A close-up photo of a small plant with hairy leaves. Each stem fans out into three large leaves, each individually subdivided into three leaflets.

Some charming little Lithophragma leaves, also called "woodland stars."

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Lillooet Lake. A long thin landscape photo. In the middle is the lake, a widening in the river, shallow and rippling with wind and water flow. Sticking up are several pilings, long since rotted down to stumps. In the distance, successively bluer lighter mountains. Nnearby, wooded slopes, and at river level, short annual vegetation, and behind it stands of alders, all strongly green. The sky is scattered cloudy and sunlight breaks through in rays in places.

Linaria genistifolia, a native Butter and Eggs. This is early in its growth; we are looking down at the growing tip, which has whorls of yellow/silver green leaves emanating from the growing point in the ceneter, geting larger as they are older.

Lithophragma parviflorum, small leaved woodland star. A spike of flowers, two open and many more in bud. The flowers have five petals, each a sort of trident shape, with very subtle magenta veining on white. In a cup in the center and the reproductive parts. Blurry green and brown BG.

Lithospermum ruderale, western stoneseed. A five petalled flower at the tip of a cluster of same, many buds, and linear pointy leaves. The flowers are pale yellow-green. BG more of the same, blurry.

Spring, BC.
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