We hiked a series of trails in the Lundbom Grasslands in the hills southeast of Merritt in mid-June.   For over 3 hours, we hiked through open grasslands, open forests, aspen groves, glades, dales, and over ridges.    The south-facing slopes were dry and only grasses and a few summer-flowering plants were spotted.     On north-facing slopes, wildflowers had emerged over the last couple of weeks.    In forest glades, there was a mix of maturing plants and emerging perennials and annuals.    Many species were observed and only a few are shared here in a Google Photos gallery:

• small-flowered penstemon (Penstemon procerus)
• parsnip-flowered buckwheat (Eriogonum heraclepides)
• prickly wild rose (Rosa acicularis)
• meadow salsify (Tragopogon pratensis)
• white catchfly (Silene latifolia)
• shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)(Dasiphora furticosa)

All photos by the author, taken that day.

The gallery can also be seen on Google Photos at this link – Lundbom Grasslands

We had hoped to spot blue-eyed grass in flower, but I suspect we were too late for this smaller species.    We have spotted them on these trails in the past.