Wildflowers at Glacier National Park

I didn’t find very many wildflowers to photograph at Glacier National Park when I visiting in June. Probably had something to do with all that snow . . . However, I did lover the ones I found. Seeing (and photographing) the alpine wildflowers at Glacier National Park is on my to-do list for 2012.

Here are some of the wildflowers I photographed in Glacier National Park

Striped Coral Root Orchid – Corallorhiza striata -  a wonderful native orchid I spotted while driving to lunch one day

© 2011 Patty Hankins

Beargrass – Xerophyllum tenax – a member of the lily family . Both elk & bighorn sheep graze on the flowers

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Alpine Paintbrush – Castilleja rhexifolia – a relative of the Orange Paintbrush I photographed in 2010 in Colorado.

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Pasqueflower – Anemone patens – a member of the buttercup family

© 2011 Patty Hankins

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