Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Wildflowers: 2

More blooms!

Vase Flower, aka Sugar Bowl and Leather Flower

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Here they are ensemble.

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And shown in their natural growing habitat.

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Prairie Smoke, aka Purple Avens and Old Man’s Whiskers. I have always called it Pink Plume.

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Groundsel with friend.

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Unidentified pygmy-style daisies that grow close to the ground in the decomposed granite.

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Western Paintbrush

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Pygmy Bitterroot (These are teeny tiny!)

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Lupine

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Baneberry

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Monument Plant aka Green Gentian, Deer’s Ears
Up close

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and sharing space with a whole lot of Yellow Banner aka Yellow Pea

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Shooting Star

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Orchid Beardtongue aka One-sided Penstemon, Sidebells Penstemon, Purple Beardtongue

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And what collection of flower images would be complete without the flower that everyone associates with Colorado:

The Columbine (always blooming near its soul mate, the aspen)

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