Album Wildflowers

[xjblue]

Yellow Flowering by xjblue, on Flickr
Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata, Creosote-bush family, Little Black Mountain

 

[ROKTAXI]

Yellow Flowering by xjblue, on Flickr
Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata, Creosote-bush family, Little Black Mountain

Now I can put a name to yet other DYF (Damn Yellow Flower). A friend that did tour guides in the Ouray area coined that because he couldn't remember all the name of the yellow flowering foliage.

 

[xjblue]

Now I can put a name to yet other DYF (Damn Yellow Flower). A friend that did tour guides in the Ouray area coined that because he couldn't remember all the name of the yellow flowering foliage.

DYF works , I've heard LYF for unknown Little Yellow Flowers, There are many indeed.


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Pinkish Paintbrush by xjblue, on Flickr
probably Split-leaf Paintbrush, Castilleja rhexifolia, Figwort family, Red Pine Trail, Little Cottonwood Canyon

 

[xjblue]

Thelypody & Polinator by xjblue, on Flickr
Wright's Thelypody, Thelypodium wrightii ssp. wrightii, Tuweep campground

 

[xjblue]

Red Castilleja by xjblue, on Flickr
Paintbrush, "Wavy leaf"? Castilleja chromosa? East fork Lake Canyon

 

[xjblue]

Grand Datura by xjblue, on Flickr
Sacred Datura, Datura wrightii, Potato family, aka; Moon flower, Jimson Weed, Thorn Apple, Indian Apple
North Kaibab trail, Grand Canyon. Toxic alkaloid, do not consume

 

[xjblue]

Sulpher Paintbrush by xjblue, on Flickr
Castilleja sulphurea, Figwort family, Mt Timpanogos.

 

[xjblue]

Paria Plume by xjblue, on Flickr
Prince's Plume, Stanleya pinnata, Mustard family, Paria movie set area

 

[xjblue]

Hairy Clematis by xjblue, on Flickr
aka Sugarbowl, Vase Flower, Lions Beard, Clematis hiresutissima, Buttercup family, Mt Timpanogos

 

[xjblue]

Sweet Pea by xjblue, on Flickr
Lathyrus pauciflorus var. utahensis, Pea family, Bell's Canyon

 

[xjblue]

Primrose by xjblue, on Flickr
Parry's Primrose, Primula parryi, Primrose family, Mt Timpanogos

 

[xjblue]

Woodland Stars by xjblue, on Flickr
Lithophragma parviflorum, Saxifrage family, Bell's Canyon trail

 

[xjblue]

Pretty Jacob's Ladder by xjblue, on Flickr
Pretty Jacobs Ladder, Polemonium pulcherrimum, Phlox family, Alta - near Germania Pass

 

[xjblue]

Sweetvetch Bejeweled by xjblue, on Flickr
Northern Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale ssp boreale, Pea family, Bells Canyon trail.

 

[Yvonne]

Wildflower Season has started again

 

[Yvonne]

First Prickley Pear Blossom of the year

 

[xjblue]

Owl's Clover In Situ by xjblue, on Flickr
Owl's Clover again (for a closeup see post #54)

 

[xjblue]

Woodland Strawberry by xjblue, on Flickr
Fragaria vesca, Rose family, Broads Fork trail

 

[DAA]

Following Marty's lead...

PRF (Pretty Red Flower)

A variety of Paintbrush I'd guess? Above the Dirty Devil, near Happy Canyon.

- DAA

 

[xjblue]

Nice shot Dave, Paintbrush it is.