Wildflower Display: Grasslands National Park

Val Marie, Saskatchewan: Scarlet Mallow, Low Everlasting, Yellow Umbrellaplant, Gaillardia, Goat's Beard, Lilac-Flowered Beardtongue...

Because they're beautiful and if I don’t record these prairie wildflowers from Grasslands, I'll forget their names...

Scarlet Mallow — a teeny red bloom:

Scarlet Mallow, © SB 

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Low Everlasting, aka Pussy Toes!

Low everlasting © SB 

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Yellow Umbrellaplant, which my park guide is holding still against the wind. (Mormon Metalmark butterflies rely on a related plant, the Branched Umbrellaplant, for food and egg-laying.) 

Yellow umbrellaplant © SB

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Gaillardia, a striking orange and yellow flower: 

Gaillardia © SB

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Goat's Beard, an introduced species that thrives here: 

Goat's beard  © SB

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Lilac-Flowered Beardtongue:  

Lilac Flowered Beardtongue  © SB

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The above identifications are based on my notes / photos from our guided walk. Any errors may be attributed to the wild wind that stole speech, and to my poor handwriting.

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