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Flowers of the Canadian Rockies around Spray Lake – Cycling the Great Divide, Canada.

sarahjwm

11 years ago

Cycling the Great Divide from Banff to Sparwood the sides of the tracks are ablaze with flowers. I have included a selection here. They are not particularly rare, it is just the density along the side of the tracks that is impressive.

Cornus canadensis – Bunchberry. Amazingly these have the fastest moving flower parts in the world! It flings its pollen at a rate of 24,000 m/s. They carpeted the floor of the woodlands we cycled through.

Campanula rotundifolia

Wild alpine strawberries were everywhere we often had these for a snack

Indian Paintbrush – Castilleja miniata and Yellow Rattle – Rhinanthus minor

Yellow Mountain Aven – Dryas octopetala

I think that these are Asphodels

Some of the flowers beside Spray Lake

Indian paintbrush

Grasses

Oxeye daisies with Fireweed

Potentilla

Juniper

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