American bistort (Bistorta bistortoides)

Shooting star (Dodecatheon pulchellum)

Columbine (Aquilegia coerulea)

Last evening we took a drive up to Bailey and then made a stop at meyers Ranch on the way home. I saw some new bloomers in both places. Meyer's Ranch has shooting stars (Dodecatheon pulchellum), columbine (Aquilegia coerulea), and American bistort (Bistorta bistortoides) blooming now. You can see the leaf sheaths on the bistort, a characteristic of the Polygonaceae family to which it belongs.

The park in Bailey has meadow anemone (Anemonidium canadense), Phacelia alba, and scorpion weed (Phacelia heterophylla) sporting flowers.

Phacelia alba

Meadow anemone (Anemonidium canadense)

Scorpion weed (Phacelia heterophylla)