And another pretty shot.
posted by Pilgrim in Progress at 8:49 PM
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Master Index
- Easter Sunday in Missoula
- Robinson Crusoe
- Winter Walk in Missoula
- Childhood Photos #2
- Thanksgiving in Manhattan
- Elk Hunting in Iowa
- One Dark and Stormy Night
- Hunting with the Kids
- Sunday Snapshots
- More Big Sky Football
- Big Sky Football
- It never Rains in August (Day 4)
- It never Rains in August (Day 3)
- It never Rains in August (Day 2)
- It never Rains in August (Day 1)
- House Hunting in Missoula (part 3)
- House Hunting in Missoula (part 2)
- Nicholas' Birthday
- House Hunting in Missoula
- Thunderstorm Rising
- Westminster Milestones
- Cupcakes
- Fisher Park Snowfall
- Childhood Photos #1
- Day After Finals
- Rock Balancing
- Antelope Sunday
- Sundance Sally Turns 10
- Dayhiking Sliderock
- Driving Through Montana
- Moonrise Over Montana
- Saturday Night Wedding
- Friday Night Rehearsal Dinner
- Hanging Out on Friday
- Fishing on the Gallatin
- Glacier National Park
- Hellfire on Froze-to-Death
- Micah's Water Photos
- Hiking on Hellroaring Plateau
- Flowers at Dusk
- Father's Day in the Pryors
- Biking on the Rims
- Bear Trap Canyon
- Memorial Day on Stillwater
3 Comments:
http://montana.plant-life.org/
Mountain Hollyhock
Iliamna rivularis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene
Family: Malvaceae, Mallow
Genus: Iliamna
Description
General: stout, bushy, leafy, perennial herb covered with
sparse, star-shaped hairs, 0.5-2 m tall, from rhizomes.
Leaves: alternate, the blades 4-10 cm long, broadly
heart-shaped, 5- to 7-lobed, on stalks 5-10 cm long, the
lobes triangular, pointed, coarsely sharp- to blunt-toothed
and finely covered with star-shaped hairs.
The 2 stipules at base linear-lanceolate, about 1 cm long.
Flowers: flowers rose-purplish, broadly cup-shaped, 1 to
several in elongated clusters on stout stalks mostly less
than 1 cm long from the leaf axils. The 5 calyx lobes joined
about half their length, about 3-5 mm long, triangular. The 3
bracteoles of the calyx linear to lanceolate. The 5 broad
petals about 2 cm long, rounded or slightly notched at the
middle. The numerous stamens joined to a tube at the
base but freed on the upper 3/4 part.
Flowering time: June-August.
Fruits: capsules, round, flattened lengthwise, cheese-
shaped, composed of several wedge-shaped segments,
these about 8 mm long, the sides smooth, the back with
long stiff brownish hairs and tiny soft star-shaped hairs.
Seeds covered with fine, minute prickles.
Distribution
Moist, wooded or disturbed areas, meadows, stream
banks, foothills to subalpine, in w. and s.c. parts of MT.
Also on the e. side of the Cascades, B.C. to OR and CO
First of all, thank you for that link! It's awesome!
Second - I'm not sure if it's actually hollyhock: if you click on this link here you get a nice, full-size version of Hollyhock - they say "The 5 broad
petals about 2 cm long", and these were probably much larger than that - the pertals on the flower in my picture were bigger than my fist.
That said, I don't see anything else that looks as close as this does. So any suggestions?
This is fascinating - thanks again for posting.
Hmm... upon further review, I think I agree with you - it is Hollyhock (even though my petals where a bit larger than they claim they should be in the article) - but the leaves, stalk, color, etc all match. So it's got to be Hollyhock!
Thanks again for the helpful ID!
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