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| Balsamorhiza sagittata |
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| Balsamorhiza hookeri |
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| ? hybrid balsamroot ? |
Gee, isn't botany fun?! And confusing, a lot of the time.
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| Cryptantha |
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| Lewisia |
All of the above photos were taken in early June on the south slopes of the Uintas,7200-8500 ft.
June 13, 2011
Wildflowers in the Foothills
Gee, isn't botany fun?! And confusing, a lot of the time.
All of the above photos were taken in early June on the south slopes of the Uintas,7200-8500 ft.
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Beautiful. Now I'll have to look up to see whether Merriweather Lewis first identified it. :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos...
ReplyDeleteIt's fun to tune into the plants and flowers. I have to do better at that.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, who would think those are wild. So pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteBotany can be fun as long as I don't have to key things out. Much better to take photos and ID later visually.
ReplyDeleteSure hope I get out to hunt wildflowers before they disappear. Summer is on it's way now with 75/41.
Botany is fun - and your photos are just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the Cryptantha....it has hairy (cute) leaves!!!
ReplyDeleteThe wildflowers west of the Rockies are often very different from the ones in the East.
ReplyDeleteI'm very jealous that Lewisia is a wildflower in Utah. I have tried to grow it several times in my scree garden. It;s beautiful the first year...lives through the winter and then dies before blooming again!
There is nothing like wildflowers when they start blooming. Great series of pictures.
ReplyDeletePretty wildflowers! It is fun and challenging to identify wildflowers from pictures. It really helps to include the leaves in the pictures like you did.
ReplyDeletebeautiful, we are heading out to camp in a couple of weeks. I hope the flowers are still blooming.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing the Lewisia, Janie, and I can't believe your Death Camus is blooming already!
ReplyDeleteVery nice flower postings. Since I go to the desert often you would think I would remember all of their names. Is the Cyptantha the "white forget me not"? Not sure about it. I will be checking back to see what you are up to.
ReplyDeleteLovely splashes of color! As for botany...I will just let you do the work adn I will copy. I have never been good at it. I am quite simple-minded when it comes to science....like: "Oh! Look at the pretty yellow flower":))
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