Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: tube-shaped

This small wildflower (macro shot) was growing at Elkton bog, near Cremona, north west of the city, back on 30th July. We very rarely find this plant, so it's a treat when we do see it. Greater Fringed Gentian flowers open on sunny days, but usually remain closed on cloudy days. Individual plants live for only one or two years. This native plant grows in moist, open areas and calcareous bogs. Flowers are blue to white, tube-shaped, 2-4 cm long. Four fringed petals and four sepals. Blooms June-August. "Crinita" means "long-haired", referring to the fringed petal margins. I've just come across this page on the Internet - several poems about the Fringed Gentian: www.tickledorange.com/LMM/FringedGentian.html

White Beardtongue (Penstemon albidus) was one of the new plants we saw yesterday on a full day's trip to Purple Spring Sand Dunes near Taber, in south eastern Alberta. The white or light violet, tube-shaped flowers of this native wildflower are about three-quarters of an inch long and arranged as clusters on the upper four inches of the plant. Grows on dry, open grasslands and hillsides and blooms May-June.