Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Pyrola

I tilted this plant back a little, using a small twig, so that I could see the small flowers from underneath, which one normally never sees. Quite a pretty sight : ) Macro photo taken on 10 July 2012 at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail, Kanananaskis. By the way, just in case you didn't know, you should never touch a wildflower, especially a rare species, with your hands. You can leave behind certain oils that attract wildlife, which then eats the plant. A common plant in Alberta. It should never be transplanted, because its roots require a specific fungus. "There are 6 to 15 flowers on a stem, in long loose terminal cluster; usually nodding, 8 - 12 mm across, pale pink to purplish red, bell- or cup-shaped; style long, curved, bends downwards; appearing mid-summer." www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb31.htm

There are so many wildflowers that I just don't have a photo of, or at least a half-decent photo, lol. Sometimes, I think I neeed to start from scratch, beginning with plants that I see reasonably often when out on a walk. An exciting thought, as that would be enought to last me the rest of my days, ha! Anyway, this is a macro photo of a few of the very small flowers (1 cm in diameter) that are on the stem of a Greenish-flowered Wintergreen. Less easy to spot than the more common Common Pink Wintergreen with its very small pink flowers. Taken on the Mt. Everest trail at Kananaskis Lakes on August 7th.. The name of this trail makes it sound far worse than it really is, lol! www.em.ca/garden/native/nat_Pyrola chlorantha.html

The uncommon small, greenish white, bell-shaped flowers of this wildflower are 5-8 mm across. Seen this morning in a moist, wooded area of Fish Creek Park.