Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Heath family

This plant, a member of the Heath family, was a new plant for me on a recent hike on the Ptarmigan Cirque Trail in Kananaskis. I like these tiny, pink, urn-shaped flowers. They produce bright red berries, which are edible.

This was the first time I had ever seen this wildflower, Common Labrador Tea, so I was delighted to see a new species. We found it growing in a bog, north-west of Calgary. The leaves of this plant can be used to make tea. Grows June-July.

Not sure if I'd ever seen this plant before, but the little pink, bell-shaped flowers look so delicate and pretty. Photographed along the Sarrail Falls trail, along the edge of Upper Kananaskis Lake, in the mountains, when a small group of us went to botanize the area on 8 July 2012. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menziesia_ferruginea

Took this macro photo of Yellow Heather on Plateau Mountain (a long way south of Calgary and south of Highway 40), Kananaskis, on July 17th. It belongs to the Heath family, Ericaceae, and grows in alpine and subalpine meadows. This shrub has evergreen leaves and these beautiful nodding, urn to vase-shaped flowers. plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHGL6

Photographed (macro) at Plateau Mountain, Kananaskis, on July 17th.

We find this little wildflower up in the mountains in alpine and subalpine meadows - this was seen along the Ptarmigan Cirque trail, in Kananaskis (Rocky Mountains) in July. This native plant is in flower June-July.

Also known as Common Bearberry. A very small, low growing wildflower. Seen at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.