The buttercup-like yellow might be Caltha asarifolia (mountain marsh marigold) and the lily-like yellow might be Erythronium grandiflorium (glacier lily / avalanche lily).
Hey Chad ~ great fun following your posts. Deanna thinks you’re creating “book material.” Pinged my folk about the flowers as they are plant and bird experts. Below is a clip from my mum’s reply; thought you might get a kick out of it.
Great adventure! Cole, Deanna and Josh
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About the flowers, some of the photos are not the best to show detail, but think these are the answers:
1. Sagebrush Buttercup (rununculus glaberrimus)
2. Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolota) (This was not a clear picture and we could not see the fine red streaks on the petals.
3. Snow Lily (Erythronium glandiflorum)
4. Grass Widow or Satin flower (Sisyrinchium)
5. Spring Gold or Hog-fennel (the one he referred to as Indian celery) (Lomatium spp)
He may have better photos to double check when he arrives home. Sounds like a great adventure for a young fellow who is fancy-free. Are Cole’s and your hair going to grow shoulder length until he returns?
Might be camas.
hmmm… Let’s see. The first one looks very much like a German marigold. Maybe it’s an emigrant
? Or a relative? Or something totally different…..
The buttercup-like yellow might be Caltha asarifolia (mountain marsh marigold) and the lily-like yellow might be Erythronium grandiflorium (glacier lily / avalanche lily).
I think the first is butter cups. The rest not to sure of. Scott would know. I will have him look at the them.
Hey Chad ~ great fun following your posts. Deanna thinks you’re creating “book material.” Pinged my folk about the flowers as they are plant and bird experts. Below is a clip from my mum’s reply; thought you might get a kick out of it.
Great adventure! Cole, Deanna and Josh
________
About the flowers, some of the photos are not the best to show detail, but think these are the answers:
1. Sagebrush Buttercup (rununculus glaberrimus)
2. Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolota) (This was not a clear picture and we could not see the fine red streaks on the petals.
3. Snow Lily (Erythronium glandiflorum)
4. Grass Widow or Satin flower (Sisyrinchium)
5. Spring Gold or Hog-fennel (the one he referred to as Indian celery) (Lomatium spp)
He may have better photos to double check when he arrives home. Sounds like a great adventure for a young fellow who is fancy-free. Are Cole’s and your hair going to grow shoulder length until he returns?