I quickly fell in love with the sight of wild buckwheats in the Okanagan, like this parsnipflower buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides).

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A charming yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) spotted from the road.

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Some charming little Lithophragma leaves, also called "woodland stars."

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A cute little plant from the Okanagan, Hemizonella minima.

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Another tiny cute plant from the Okanagan, Hemizonella minima (opposite-leaved tarweed).

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I came across quite a few of these charming little flowers in the Okanagan. These are Collinsia parviflora, the small-flowered blue-eyed Mary.

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Some plump little tufts of Sedum (stonecrop) up on a mountain in the Okanagan.

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Another extreme close-up of one of my best friend plants, Selaginella! This is Selaginella scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Spikemoss), which was a new species for me this year.

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