Rocky Mountain Flowers
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I have a hard time distinguishing
among the many flowers like the Northern Bedstraw that have dense clusters
of tiny white flowers. What distinguishes the bedstraw from the others
is that it has cross-like flowers, each having four petals, joined at the
base and clustered at the top of stems. Indians used the roots of
this plant to dye porcupine quills red and yellow. The dried, sweet-smelling
plants were once used to stuff mattresses.
I like this photo, taken in the Canadian Rockies near
Banff, Alberta, because of the depth of field, showing mid-distance flowers
in sharp focus while others in the background and foreground are out of
focus. Although difficult to recognize, two bees are gathering pollen
from the flowers.
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I would like to see your pictures of flowers. Email John at [email protected]. Photo by John Fisher 
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