RHH's photos with the keyword: centaurea

I've been away from Ipernity for over a week because we were busy redoing the outside of our house. Friday and Saturday, the 17th and 18th my son-in-law and I tore the old roofing off in preparation for my son (a contractor) and three of his crew coming. They started Monday, the 20th and put a new roof on and new siding Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and finished with a new porch on Friday. In the meantime, my wife has been busy trying to eradicate some weeds from the lawn, both shown here. This is Spotted Knapweed, an invasive and a plant about which there is nothing good to be said. I have a lot of tolerance for "weeds" and other creatures considered to be pests but little for this and for the other plant shown, the Scottish Thistle.

A Field Crescent, Phyciodes pulchella, photographed on the flowers of the Russian Knapweed, Centaurea repens. The photo was taken in eastern Washington along the Columbia River north of Chelan by my wife.

Though not immediately evident, there are two small butterflies on these Knapweed flowers, A Field Crescent, Phyciodes pulchella, and a California Hairstreak, Satyrium californica. The photo was taken by my wife in a natural area along the Columbia River, while I was looking for orchids, she spent her time more profitably (I didn't find anything) photographing butterflies and flowers. It was a sunny day and these two butterflies were everywhere. The flowers appear to be the Russian Knapweed, Centaurea repens, a very invasive and noxious non-native plant.

This is Centaurea montana, also known as Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Bluets, and Knapweed.