Wild Flowers in a Wild Land
Wild rose Rosa acicularis Alberta’s official flower Late May – Early August |
Venus’ Slipper or FairySlipper Calypso bulbosa Delicate and rare Mid May |
Yellow Lady’s Slipper Cipripedium calceolus Late May – June |
Franklin’s Lady’s Slipper Cypripedium passerinum Richards Late June – Mid-July |
Spotted orchid/round leaved Orchis rotundifolia (orchid) Mid-June – Early July |
Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris (borage) Late June – July |
Old-man’s Whiskers/ Geum triflorum (rose) Mid-May – June |
Elephant’s head/Little elephant Pedicularis groenlandica (figwort) Late June -Early August |
Chickweed/starwort Stellaria May – August |
Windflower Anemone multifida (buttercup) Late May – Late June |
Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris (bladderwort) June – July |
Twin flower Linnaea borealis (honeysuckle) Late June – Late July |
Jacob’s-ladder Polemonium pulcherrimum (phlox) Late May – Mid-July |
Drummond’s Anemone Anemone drummondii (buttercup) Early June – Mid-July |
Blue-eyed grass |
Common Pink wintergreen/Pyrola Pyrola asarifolia (wintergreen) Mid-June – Mid-August |
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha Late June |
One-flowered Wintergreen/Single delight Moneses uniflora (wintergren) Late June – Late July |
Yellow Montain Avens Dryas Drummondi Richards Mid-June – Mid-July |
Parsnip (Parsley) Zizia aptera Late May |
Moss phlox Phlox subulata Late May |
Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Amelanchier alnifolia Late May |
Lungwort (bluebell) Mertensia paniculata (Borage) Late May – Late July |
Common Harebell Campanula rotundifolia June – September |
Mountain Pasque Flower (Western Anemone var.) Anemone Occidentalis Late May – June |
Prairie Crocus (Pasque flower) Anemone patens (buttercup family) March – May |
False Solomon’s seal Smilacina racemosa Mid May – Mid June |  Early blue violet Viola adunca Late April – Early July |
Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Early June – Late July |  EverlastingAntennariaMid May – Early July |
Arnica Arnica Late May – August |
Wood lily Lilium philadelphicum Mid June – Mid July |
Yellow columbine Aquilegia flavescens June – Early August |
Kinnikinnik (Bearberry) Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi (flower detail inset) Early May – July |
Canadian Buffaloberry |  Labrador Tea Ledum Groenlandicum Early June – Early July |
 Broad-leaved willow-herb Epilobium latifolium Mid May – Early July |  Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Mid July – Late August |
Baneberry Actaea rubra (buttercup) |  Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana (Rose) Early May – Late July |
Arrowhead balsam root |
Brown-eyed Susan |
Wild Bergamont |
Red Paintbrush |
Sticky Geranuim |
Wild White Geranium |
Common Sweet Clover Yellow and White June – September |
Tall Larkspur July – August |
Wolf Willow/Silverberry Elaeagnus commutata (oleaster) Late May – Late June |
Scouler’s Willow Salix scouleriana Late May – Late June |
 Blue clematisClematis occidentalis (buttercup)Late May – June |
White Mountain Avens Dryas octopetala Seen at treeline on Moose Mountain, June 21 |
Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum Michx. July – August Not to be confused with Hog weed., These monster plants can grow over 2m high with 30 cm wide leaves |
Dwarf Blueberry Vaccinium cespitosm Photo taken in West Bragg Creek, September 15 |
