{"id":79,"date":"2012-06-12T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2023-05-10T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:26:43","slug":"okanagan-wild-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/okanagan-wild-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Okanagan Wild Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Below are photographs of the flowers I pass by during spring morning walks on the mountain where I live (one flower I could not identity). Since these photographs were taken, many new varieties of flowers have bloomed. I could showcase so many more exquisite varieties but for now the selection below will suffice.The mountain never ceases to be alive with wondrous beauty. I hope these flowers provide you with a virtual visit to the Okanagan Mountain landscape in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Meadow Death-Camas
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Balsam Root<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Chocolate Lily<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0Vetch<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Oregon Grape<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Woodland Star<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Figwort: Red Paintbrush<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Stonecrop<\/span>
\nNote: Okanagan people used infusion of leaves, stem and flowers as a laxative and to clean womb after childbirth.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pussytoes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Round-Leaved Alumroot<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Thread-Leaved Phachelia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Bluebells<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Yarrow<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sunflower (Rocky Mountain Butterweed)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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1. Need help with this one–any ideas what it is?<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Orchid: Mountain Ladyslipper
\nNote: The Okanagan people call this orchid ‘Moccasins.’<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* Info on plant I.D. and Okanagan plant use:\u00a0Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia<\/i>\u00a0 Parish, Coupe & Lloyd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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