Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Mt. Everest trail

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

These tiny floral bells are so difficult (for me) to photograph (macro), but they are so pretty : ) We saw these on the Mt. Everest trail at Kananaskis Lakes, Kananaskis, on August 7th. This species is also known as Western Featherbells and Bronze Bells. The small flowers hang along the top part of the nodding stem and are bronzy yellow to green spotted with purple, with the tips of the petals curling back. Bells are six-parted and 1 cm long. Grows in moist meadows, banks of shady streams, at low to subalpine elevations. It is a poisonous member of the Lily Family (Liliaceae).