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Sunday
Jul012007

Happy Canada Day

In celebration, I am posting links to Flickr photos of all the provincial and territorial flowers. (Note: none are edible, although the Pitcher Plant might like to eat you--it is a carnivore.)

British Columbia
Cornus nuttallii Pacific Dogwood

Alberta
Rosa acicularis Wild Rose

Saskatchewan
Lillium philadelphicum Western Red Lily

Manitoba
Anemone patens Prairie Crocus

Ontario
Trillium grandiflorum White Trillium

Quebec
Iris versicolor Linné Blue Flag Iris

New Brunswick
Viola cucullata Purple Violet

Nova Scotia
Epigaea repens Mayflower

Prince Edward Island
Cypripedium acaule Lady's Slipper

Newfoundland and Labrador
Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher Plant

Yukon
Epilobium angustifolium Fireweed

Northwest Territories
Dryas integrifolia Mountain Avens

Nunavit
Saxifraga oppositifolia Purple Saxifraga

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