South Vancouver Island Wildflowers  spring 2022 









Native wildflowers are late, but abundant, this spring. These photos were gathered from hikes in the Braden, Manuel Quimper, Thunderbird, Lunch Pk, Flower Ridge, Mt. McDonald, West Rampart and Charters River areas in the Sooke Hills Wilderness, and from Sooke Water Supply Area, Mt. Douglas Park, John Dean Prov. Park, Gowlland Tod PP, and St. John Point RP on Mayne Island.

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Olsynium douglasii (satin flower)
Olsynium douglasii (satin flower)
Erythronium oregonum (white fawn lily)
Erythronium oregonum (white fawn lily)
Erythronium oregonum (white fawn lily)
Charters River cascade
Erythronium oregonum (white fawn lily)
Calypso bulbosa (calypso orchid)
Calypso bulbosa (calypso orchid)
Pseudacris regilla (Pacific tree frog)
common camas and shootingstars on Mt Macdonald
Dodecatheon pulchellum (few-flowered shootingstar)
Fritillaria affinis (chocolate lily)
Fritillaria affinis (chocolate lily)
Rithet Cr., Sooke Water Supply Area
Trientalis latifolia (broad-leaved starflower)
Delphinium menziesii (larkspur)
Camassia quamash (common camas)
Zygadenus venenosus (death camas)
Zygadenus venenosus (death camas)
Aphyllon purpureum
Plectritis congesta (sea blush)
Plectritis congesta (sea blush)
Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)
Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)
Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)