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  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows.
    1207SP2_134_Avalanche-Lily.jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows.
    1207SP2_098_Avalanche-Lily.jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows. This panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
    1207SP2_122-125pan_Rainier-Avalanche...jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows. This image combines 2 overlapping photos into a composite having greater depth of focus.
    1207SP2_081+85pan_Rainier-Avalanche-...jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    1207SPR_096-99+101pan_Rainier-Avalan...jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows.
    1207SP2_023_Avalanche-Lily.jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows.
    1207SP2_117_Avalanche-Lily.jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows. This image combines 2 overlapping photos into a composite having greater depth of focus.
    1207SP2_009-10pan_Avalanche-lily-Rai...jpg
  • White bloom of Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis, aka Pulsatilla occidentalis, in family Ranunculaceae). The common name Pasque refers to the Easter or Passover blooming time of other species, and to the purity of the white sepals. Photographed along the trail from Forks Campground to North Kananaskis Pass (13 miles round trip/2700 ft) in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Alpine yellow composite wildflowers bloom at Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1517.jpg
  • White hybrid rhododendron flowers bloom over bench, in Meerkerk Gardens, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae) wildflowers bloom purple on Lisengrat ridge, in the limestone Alpstein massif, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-2081.jpg
  • Alpine yellow composite wildflowers bloom at Meglisalp near Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1521.jpg
  • Yellow alpine wildflowers bloom in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1191.jpg
  • Yellow flowers bloom from Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) growing in a bog at Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, King County, Washington, USA. Native to the Pacific Northwest, this species is in the arum family. The plant's "skunky" odor attracts its pollinators: scavenging flies and beetles.
    1204COU-014_Skunk-Cabbage_Lysichiton...jpg
  • Daisies bloom at Herbert Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The aster, daisy, or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Banff is part of the big Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984.
    10CAN-2132_daisies.jpg
  • Lupin flowers bloom at the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
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  • Pink flowers bloom on the rim of Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
    2008WA-074.jpg
  • Spreading phlox / Phlox diffusa flowers bloom on Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Phlox (pronounced "flocks," from the Greek word for "flame") is a genus of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. For vigorous training, hike a scenic 10 mile loop with 3200 feet ascent, from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, to Second and First Burroughs, then back via Shadow Lake. Through mid July, be cautious of steep snow below Second Burroughs.
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  • Wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae) wildflowers bloom purple on Lisengrat ridge, in the limestone Alpstein massif, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-2268.jpg
  • Yellow alpine wildflowers bloom in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
    16SWI-1146.jpg
  • Lupine flowers bloom above beautiful Lake Quilotoa, Ecuador, South America. Quilotoa, a tourist site of growing popularity, is a scenic water-filled caldera that is the westernmost volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3 kilometers (2 mile) wide caldera (diameter about 9km) was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes. The caldera has since accumulated a 250 meter (820 foot) deep crater lake, which has a greenish color from dissolved minerals. Fumaroles are found on the lake floor and hot springs occur on the eastern flank of the volcano. The route to the "summit" (the small town of Quilotoa) is generally traveled by hired truck or bus from the town of Zumbahua 17 km to the South. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping images.
    09ECU-2807-09pan_Quilotoa.jpg
  • Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) flowers bloom in Brenta Dolomites, Italy, Europe. From the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, the Passo Groste lift takes you directly into the Brenta Dolomites to enjoy scenic mountain hiking trails. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
    13ITA-10799_Brenta-Dolomites.jpg
  • Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) wildflowers bloom pink. Near Blewett Pass, hike 6-7 miles with 2400 feet cumulative gain from Iron Creek to Teanaway Ridge, in Washington, USA.
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  • Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) flowers bloom in Brenta Dolomites, Italy, Europe. From the ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, the Passo Groste lift takes you directly into the Brenta Dolomites to enjoy scenic mountain hiking trails. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
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  • A Datura flower blooms in Dry Fork Coyote Gulch at the entrance to Peekaboo Gulch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then usually closes by mid-morning.
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  • A female hiker's legs walk by Alpine yellow composite wildflowers blooming at Meglisalp near Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1520.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta in this vertical panorama on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.  This panorama was stitched from 9 overlapping photos.
    1505WHI-109-117pan_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-123_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-102-p1_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-095_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-091_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • A Dodecatheon pulchellum flower (or pretty shooting star) blooms in Spray Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. It is a perennial herb with single, leafless flower stems, growing from very short erect root stocks with no bulblets.
    1207SP2_137_shooting-star-flower.jpg
  • A female hiker's legs walk by Alpine yellow composite wildflowers blooming at Meglisalp near Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1519.jpg
  • August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1432.jpg
  • Yellow alpine wildflowers. August is a good month to see many attractive alpine wildflowers blooming in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
    16SWI-1424.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta in this vertical panorama on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA. This panorama was stitched from 7 overlapping photos.
    1505WHI-102-108pan-Edit_wild-rhodode...jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-101_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on May 19, 2015 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
    1505WHI-083_wild-rhododendron.jpg
  • Fields of White Avalanche Lilies bloom in late July along the trail in Spray Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Erythronium montanum (in the Liliaceae family) is native to the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest and coastal British Columbia, in North America. Avalanche Lilies bloom as snow melts in late spring and early summer in damp subalpine woodlands and alpine meadows.
    1207SP2_087.jpg
  • Triteleia grandiflora flowers bloom atop a leafless stem along the Wenaha River Trail, in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Oregon, USA. Triteleia grandiflora (Largeflower Tripletlily or Wild Hyacinth) is native to western North America from British Columbia to extreme northern California, eastward into Idaho, Montana and northern Utah, with patches in Wyoming and Colorado. This perennial herb grows from a corm. Each funnel-shaped flower bloom is on a pedicel 4 to 5 centimeters long. The flower may be up to 3.5 centimeters long including the tubular throat and six tepals each just over a centimeter long. The inner set of three tepals are ruffled and broader than the outer tepals. The flower corolla may be deep blue to almost white with a darker blue mid-vein. The six stamens have purple or yellow anthers.
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  • A Datura flower blooms in the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, near Big Pine, California, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then closes by mid-morning.
    1507CAL-5022_Datura-flower.jpg
  • Indian Camas (Camassia quamash) blooms with a blue flower on Vendovi Island, Skagit County, Washington, USA. The Indian Camas (or Indian hyacinth or Wild hyacinth, Camassia quamash) is native to western North America. Its flowers bloom in various shades of blue. DNA and biochemical studies by  the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have reassigned Camassia from the Lily family to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The scientific species name "quamash" is from a Nez Perce term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. On the San Juan Islands, native tribes burned forest to maintain sunny fields for growing this plant. Vendovi Island was named after a Fijian High Chief Ro Veidovi who was brought to North America by the 1841 Wilkes Expedition. The San Juan Preservation Trust, a land trust for conservation in the San Juan Islands, purchased the island in December 2010 from the family of John Fluke Sr. Vendovi Island lies across Samish Bay from mainland Skagit County, between Guemes Island and Lummi Island, in the Salish Sea.
    1205VE2-006_Vendovi-Island.jpg
  • Indian Camas (Camassia quamash) blooms with a blue flower on Vendovi Island, Skagit County, Washington, USA. A black ant forages on a colorful petal. The Indian Camas (or Indian hyacinth or Wild hyacinth, Camassia quamash) is native to western North America. Its flowers bloom in various shades of blue. DNA and biochemical studies by  the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have reassigned Camassia from the Lily family to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The scientific species name "quamash" is from a Nez Perce term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. On the San Juan Islands, native tribes burned forest to maintain sunny fields for growing this plant. Vendovi Island was named after a Fijian High Chief Ro Veidovi who was brought to North America by the 1841 Wilkes Expedition. The San Juan Preservation Trust, a land trust for conservation in the San Juan Islands, purchased the island in December 2010 from the family of John Fluke Sr.
    1205VE2-001_Vendovi-Island.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-028.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-030.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-045.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-048.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-062.jpg
  • Amaryllis belladonna flowers (native to South Africa) bloom on Tasmania, Australia. The plant is commonly called a Naked Lady because blooms appear after the leaves have died down. The flower is usually white with crimson veins, but pink or purple also occur naturally. Each bulb grows one or two leafless stems 30–60 cm tall bearing a cluster of 2 to 12 funnel-shaped flowers. Each flower is 6–10 cm diameter with six tepals (three outer sepals and three inner petals with similar appearance). Amaryllis belladonna has several strap-shaped, green leaves, 30–50 cm long and 2–3 cm broad, arranged in two rows. The leaves grow in autumn or early spring in warm climates depending on the onset of rain, and die down by late spring. The bulb remains dormant until late summer flowering. The plant is neither frost-tolerant nor tropical-tolerant, since it requires a dry resting period between leaf growth and flower spike production.
    04AUS-30057_Amaryllis-Belladonna-flo...jpg
  • Russell lupin flowers bloom at the Church of the Good Shepherd, which was built in 1935 at Lake Tekapo, in the Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. These nonnative Russell lupin flowers were blooming in early January 2019. The plant's widespread diaspora began with David Douglas bringing the herbaceous lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus) from North America to Britain in the 1820s. In the early 1900s, George Russell, a horticulturist from York, UK, spent two decades breeding the Russell hybrids (Lupinus X russellii hort). First naturalized to New Zealand by local farmers wanting to beautify their landscape in the 1950s, Russell lupins have invaded large areas of roadsides, pastures, and riverbeds. This alien plant most threatens indigenous species in the braided river beds of Canterbury region. Russell lupin is classed as an invasive species in New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, and Ukraine.
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  • A cinquefoil flower blooms yellow (Potentilla genus), in Bussalp, Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The purple bloom is wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae). Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. To reach Bussalp, ride the private GrindelwaldBus.ch to the last stop in Bussalp, then ascend 40 minutes on foot. Hike a spectacular alpine trail from Eigeralp farm at upper Bussalp, around the Faulhorn to Bachalpsee, finishing at the gondola lift station at First, which descends to Grindelwald BGF. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    16SWIC-468.jpg
  • A Datura flower blooms in the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, near Big Pine, California, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then closes by mid-morning.
    1507CAL-5035_Datura-flower.jpg
  • A Datura flower blooms in the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, near Big Pine, California, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then closes by mid-morning.
    1507CAL-1129_Datura-flower.jpg
  • A Datura flower blooms in the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, near Big Pine, California, USA. The Datura genus is in the Potato (Solanaceae) Family, also known as the Deadly Nightshade Family. Its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom March through November. Corollas are up to 6 inches long, have 5 teeth and are often tinged with purple or lavender around the edges. The flower opens after dusk then closes by mid-morning.
    1507CAL-1127_Datura-flower.jpg
  • Indian Camas (Camassia quamash) blooms with a blue flower on Vendovi Island, Washington, USA. A hiker walks in the sunny background. Vendovi Island lies across Samish Bay from mainland Skagit County, between Guemes Island and Lummi Island, in the Salish Sea. The Indian Camas (or Indian hyacinth or Wild hyacinth, Camassia quamash) is native to western North America. Its flowers bloom in various shades of blue. DNA and biochemical studies by  the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have reassigned Camassia from the Lily family to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The scientific species name "quamash" is from a Nez Perce term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. On the San Juan Islands, native tribes burned forest to maintain sunny fields for growing this plant. Vendovi Island was named after a Fijian High Chief Ro Veidovi who was brought to North America by the 1841 Wilkes Expedition. The San Juan Preservation Trust, a land trust for conservation in the San Juan Islands, purchased the island in December 2010 from the family of John Fluke Sr.
    1205VE2-005_Vendovi-Island.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-016.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-018.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-020.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964. Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping images.
    1204CHE-025-27pan_UW-cherry-blossoms.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. On left is Raite Hall, with the Art Building (built 1949) on the right. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-033.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-060.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-068.jpg
  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
    1204CHE-074.jpg
  • A cinquefoil flower blooms yellow (Potentilla genus), in Bussalp, Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The purple bloom is wild thyme or creeping thyme (Thymus genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae). Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. To reach Bussalp, ride the private GrindelwaldBus.ch to the last stop in Bussalp, then ascend 40 minutes on foot. Hike a spectacular alpine trail from Eigeralp farm at upper Bussalp, around the Faulhorn to Bachalpsee, finishing at the gondola lift station at First, which descends to Grindelwald BGF. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Cherry trees flower in early April at UW Smith Hall in Seattle, Washington, USA. The Yoshino cherry trees on "the Quad" (Liberal Arts Quadrangle) of the University of Washington were a senior gift from the class of 1959. The trees were rescued from a construction site for the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and moved to campus in 1964.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Daffodils blooming at Green Lake on March 18, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. Shot on Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SmartPhone.
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  • Bellflowers or Glockenblumen (in the Campanula genus, Campanulaceae family) bloom in alpine meadows. Hike the dramatic Sentier des Chamois from Verbier, in Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Chamois Path starts at La Chaux ski lift and ends at Fionnay PostBus. Cross Col Termin (2648m/8688 ft) in Haut Val de Bagnes nature reserve and descend to Lake Louvie via 1800s stone barns to the north, then to Fionnay (640 m up, 1415 m down in 8.5 hours). Optionally stay overnight in dorms Cabane de Louvie.
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  • Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum, in the Ericaceae family) wildflowers bloom near Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Wild purple orchid. In August, many attractive alpine wildflowers bloom in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Alpenrose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) wildflowers bloom in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom magenta-pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Hybrid rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom reddish pink in beautiful Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Potentilla nitida flowers bloom pink in the Sesto Dolomites (Dolomiti di Sesto, or Sexten/Sextner/Sextener Dolomiten), in Italy, Europe. From the Rifugio Auronzo toll road, hike for spectacular views around Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Italian for "Three Peaks of Lavaredo," called Drei Zinnen or "Three Merlons" in German). The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Large stamens extend from a pink lily flower blooming and wetted with water drops in a Virginia garden, USA.
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  • Non-native Calla lilies on Doud Creek, Garrapata State Park, California, USA. The park is 6.7 miles south of Carmel and 18 miles north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. These non-native Doud Creek calla lilies bloom in late January through mid April (photographed March 8, 2022). The plant is originally from Malawi and South Africa.
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  • Below Mt Sefton, nonnative pink foxglove flowers (Digitalis genus) bloom along the Sealy Tarns Track, in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Mountain Daisy (Celmisia genus) flowers bloom on Sealy Tarns Track, above Mueller Lake in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, Southern Alps, Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand. The peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook (12,218 feet) rises majestically at the head of the Hooker Valley above Hooker Lake in the distance. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from two overlapping photos to increase depth of focus.
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  • Yellow flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom at North Kananaskis Pass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Beatty Glacier is in the background. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Pink flowers of Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire) bloom near Forks Backcountry Campground, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red under the Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) and Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red under the Hound's Tooth (2819 meters) and Bugaboo Glacier in Bugaboo Provincial Park, in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Spires Trail to Conrad Kain Hut is 6 miles round trip with 2400 ft gain. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.
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  • A pink orchid blooms in Allerton Garden, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • A yellow flower blooms in Allerton Garden, on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • A water lily, genus Nymphaea, blooms white & yellow in the koi pond at Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. The genus name for water lilies, Nymphaea, is from the Greek nymphaia and Latin nymphaea, literally "water lily," inspired by the nymphs mythology. Ornamental Koi (nishikigoi, "brocaded carp") were selectively bred from domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Japan starting in the 1820s. If allowed to breed freely, the koi subspecies will revert to original carp coloration within a few generations. Native to Central Europe and Asia, carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) eventually developed goldfish (Carassius auratus), which is a species distinct from common carp and koi. Allerton Garden is on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA, at address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org). Published in 2018 on the COVER and inside of 2019 Mark Nepo wall calendar, and also in the separate Meditation 2019 wall calendar, by Amber Lotus Publishing, Oregon. For licensing options for this image (not available for use in any other company's 2019 wall calendar, but otherwise licensable), please contact Tom Dempsey at Photoseek.com.
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  • A water lily, genus Nymphaea, blooms white & yellow in a pond at Allerton Garden, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. The genus name for water lilies, Nymphaea, is from the Greek nymphaia and Latin nymphaea, literally "water lily," inspired by the nymphs mythology. Allerton Garden is on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii, USA, at address: 4425 Lawai Rd, Koloa, HI 96756. Nestled in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream ending in Lawai Bay, Allerton Garden is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden (ntbg.org).
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  • Lewis' monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii) blooms on Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For vigorous training, hike a scenic 10 mile loop with 3200 feet ascent, from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, to Second and First Burroughs, then back via Shadow Lake. Through mid July, be cautious of steep snow below Second Burroughs. Erythranthe lewisii was formerly known as Mimulus lewisii before DNA evidence reclassified it in 2012. It is named in honor of explorer Meriwether Lewis.
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  • Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe, ghost plant, or corpse plant) flowers bloom in a cradle of ferns in Wallace Falls State Park, Gold Bar, Washington, USA. Unlike most plants, Indian pipe is white and does not contain chlorophyll. It is parasitic on fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, ultimately getting energy from the trees' photosynthesis. It can grow in the very dark understory of dense forest.
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  • Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpure, in the Plantaginaceae family) flowers bloom on a tall spike in Washington state. The Latin meaning of "Digitalis" refers to the "finger-like" ease of fitting the flower over your fingertip. Digitalis also refers to cardiac glycoside drugs (such as digoxin) extracted from plants of genus Digitalis. Wallace Falls State Park offers good hiking and camping beneath mossy trees on the rushing Wallace River near the town of Gold Bar, Washington, USA.
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  • Indian Camas (or Indian hyacinth or Wild hyacinth, Camassia quamash) is native to western North America. Its flowers bloom in various shades of blue. DNA and biochemical studies by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have reassigned Camassia from the Lily family to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The scientific species name "quamash" is from a Nez Perce term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the Pacific Northwest. Hike the Bluff Trail in Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.
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  • Arrowleaf Balsamroot blooms yellow on the Iron Creek to Teanaway Ridge Trail, in Wenatchee National Forest, near Blewett Pass, Washington, USA. Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata, in the aster/daisy family, Asteraceae/Compositae) is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, growing in many types of habitat from mountain forests to grassland to desert scrub. All of the plant can be eaten, albeit bitter and pine-like in taste. Hike Teanaway Ridge Trail 6-7 miles with 2400 feet cumulative gain.
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  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on April 27, 2016 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
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  • Native rhododendron flowers (in the heath family, Ericaceae) bloom pink-magenta on April 27, 2016 at the southern base of Goose Rock Summit Trail in Deception Pass State Park, on Whidbey Island, in Washington, USA.
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  • A wild hyacinth blue flower grows next to a chocolate lily (also called checker lily, Fritillaria affinis) at Goose Rock Summit, Deception Pass State Park, Washington, USA. Indian Camas (or Indian hyacinth or Wild hyacinth, Camassia quamash) is native to western North America. Its flowers bloom in various shades of blue. DNA and biochemical studies by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group have reassigned Camassia from the Lily family to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The scientific species name "quamash" is from a Nez Perce term for the plant's bulb, which was gathered and used as a food source by tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
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