Last Friday's excursion to the trail head to Keddie Cascades had a different motive than my usual. I didn't expect to find anything new blooming, but decided to walk more slowly and try to get better photographs of items I had seen during the past couple of weeks. I especially hoped to find California Milkmaids as I only got a couple of mediocre shots of them the first time. I didn't find any this time. Here are the better photos from that walk, from top to bottom: Henderson's Shooting Star which are now sporting multiple flowers per plant, a close-up of Miniature Miner's Lettuce, Grape Hyacinth (which is not really a hyacinth, but a lily, AKA Muscari), a new violet, not yet blooming, most likely
Viola purpurea, Wood Violet,
Viola lobata, and two views of Stout-beaked Toothwort,
Cardamine pachystigma, the close cousin of the Milkmaids I missed.
Last Friday's excursion to the trail head to Keddie Cascades had a different motive than my usual. I didn't expect to find anything new blooming, but decided to walk more slowly and try to get better photographs of items I had seen during the past couple of weeks. I especially hoped to find California Milkmaids as I only got a couple of mediocre shots of them the first time. I didn't find any this time. Here are the better photos from that walk, from top to bottom: Henderson's Shooting Star which are now sporting multiple flowers per plant, a close-up of Miniature Miner's Lettuce, Grape Hyacinth (which is not really a hyacinth, but a lily, AKA Muscari), a new violet, not yet blooming, most likely Viola purpurea, Wood Violet, Viola lobata, and two views of Stout-beaked Toothwort, Cardamine pachystigma, the close cousin of the Milkmaids I missed.
Even though it is bug-free, I won't be surprised to see that shooting star mounted and framed in some future exhibit.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I can't get enough of that flower.
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