Helm Creek (Garibaldi Park) Wildflowers

The following wildflowers were photographed during a hike on the Helm Creek crossover,
with Gary and Birgitte Nordin and friends.
Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC, Canada, on August 17, 2002.
Elevation approximately 1700-1900 m.

The camera I used is a Nikon Coolpix 885, typically used in macro mode.      


1760 - A peak at a pica


1766 - Twinflower [TD198]


1768 - Partridgefoot - [TD270]


1770 - Arctic (?) Aster [TD318] (could be Subalpine Daisy [TD322] ?)


1774 - Black Alpine Sedge - [TD384]


1775 - The Black Tusk from Helm Meadows (Gary at our lunch stop)


1778 - The Black Tusk from Helm Meadows


1781 - Alpine Saxifrage (with red dots on petals) [TD294]


1788 - Is this a young cotton grass? [TD386]


1790 - Broadleaf (Red) Willow-herb (Alpine Fireweed) [TD140, DS167]


1795 - Mountain or Yellow Monkeyflower - [TD150, DS236]


1796 - Alpine Speedwell [TD158]


1804 - Oregon Stonecrop - a low plant growing out of the lava rock on Helm Creek,
            - it has pale yellow flowers with 5 pointed petals [CT199,TD300]


1808 - Cow Parsnip - [TD230, DS64]


1811 - Bracted Lousewort [TD152, DS241, PM254] (with groundsel & valerian)


1814 - Top view of Sickletop Lousewort (Parrot's Beak) [DS246]


1815 - Fruits of a Leatherleaf Saxifrage [TD286]


1818 - Alpine Paintbrush [TD146]


1821 - Diamond Head, Table Mountain, Mt. Garibaldi and Mt. Price from Helm Col


1822 - White Bog Orchid [TD228, DS57]


1825 - Arrow-Leaved Groundsel [TD332, DS86]


1827 - Diamond Head, Table Mountain, Mt. Garibaldi and Mt. Price over Garibaldi Lake


1830 - Indian (Green False) Hellebore (with flower) [TD214, DS49]


1831 - Canada Jay (Whiskey Jack)


1838 - Arctic Lupine [TD236]


1840 - One-sided Wintergreen - [TD184]


1841 - Foamflower - [TD296, DS231] - A small flower growing in the shade on the Rubble Creek path.

I hope you like the photos. Please let me know if any are misindentified!      

Other flowers in the park:
Globeflower [TD132] Flowers like Western Anenome
Pink Wintergreen [TD182]
Edible Thistle [TD320]
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus [TD288] White Rhododendron [TD186] (often has yellow spots on leaves)
Slender Bog Orchid [TD228] (less showy greenish flowers than White Bog Orchid) Bunchberry [TD138] (Canada Dogwood) white flowers, red berries on Rubble Creek trail.

References:     (pages are quoted as [TD270] or [DS270] for page 270 in these books)

[TD] Ronald J. Taylor and George W. Douglas, "Mountain Plants of the Pacific Northwest," Mountain Press Publishing, Missoula, Montana, 1995.

[DS] Dee Strickler, "Wayside Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest," The Flower Press, Columbia Falls, Montana, 1993.

[PM] J. Pojar and A. Mackinnon, "Plants of Coastal British Columbia," Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, B.C., 1994.

[CT} Lewis Clark and John Trelawny, "Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest," Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 1998.

[GL] Photos in Garibaldi Lake Ranger Cabin