Marilyn and I hiked 5.5 miles in MMRP on Sunday. Flowers are blooming here, especially the owl clover.
Fiddleneck:
I don’t know what these are.
Globemallow:
Owl clover:
We saw many large patches of owl clover along the Granite Trail.
Brittlebush; it’s blooming now, but not as much as I expected.
Lupine:
There’s a small patch of brittlebush in this photo of Red Mountain.
More brittlebush in the foreground. Our destination was the boulders near the bottom of the photo.
Brittlebush and chuparosa here…
Poppies along the Bluff Trail. Up until that point, we hadn’t seen many poppies on our hike.
Gary Wietgrefe says:
What a beautiful way to enjoy your day with your wife—hiking thru flowers.
March 16, 2020 — 12:33 pm
Cathy Naughton says:
Thanks for brightening up the day! We all need to stop and smell the flowers! Grateful for the things that are going right!
March 16, 2020 — 2:05 pm
Jon L. says:
A safe way to go. Thanks for the show .
March 18, 2020 — 11:23 am
Anonymous says:
Great wildflower pictures from the Park! I remember seeing that same “daisy” like flower on one of our hikes, I think, at Balantine? It turned out to be a non-native annual that has adapted here. I believe it is a Cape Marigold originally from Africa
https://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/994/dimorphotheca-sinuata-glandular-cape-marigold/
But, this is just a guess…..fun to try and identify them…..
March 18, 2020 — 1:49 pm