Over several hikes in the Lac du Bois grasslands we have stopped to admire emerging wildflowers.     Featured here are shooting stars (Dodecathoen pulchellum sp.), sagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus), and western saxifrage (Micranthes occidentalis).   All photos by the author.    Click an image for a lightbox view and a caption.

shooting stars

shooting star

western saxifrage

sagebrush buttercup

The star of the show has been arrow-leaved balsam root (Balsamorhiza sagittata).

balsamroot

More wildflowers will emerge in the grasslands so we will be there to enjoy them.

Some references on these wildflowers are provided here as links:

• Arrow-leaved balsamroot
• Western saxifrage
• Few-flowered shooting stars