Monday, April 30, 2012

April 30 flowers on the Well Gulch Trail

Geranium viscosissimum (sticky purple geranium), in the geranium family

Lupinus argenteus (silver lupine), in the pea family

Dodecatheon pulchellum (shooting star), in the primrose family

Pseudostellaria jamesiana (James starwort), in the pink family

Acer glabrum (Rocky Mountain maple), in the maple family

Ribes inerme (whitestem gooseberry), in the currant family

Cerastium fontanum (common mouse-ear), in the chickweed family

Viola canadensis (Canadian violet), in the violet family

Delphinium nuttallianum (early larkspur), in the buttercup family

Mahonia repens (hollygrape), in the barberry family

Tragopogon dubius (salsify), in the sunflower family

Erysimum asperum (western wallflower), in the mustard family 


Erigeron divergens (sprawling daisy), in the sunflower family 

Gaura coccinea (scarlet gaura), in the evening primrose family

Penstemon secundiflorus (one-sided penstemon), in the figwort family

heading up the Well Gulch Trail

Friday, April 20, 2012

April 20, 2012 wildflowers on the Waterfall Trail

Prunus virginiana (Western chokecherry), in the rose family

Rhus trilobata (skunkbrush), in the sumac family

Mertensia lanceolata (lanceleaf chiming bells), in the borage family

Prunus americana (wild plum), in the rose family

Prunus pennsylvanica (pin cherry), in the rose family

Oreobatus deliciosus (boulder raspberry), in the rose family

Penstemon procerus (small-flowered penstemon), in the figwort family

Ribes cereum (wax currant), in the gooseberry family

Ribes aureum (golden currant), in the gooseberry family

looking east from the Waterfall Trail