For those who know me, you know I like wildflowers. I am a Wildflower Interpreter for the Cibola National Forest Sandia Ranger District. I don't have to go far to see wildflowers because I live in the mountains east of Albuquerque. I live in the
Sandia Knolls in
Sandia Park, New Mexico. My elevation is 6900 feet (2103 meters). We've had some wildflower species growing on my lot that I've not yet seen growing here before. That doesn't mean they don't normally grow here. It's just that with a winter, spring and early summer drought and then a bountiful monsoon rainy season beginning in July, conditions were right for many different plant species growing here. Here are some of the flowers growing here this month:
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Tassel Flower - Brickellia grandiflora |
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Rocky Mountain Sage - Salvia reflexa. A delicate light blue flowering plant and a fragrant member of the Mint Family
blooming in late summer after a rain |
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Pepperweed Lipidium alyssoides |
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Perky Sue Tetraneuris argentea |
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Copper Globemallow Sphaeralcea angustifolia |
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Cowpen Daisy - Verbesina encelioides |
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Paper Daisy Psilotrphe targetina var. targetina |
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Snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae |
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Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa |
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Five-eyes, False Nightshade Chamaesaracha coronopus |
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Many-flowered Gilia Ipomopsis multiflora |
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Sanvitalia Sanvitalia abertii |
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Sanvitalia Sanvitalia abertii |
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Poison Milkweed Asclepias subverticillata (yellow is aphid colony) |
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New England Aster and Perky Sue |
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New England Aster Aster novae-angliae |
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New England Aster |
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White Ragweed Hymenopappus filiforius |
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Ivy-leafed Ground Cherry Physalis hederifolia var. cardifolia |
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Ivy-leafed Ground Cherry Physalis hederifolia var. cardifolia |
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Moradilla Verbena Glandularia bipinnatifida |
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Moradilla Verbena |
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Moradilla Verbena |
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Moradilla Verbena |
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Sunflower |
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Pigweed/Green Amaranth - Amaranthus hybridus |
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Hairy Golden Aster Heterotheca villosa |
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Sunflowers |
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Bindweed Conolvulusarvensis |
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Bindweed |
I also have other wildflowers including Fetid Marigold and lots of varieties of Goosefoot and Ragweed. I also have my cultivated flower garden of lavender, sages, germanders, butterfly bushes, harebells, red-twig dogwood/Osier, red yucca, datil yucca, day lilies, red and yellow Columbine Hartwegg's Sundrops, Mexican Hat, Indian Blanket, lilac, Rock Moss, roses, Japanese Honeysuckle, Wild Honeysuckle, Mock Orange Bush, Holly, Alegre/Yellow Barberry, and more....
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Lavender |
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Red Sage |
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Butterfly Bush |
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Greek Germander and Purple Sage |
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Greek Germander, Harebells,and Perky Sue |
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Butterfly Bush |
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Cat Mint |
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Indian Blanket and Yarrow |
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Day Lily |
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Rose |
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Mexican Hat |
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Day Lilly |
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Japanese Honeysuckle |
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Evening brings the promise of more rain....and more wildflowers by my house. |
What a fantastic collection of wilds and domestics. I didn't know most of the natives. We have many kinds of native sunflowers and aster though....
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