Sarracenia purpurea
The pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea L.) is a carnivorous plant found in Saskatchewan bogs and fens, which relies on a diet on insects to help it survive this nutrient deficient environment.
Opuntia polyacantha
This beautifully spiny plant is blooming in July and ready for its close-up.
Viola macloskeyi
This small violet can be as short as 2cm, hiding in the moss and leaf litter of the boggy woods of Saskatchewan.
Geum triflorum
Be on the lookout for Geum triflorum in May, more commonly known as prairie smoke, torchflower, old mans’ whiskers, or three flowered avens
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Spring is here and with it comes the arrival of the Prairie Crocus (Pulsatilla nuttalliana).
Wild Mint
Wild mint makes great tea thanks to its essential oils.
Monotropa uniflora
This parasitic plant has a ghostly appearance thanks to its lack of chlorophyll.
The Yellow Immaculate Lily
The Yellow Immaculate Lily is an extremely rare form of our provincial floral emblem. This specimen comes with a 10-year journal about a small population near Carlyle, SK.
Crepis atribarba
A record from the past, this specimen of Crepis atribarba, a very rare plant for SK, collected in June 1894 in the Cypress Hills region. Thanks to the National Herbarium of Canada at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa for the image. (CAN 112184)
Meet Potentilla hudsonii
Meet Potentilla hudsonii, a new species for the province, named in 2018 by Dr. Barbara Errter, originally collected in 1969 by John Hudson north of Langham.