Here's Leptarrhena pyrolifolia in the wet meadows below Panorama Ridge, Banff N.P., Alberta. We were too late (photos taken in mid-July and early August) for the flowers, but the red ovaries provide a lot of colour.
With Platanthera dilatata in flower and Trollius albiflorus in seed in this photo:
Comments
Trond Hoy
The colour of the seedpods is
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 9:22amThe colour of the seedpods is possibly better than the that of the flowers!
Lori S. (not verified)
Yes, I've actually yet to see
Tue, 11/11/2014 - 10:09amYes, I've actually yet to see them in flower but looking at photos, you may well be right!
Maryanne Gryboski
The foliage looks great. Is
Fri, 11/14/2014 - 5:40pmThe foliage looks great. Is it thick and leathery?
Lori S. (not verified)
I haven't actually felt the
Sun, 11/16/2014 - 3:55pmI haven't actually felt the leaves (must do that) but they are described as being leathery and the common name in Flora of Alberta is leather-leaved saxifrage. The recent (I was going to say "new" then I checked the published date and saw 2013... how time flies) Alpine Plants of British Columbia, Alberta and Northwest North America by Pojar and MacKinnon includes the note, "This saxifrage is a great plant for rock gardens".