Cienega Canyon Wildflowers in June 2019

California Sister butterfly on a Wild Plum Blossom

It's summer again and I am starting my 10th year leading wildflower walks for the Sandia District of the Cibola National Forest.  I am one of nine volunteers who lead walks in the Sandia and Manzanita Mountains just east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  We had an enthusiastic group of 28 last Saturday (June 8) as Tom and I led a walk up Cienega Canyon.  The Cienega spring is flowing with a strong stream down through the canyon and beautiful wildflowers and butterflies surround us as we walked slowly up the trail in the morning.

New Mexico Locust

Spurred Lupine

Bear Corn

Rocky Mountains Clematis

Tuber Starwort

Golden Smoke

Solomon Seal

Canada Violet

Western Wallflower

Northern Bog Violet

Wild Strawberries

Stripped Coralroot

Crowfoot Buttercup

Hop Tree

Richardson's Geranium

Dragonhead

Creeping Mahonia

Chokecherry 

Lanceleaf Bluebells

Meadow Rue

New Mexico Scorpionweed

Northern Bedstraw

Purple Geranium

Yellow Salsify

Sweet Cicely

Fleabane