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Cranesbill, or Wild Sticky Geranium. Geranium viscosissimum. Member of the Geraniaceae family. Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June, 2014.

#Cranesbill #Wild Sticky Geranium #Geranium viscosissimum #Geraniaceae #Nose Hill #Purple #June #Hairy

Stoneseed, Western Puccoon. Lithospermum ruderale. Member of the Boraginaceae family. Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June, 2014.

#Stoneseed #Western Puccoon #Lithospermum ruderale #Boraginaceae #Nose Hill #June #Yellow #Hairy

Blue Beardtongue. Penstemon albertinus. Member of the Plantaginaceae family (previously Scrophulariaceae). Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June, 2014.

#Blue Beardtongue #Penstemon albertinus #Plantaginaceae #Nose Hill #June #Blue

Three Flowered Avens, Prairie Smoke or Old Man's Whiskers. Geum triflorum. Member of the Rosaceae family. Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June.

#Three Flowered Avens #Prairie Smoke #Geum triflorum #Rosaceae #Nose Hill #June #Pink #Hairy

Young Golden Bean, or Buffalo Bean, prior to flowering. Thermopsis rhombifolia. Member of the Fabaceae, or Leguminosae family. Nose Hill, Calgary. May, 2014

#Thermopsis rhombifolia #thermopsis #fabaceae #leguminosae #Nose Hill #leaves #Yellow #Legume #May

Early Blue Violet. Viola adunca. Violaceae family. Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June, 2014.

#Early Blue Violet #Viola adunca #Violaceae #Nose Hill #June #Blue

Uncertain about identification. I believe it is in the Ranunculaceae family. My best guess is either a Meadow Rue (Thalictrum spp.), or some type of Columbine (Aquilegia spp.). Nose Hill Park, Calgary. June, 2014.

#Thalictrum spp.#Aquilegia spp.#Ranunculaceae #Nose Hill #June #Leaves #Unidentified