topping this stem is a small cluster of delicate white flowers with a yellow ring in the centre. It reminds one of a white forget-me-not, and is rarely forgotten." www.mountainnature.com/Plants/PlantsLatinNameResult.asp?I...

Also called Sweet-flowered androsace and Rock Jasmine. It grows mainly in the mountains and is only a very short plant.