I hiked the Harper Mountain snowshoe and ski trails on a warm sunny day and saw no one else on the trails.   I stopped to take a few photos along the way, each part of a journal entry, shared in a post.

Tiger lilies stand above the other foliage sometimes in a candelabra shape.

Prairie rose (rosa arkansana) flowers catch the eye whenever they are in bloom.

Vetch is a welcome sight, but sometimes it is hard to distinguish which species it falls into.   I chose to not care as I took the image in the shady spot.

Few-flowered penstemon was not spotted very often.   It bloomed in well-established glades in the forest, but not in disturbed areas.

I spotted a few yellow harsh Indian paintbrush (castilleja hispida) in one glade.

White campion (Silene latifolia) were in bloom on open disturbed areas (ski slopes).

Upland larkspur (delphinium nutallianum) was still blooming at an elevation of 1450 m (4757).   This one had an interesting inflorescence.

Hound’s-tongue (cynoglossum officinale) is interesting when it first flowers, but its a nuisance plant when it goes to seed.

Fragrant bedstraw (galium triflorum) was spotted in the forest, but was not yet in flower.

There were many other wildflowers along the way – arnica, yellow rattle, cow parsnip, bunchberry, gentian, comandra, collomia, buttercups, gaillardia, and others.   I try to photograph the species that have recently bloomed as a priority, but if the light is right, all flowers require my attention and a possible photograph.