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Showy fleabane ...Kuhnen Natural Area #showyfleabane #albertaflora #august #olympuspenf #penf #zuiko14150ii #microfourthirds #microfournerds #olympusinspired #shootolympus #justshoot  #mcbaincamera #wildflowersofinstagram #wildflowersofalberta #wildflowerjournal (at Central Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEt5XsKFT5QkKogUVlzgPXAr-vL2CZQXLdoivE0/?igshid=1hjeba162brrp

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Fooled By Color: Wildflower Identification

Fooled By Color: Wildflower Identification #showyfleabane #aspenfleabane #asters #wildflowers #color

This week I decided to identify the wildflowers I took pictures of on a rainy hike in early August. Some were a snap to identify, like wild rose and cow parsnip. But one in particular, a purple flower from the Aster (Asteraceae) family, has turned out be much harder than I would have guessed, requiring reference to several different resources and a new definition for purple.

Cow Parsnip (Herac…