While Trekking The Terraces

This shot was taken at the Hot Springs Terraces. It is kind of a two-fer. The ones in front look like a kind of Groundsel.

As to the one’s in the back, I haven’t a clue.

Should Have Brought My Glasses

Sometimes the story is how you took the picture, and perhaps what you should have done. At a sceanic stop our guides pointed out a yellow flower as a Glacier Lily or Erythronium grandiflorum. So I took a picture of our guide taking a picture.

So far so good.

I centered my shot and took a picture of the flower. But the story is I didn’t put on my glasses to check the photo. And I rarely check it on the camera since the LCD display is small

What I got was a good picture of the back of the flower, not the front. But the wind wasn’t blowing, so at least it isn’t blurry.

Unknown Number 7

Here’s another unknown.

We found these while walking around the Hot Springs Terraces. Near as I can tell they are a sort of Bistort.

Unknown Number Six

It’s time to wander into the unknown again.

These were near the Roosevelt Arch. They had a large number of petals, so my suspicion is that they are a Showy Daisy. Or something closely related. The Oxeye Daisy doesn’t have as narrow a petal as these do.

Larkspur at Hot Springs Terraces

We spent the morning hiking around the paths at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, kind of working our way from top to bottom. It was very encouraging to have a large section of wildflowers rather than an isolated one or two.

These are Larkspur, though I don’t know the specific kind.

We got a chance to get a little closer shot of some later on the trail. This shot gives a better view of the shape of the flower, almost bugle-like.

Montana State Flower

On our way to Mammoth Hot Springs we visited the North Entrance and the Roosevelt Arch. In addition to getting our picture taken under the arch, there were some blooming wildflowers.

This is a Bitterroot or Lewisia rediviva. It is the state flower of Montana.

Mystery Flower Number 5

Mystery Flower #5 is one I didn’t even know I took. The digital photograph takes in a wider field than just the flower I’m aiming at. Most of the photos I’m including in this blog have been cropped to remove the extra dirt and foliage.

The image for the Pasque Flower (my previous post) had this little yellow flower peaking out of the upper left hand field of view.

It is probably a young plant, so more petals may grow. It seems to only have 5 petals. Using the park’s wildflower sheet an Arnica or Groundsel would be a good bet, since they are parkwide.

Arguing against Groundsel is the seemingly single plant instead of a cluster.

Your thoughts?