Shortspur Seablush: The 32nd Flower of Spring!

I have been looking for this flower to show its pretty pink face, where it's found growing in our large meadow. This tiny bud cluster is only about 1/3" in diameter, and will open to be about an inch wide, but the remarkable thing about this flower is that it turns our large meadow pink with thousands of lovely little blossoms!

Shortspur Seablush is also known as Rosy Plectritis and is an annual herb in the Valerian family. (It's not the type harvested as the sleep and relaxation herb, valarian root, which is Valeriana officinalis) This common plant is found in western North America from Vancouver Island to Southern California.

If you would like to know more about Shortspur Seablush, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Plectritis congesta

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