Even now, as lingering patches of snow are yet receding in shaded prairie catchments and random places of shadow, deep green bitterroot rosettes have emerged where the late winter sun has regularly touched the earth. These modest plant formations, with their fleshy leaves arranged in perfect symmetry, embody nature's capacity to thrive in adversity. And a Montana winter and spring provide ample adversity in weather. Bitterroot is the very first plant to commit to fresh growth in our North Country spring. The weather can throw down what it will, and this low plant will thrive. Soon enough, this modest plant will produce and display our large and showy state flower.
Bitterroot Rosette (March 2024)
Bitterroot in Bloom (June 2023)
—Mitchell Hegman
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