Spring (March 20 or 21)

Learn more about the prairie crocus, or anemone, including its distribution in Alberta. At the end of the page, you can read a Blackfoot legend about how the prairie anemone got its fur coat.

There are approximately 4000 species of flowering plants in Canada, of which about 3000 may be considered wildflowers.

View a collection of photos of Alberta wildflowers.

In this interactive, learn about classification systems while you work with one of 17 different flowers to classify.