@plants I haven't done very well getting #Alberta #MayPlantCount photos posted, after having taken piles...lol oh well! Viola nephrophylla Northern bog Violet, abundant here in both open and wooded wetland/edge sites on the farm. Just starting in late May when this was taken #WildflowerHour #nature #flowers more on #iNat 🌿 #BloomScrolling #florespondence #NativePlants

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Caltha palustris / Marsh Marigold - we always called them Cowslips, but no connection to the Engllish Primula by that name! I just call them Caltha, my only species locally...lol
They are abundant in seasonally/wet habitats here, both open and wooded. The colour varies only a little (biright yellow to nearly orange,) but flower size and sepal (not actually petals!) shape vary considerably.
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@plants Another for #Alberta #MayPlantCount
Antennaria species: not one of the small silver rosette Pussytoes, this one is also rosette and mat forming, but larger than the silvers, medium green leaves(they darken over the season) with white backs, and flowers are earlier than the silvers. This patch is beside the house, growing in a (not yet this year) mowed area with dandelions, clover, grass + #NativePlants Viola adunca, Fragaria virginiana, etc.#WildflowerHour #florespondence #nature

Because there's nothing else I should be doing with my time 🙄 :the #Alberta #MayPlantCount. To be observed May 25 -31, submit to iNaturalist or via spreadsheet to the organisers. I did a very thorough list a few years ago, going for iNat this time!
I've taken a couple hundred or more photos and vids of wild / #NativePlants over the last couple of days, got the first batch organised by name, haven't looked at today's yet!
first entry Amelanchier alnifolia/Saskatoon #nature #BloomScrolling