Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Pygmy-flower

This tiny plant was maybe an inch and a half to two inches across, so the white flowers are VERY tiny. At first when I saw it, I thought the teeny petals looked lacy, but then realized that they had a fringe of barely noticeable rain droplets. Had hoped these would show better, but they were so pretty in reality. Flowers are 3-5 mm across! I know it's a very uninspiring photo, but I did want it added to my Plants of Aberta Set : )

This is such a tiny plant, but so pretty when you zoom in and really take a closer look. I would say this plant was maybe an inch and a half to two inches across, if that. Seen at Nose Hill four days ago, growing on dry, open ground amongst the rocks and gravel. The tiny, white flower is 3-5 mm across and grows May-August.

I did a bit search last night and thought I found the possible ID for this tiny alpine flower. I typed it under my photo on my computer, but then changed the title ready to upload to Flickr. Now, it won't let me undo the name, of course, so I guess I will have to leave this nameless for now. Photographed (macro) up on Plateau Mountain on July 2nd. Just realized what this is! Of course, it's Pygmy-flower / Androsace septentrionalis - will add a previously posted image of a whole plant in a comment box. Posting very late today (early evening). Just had a long and throroughly enjoyable day out at Frank Lake (situated about 50 km southeast of Calgary) and area, birding, but just about all my photos are of scenery, flowers, and insects, even a tiny frog : ) I love days like this, where you come across the unexpected. We saw some great birds, too, including a whole flock of in-flight White-fronted Geese (I believe this species was a lifer for me) and White-faced Ibis, but all were far, far away. Weather couldn't have been more perfect - and a great bunch of friends for company. And now I'm really hoping that there is still enough space on my hard drive to download today's images - if not, I will have to delete a couple of folders! Now I'm struggling to stay awake ....

Photographed this teeny Pygmy-flower on Sunday, when several of us spent a few hours botanizing a Nature Conservancy of Canada area of rolling hills near Turner Valley called Connop Estates, south of Calgary. It was a cold day and extremely windy and photographing flowers was a real challenge : ) These flowers are only 3-5 mm across and so pretty when seen up close.