The word this morning is now is the time to see the camas in Packer Meadows at Lolo Pass, off U.S. Highway 12 on the Montana-Idaho border! The large field of blue flowers is about 75 percent in bloom, according to the Lolo Pass Visitor Center’s Facebook page. Updates are also available by phone at (208) 942-1234.
Here are some more wildflower reports from western Montana for your weekend viewing:
A lot of bitterroots blooming on the North Hills ridge, and blanketflowers, too!
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 16, 2012
The beargrass is blooming on Hwy 2 west of Essex – #summer !
— Courtney Fullerton (@oh2bnMT) June 18, 2012
At Bass Creek over the weekend, saw stalks of blue Albert’s penstemon, yellow arnica, red spotted coralroot and pale stalks of alumroot.
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 20, 2012
Wood’s rose is out in Pattee Canyon.
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 20, 2012
Up in the Mount Jumbo saddle, yellow and red blanketflower are blooming, and bitterroots and bright pink clarkia are starting
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 20, 2012
Saw a couple of good patches of pink and yellow owl clover near the tower on my run up the North Hills ridge today.
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 21, 2012
Photo: Owl clover in the North Hills (from 2011). flic.kr/p/a3t9Ci
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 21, 2012
This week’s Wildflower Walk: Albert’s penstemon at Bass Creek in the Bitterroot Mountains. ht.ly/bK6mC
— Justin Grigg (@jjgrigg) June 21, 2012