Spring on the Prairies of North Dakota, like spring all across the US, was late this year. Flowers that were in full bloom when I was in North Dakota last year, were not even in bud this year. The season is 10 days to two weeks behind. Even so there were many flowers blooming on the prairie.

This is White Onion. It only grows a few inches tall and is easy to miss in the much taller grasses around it. It is an actual onion, with a small swelling on the root that has a delicate onion odor and taste… more like chives that actual onion.

Then you have the Puccoons. Hoary followed by Fringed.

And to finish off the yellows, this is Wallflower, with a Hover Fly in attendance.

And of course, no post on Prairie wildflowers would be complete without Prairie Smoke. First the actual flowers (which really shows how late the spring is) and then the seed hears from which the plant takes its name.

All with the Canon SX50HS with my usual modifications to Program. Macro at either 215mm or 25mm plus 1.5x tel-converter. Processed in Lightroom.