Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Sibbaldia procumbens

Macro photo of this small, native plant taken on Plateau Mountain, Kananaskis, on July 2nd. "Sibbaldia procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name creeping sibbaldia .... It grows on tundra and in alpine climates where snow remains year-round, and on subalpine mountain slopes. This is a low, mat-forming perennial herb producing clumps of herbage in rocky, gravelly substrate .... The flower has usually five pointed green bractlets, five wider pointed green sepals, and five tiny yellowish petals each about a millimeter long." From Wikipedia.