Flower power on a cloudy day

I had a look at the weather forecasts for next week. They're predicting +36 C for Normandy and no more than +17 C for Northern Finland. It's been an exceptionally cold month of June - one of the coldest in 50 years in Finland, it seems. I don't mind it much though, since I spend most of my days cooped up in my research chamber anyway.

 

Trollius europaeus

 









This weekend, however, I decided it was time to enjoy some fresh (quite literally so!) air and so I took the train to Lapland. While the weather isn't so far exactly what you'd call summery (the temperature peeking at about +13 C) and the sky is cloudy and it's been raining for the last 24 hours, with the right gear (aka a raincoat and a pair of boots) you can still enjoy the beautiful little things out there.

So here's some flower power for us all - how many do you recognize? :)
(I confess, I had a little help from my all-knowing dad...) 

Rhododendron tomentosum

Geranium sylvaticum

Trientalis europaea

Astragalus alpinus

Salix caprea

Ranunculus acris

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Picea abies

Antennaria dioica

Rubus arcticus

Caltha palustris

Viola riviniana

Taraxacum officinale

Moneses uniflora

Silene dioica