Close-ups: Flowers (3)
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Early morning sun lights the blossom of a western serviceberry shrub (Amelanchier alnifolia).
Prairie Smoke (geum triflorum), also called Old Man of the Prairie, lit by early morning June sun.
Blanketflower, also called Brown-eyed Susan (gaillardia aristata), lit by early morning sun after a night of rain.
Arrow-leaved balsamroot (balsamorhiza sagittata) blankets rocky, south-facing hills and blooms from April through June.
The dandelion-like seedhead of yellow salsify (tragopogon dubius) explains how this invasive weed spreads rapidly along roadside cuts and waste areas.
Early larkspur, also called Nelson's larkspur (delphinium nuttallianum or D. nelsonii), a common spring wildflower around our home in NW Montana.