Quicksilver 9.1
What is a hike without any flowers? Well, a flowerless hike of course. But not this one. No sir, there were plenty of blooms even though things were drying out & turning brown in the surrounding hills. Without further ado, these nine are, clockwise from top left:
Sticky Monkeyflower (mimulus aurantiacus)
Coyote Mint (monardella villosa)
Annual Lupine (lupinus bicolor)
Yellow Mariposa (calochortus luteus)
Deerweed (acmispon glaber)
Purple Salsify (tragopogon porrifolius) - non-native
Yellow Yarrow (eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Purple Clarkia (clarkia purpurea)
Scotch Broom (cytisus scoparius) - Invasive non-native
Quicksilver 9.1
What is a hike without any flowers? Well, a flowerless hike of course. But not this one. No sir, there were plenty of blooms even though things were drying out & turning brown in the surrounding hills. Without further ado, these nine are, clockwise from top left:
Sticky Monkeyflower (mimulus aurantiacus)
Coyote Mint (monardella villosa)
Annual Lupine (lupinus bicolor)
Yellow Mariposa (calochortus luteus)
Deerweed (acmispon glaber)
Purple Salsify (tragopogon porrifolius) - non-native
Yellow Yarrow (eriophyllum confertiflorum)
Purple Clarkia (clarkia purpurea)
Scotch Broom (cytisus scoparius) - Invasive non-native