Spring Beauty

Taken on March 29th, we went out looking for this Indian Potato, and we found this spring beauty. We were also looking for its special pollinator, a mining bee. Look closely at the second photo to see if you can find...
Death Camas

Death Camas

Growing in the same meadow that was once a field of blue camas, the creamy white flowers of the very toxic death camas show themselves after the blue has disappeared. They often grow together this way, and the bulbs are virtually indistinguishable. A good reason to be...
Parasite!

Parasite!

Naked broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) – what a terrible name for a delightful spring flower.  Notice the single flowers (uniflora) on yellow leafless (naked) stems.  Naked broomrape has no need for leaves as it gets its nutrition from other plants and no longer...
Violets are amazing!

Violets are amazing!

Violets are truly wonders of spring. In BC, there are 20 native species with flowers ranging in colour from white to yellow to lavender to, well, violet. Most flower early in spring and their small stature lends us the phrase “shrinking violet”. Ground...