Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Phlox family

Photographed (macro) this dainty flower along the road that leads up to Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis, near the intersection with the Powderface Trail, on 1 July 2011. This is in the Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, which lies within Kananaskis. These delicate, native Jacob's Ladder flowers are bell-shaped and about 2/3" across. "Polemonium, commonly called Jacob's ladder, is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae, native to cool temperate to arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and also in the southern Andes in South America. Many of the species grow at high altitudes in mountains." From Wikipedia. The link below shows the whole Kananaskis (also known as K-Country) area. www.kananaskiscountrycampgrounds.com/govmaps/elbowmap.pdf

This native, tiny-flowered plant is a member of the Phlox family and grows in moist, open areas and dry, sandy soil. I very rarely see this species - we found this plant on a botanizing day hike on the Small Whaleback, a long way south of Calgary. Macro photograph taken on July 10th.

Photographed this tiny blue/purple flower on Plateau Mountain, Kananaskis, on July 17th. www.flora.dempstercountry.org/0.Site.Folder/Species.Progr...

Moss Phlox is one of the earliest blooming plants each spring. This plant, which grows on dry, eroded slopes and prairie grasslands, has semi-woody, tufted branches. A very low-growing plant with stems up to 5 cm tall, with flowers that are only 8-14 mm across. Occasionally, you can come across a plant that has bluish flowers instead of white. The flower in my photo was blooming at Sandy Beach, west side of the river.