RHH's photos with the keyword: wildlfower

I'm posting some photos from around home, these of some wildflowers. This is Wall Lettuce, a European native that is common along roadsides.

This is a common wildflower in our area and across the west. Butter and Eggs is an invasive and noxious weed, but still beautiful.

This is Slender Cinquefoil a common wildflower in our area and photographed near our home.

These are the flowers of the Indigo Bush, Psorothamnus fremontii, photographed in Joshua Tree National Park.

Last Thursday turned out to be a decent day and as my wife put it, "we flew the coop." We found a lot of the early spring wildflowers along the coast including these first orchids of the season. We did not find a lot of them since they are just starting to bloom, a bit earlier than usual, but it was nice to see them again. They are always the first orchids and among the first wildflowers to bloom in our area. They are the Western Fairy Slipper, found only in a relatively small area west of the Rocky Mountains. The Eastern variety is found across the USA and Canada and has a large yellow spot on the lip.