Wildflower Frenzy….

21Apr08

Tonight my son wrote a paper on procrastination and thinking of blogging I sure could relate. My excuses vary from planting trees to hiking and photographing more than tossing up a note or two. Instead of sharing the excuses with you I’ll share a few of the many photographs I’ve been gaining as of late. Unlike most of the time when this is all haphazard today because I’m so behind I think I can attempt some form of organization. Well I’ll at least try….

Let’s start with wildflowers that I’ve been finding lately. I’ve ran into many things but we’ll start here and I’ll promise not to post faster than you all can read. So here are my finds as of recently;

Glacier Lily

{a.k.a yellow avalanche-lily, pale fawn-lily, yellow fawn-lily} (Erythronium grandiflorum)

I also discovered that the yellow bell comes in other colors too.

(Fritillaria pudica)

And next… the Ballhead waterleaf

{a.k.a. wool breeches} (Hydrophyllum capitatum)

This next one is a desert parsley – I had a difficult time figuring out which one specifically however pouring over photos of various kind I eventually decided I would call it the species Lomatium brandegeei or Brandegee’s desert-parsley.

And lastly….

(Dodecatheon pulchellum) Few-Flowered Shooting Star

Okay that was a quick tour of what’s new I’ve ran into concerning wildflowers. While I was shooting a lazy little bee kept wandering from woodland-star to woodland-star so I took this shot. This is (I believe) a gray bee fly.

 

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