i’m getting better at identifying wildflowers, but this one has me stumped
this is the same flower still in bud. the weather changes so drastically in the mountains that if you go far enough you can see the same plant in all the stages from just poking through to past it’s bloom all on the same day.
this reminds me of a piece of vintage lace…
this beauty is prosaically entitled “cow parsnip”, a name that doesn’t really suit it’s intriguing look. now i have nothing at all against cows, (though i must admit to intensely disliking parsnips), but to me this looks more like a fireworks explosion captured in time, than either a cow or parsnip.
unlike so many wildflowers which are somewhat quiet and unassuming compared to garden flowers, the indian paintbrush is a very flamboyant plant
a really cool wildflower. wish i knew what it was …
i really need to get a book on local wild flowers, so i know what flowers i’m taking pictures of 🙂 . i am constantly fascinated by their beauty and details, but it would be nice to know what they are called – mostly because i’m a nerd with a need to know about everything i see. would it make them anymore beautiful if i knew what they were? or would the name be a disappointment? “they” say “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” but would anyone get close enough to tell if they knew it was called something like stinkwort? 😆
edit. i have now identified this one as “old man’s whiskers” , and i am a little disappointed ’cause i really don’t see how it got the name. i mean shouldn’t something called old man’s whiskers be fuzzy white or silver at least?
it’s been an incredibly rainy spring/summer so far. i don’t remember one like this before. (though that could simply be my faulty memory.) so many days stuck inside and unable to do anything we planned. i needed some cheering up and these pictures, taken on one of our rare sunny days, seemed just the thing!
