The grass is turning slowly with temperatures in the mid-80s, the ground still moist in most places from the last rains. It’s been a month since I’ve been to the Top and Sulphur, so I took salt, mineral and my camera up into Greasy, most all day. Cattle and feed look great, a few strays. We’ll be gathering to wean in the coming weeks, we’ll get them then.
I decided today that this is the most diverse wildflower year since I been trying to learn their names. But you’d never know it looking from the road because the green feed has been so tall these last few weeks, it’s outgrown the flowers. Two new ones today, plus some more Kaweah Brodiaea that has just begun to bloom. Though the Monkeyflower looks a little like the ‘Kaweah’, another ‘Rare and Endangered’ wildflower on CNPS’ list, it probably is the more common Manyflowered Monkeyflower.
Kaweah Brodiaea – May 3, 2012
Kaweah Brodiaea – May 3, 2012
Pearly Everlasting – May 3, 2012
Elegant Clarkia – May 3, 2012
Pink Spineflower (Chorizanthe membranacea) – May 3, 2012
Windmill Pink – May 3, 2012
Pretty Face, Golden Brodiaea – May 3, 2012
Ithuriel’s Spear, Grass Nut – May 3, 2012
Common Brodiaea, Wild Hyacinth, Blue Dicks – May 3, 2012
Manyflowered or Kaweah Monkeyflower? – May 3, 2012
Silver Bird’s-foot Trefoil – May 3, 2012
American Booklime (Veronica americana) – May 3, 2012
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