On a sunny July day I wandered through the perennial gardens and borders with my camera in hand, enjoying some of flowers on display. The array of flowers changes every two weeks from April through October. Although we enjoy going …Continue reading →
I was contacted by the Virginia Native Plant Society. They wanted to use a photo I took of Single Broomrape (One Flowered Cancer Root). I agreed and the photo can be seen within this article (link): A Parasitic Lifestyle – …Continue reading →
Many of the routes I hike and paddle are near riparian zones and red ossier dogwood (cornus stolonifera sp.) is frequently spotted. It blooms in late spring with clusters of white flowers at the ends of stems. Later in the …Continue reading →
In mid-December I hiked around pothole lakes and over eskers in the middle grasslands area of Lac du Bois Grasslands Park. The ground was frozen and patches of snow filled sheltered spots. Island Lake was frozen, filling the bottom of …Continue reading →
In June when we hiked into subalpine meadows we watched the Indian Hellebore leaves rising on short stems. By August, hellebore can reach 2 m in height. Small flowers can be found at the end of drooping tassels in …Continue reading →
Along the edges of open tracks in the high country forest (4000 – 4400 feet), eyebright (euphrasia) was in bloom. These are low-growing herbaceous flowering plants. They are semi-parasitic on grasses and other plants. The plant has been used …Continue reading →
I spotted a pine white butterfly (Neophasia menapia) on golden rod and took a few photos. Because it is very difficult to get everything in focus, I tried for the eyes and the proboscis. The jointed legs were …Continue reading →
2020 has been a year when mariposa lilies (calochortus macrocarpus) have done well, though the bloom is nearing the end for this summer. While coming down through the upper Sullivan Valley, I spotted a slope of mariposas with just the …Continue reading →
Not much was flowering on the cliffs of Savona Mountain, but small wire lettuce (stephanomeria tenuifolia) was displaying small terminal pink flowers on stems with threadlike leaves.
A sighting of a wildflower not normally seen in the Interior – white pretty Jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum). Spotted on Lime Ridge in the Marble Range in July.
When I hiked onto an alpine karst ridge, I spotted a number of long-stalked starwort (stellaria longipes) in flower. The delicate flowers were clustered in sheltered locations on top of the exposed ridge.