It is one of my joys in life to do this. I get to share beautiful natural settings with wonderful people I meet on these walks. We share a love of our environment with its flowers, trees, animals, reptiles and insects. We walk trails in the Sandia Mountains just east of the city of Albuquerque.The summer of 2019 marks the tenth year I have guided these walks.
Our last walk was Saturday, August 31st. At this time, late into the summer, we often move to a lower elevation in the Manzanita Mountains where the land is more open meadows, drier and sunnier. We chose Sabino Canyon Open Space for a 1.2 mile walk in the morning. We had 8 participants and I was joined by two other guides, Kathy and Becky, as we set out about 9:15AM from the parking area. This area does not disappoint. More than 70 species of wildflowers were blooming.
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| Buckwheat, Redroot – Erigonum racemosum |
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| Purple Aster/Bigelow Aster - Machaeranthera bigelovii |
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| Milkwort – Polygala alba |
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| Rabbitbrush, Long-flowered – Chrysothamnus depressus h |
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| A baby Horned Toad Lizard |
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| Buckwheat, Winged Wild –Erigonum alatum |
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| The seed of the Wild Winged Buckwheat |
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| Goldenrod |
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| This tiny succulent is the Showy Flameflower |
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| Close-up of the Showy Flameflower. with it's closed flower (at top center).
The elusive Showy Flameflower grows amid south facing rock out croppings and are easily missed because the flower will not open until the late afternoon for a couple of hours. Gene Jercinovic describes the Showy Flameflower in his Flowers of the Manzano Mountains, pg. 354.
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| False Boneset – Brickellia eupatorioides |
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| Perky Sue - Tetraneuris argentea |
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| Woolly Locoweed - Astragalus mollissimus var. mollissimus gone to seed |
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| Stiff Greenthread/Navajo Tea – Thelesperma filifolium |
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| Wild Four O’Clock/Smooth Spreading Four O’Clock - Mirabilis oxybaphoides |
SABINO
CANYON OPEN SPACE
August 31, 2019 ELEVATION: 7000-7200 ft.
Leaders: Becky Schnelker, Vicki Farrar, and Kathy Lord
1. Bindweed – Convolvulus
arvensis – Morning Glory Family
2. Amaranth,
Green/Pigweed – Amaranthus hybridus – Amaranth Family
3. Aster,
Bigelow - Machaeranthera bigelovii – Aster
Family
4. Aster,
Hairy Golden – Heterotheca villosa – Aster Family
5. Bahia
– Bahia dissecta – Aster Family
6. Birdbeak/Clubflower
–
Cordylanthus wrightii – Figwort Family
7. Buckwheat,
Redroot – Erigonum racemosum – Buckwheat Family
8. Buckwheat,
Winged Wild –Erigonum alatum –
Buckwheat Family
9. Buffalo
Gourd – Cucurbita foetidissima – Gourd
Family
10.Clover,
White Prairie – Dalea candida – Pea
Family
11.Clover,
Yellow Sweet – Melilotus officinalis – Pea
Family
12.Coneflower,
Short-rayed – Ratibida tagetes
– Aster Family
13.Cota/Hopi
Tea – Thelesperma megapotemicum – Aster
Family
14.Daisy,
Cowpen/Crownbeard - Verbesina encelioides – Aster
Family
15.Daisy,
Paper – Psilostrophe tagetina –
Aster Family
16.Daisy,
Townsendia/Tall Easter – Townsendia exima –
Aster Family
17.Deervetch,
Wright’s – Lotus wrightii – Pea
Family
18.Desert
Four O’Clock /Maravilla - Mirabilis multiflora - Four
O’Clock Family
19.Desert
Stickleaf - Mentzelia multiflora – Loasa
Family
20.False
Boneset – Brickellia eupatorioides – Aster
Family
21.False
Pennyroyal – Hedeoma nana – Mint
Family
22.Filaree,
Red-stemmed – Erodium circutarium – Geranium
Family
23.Flameflower,
Showy - Phemeranthus brevicaulis – Purslane Family
24.Flax,
Blue – Linum lewisii – Flax Family
25.Fleabane,
Spreading – Erigeron divergens – Aster
Family
26.Fleabane,
Trailing – Erigeron flagellaris – Aster
family
27.Gayfeather
– Liatris punctata – Aster Family
28.Geranium,
Purple – Geranium caespitosum – Geranium
Family
29.Germander,
Cutleaf – Teucrium iaciniatum - Mint Family
30.Gilia,
Many-flowered – Ipomopsis multiflora – Phlox
Family
31.Gilia,
Scarlet/Skyrocket – Ipomopsis aggregate – Phlox
Family
32.Globemallow,
Narrowleaf – Sphaeralcea angustifolia –
Mallow Family
33.Goldeneye,
Showy – Viguiera multiflora – Aster
Family
34.Goldenrod – Solidago
spp. - Aster Family
35.Goosefoot,
Narrow-leaved – Chenopodium leptophyllum – Goosefoot
Family
36.Greenthread,
Stiff – Thelesperma filifolium – Aster
Family
37.Gumweed,
Curly Cup –Grindelia nuda - Aster Family
38.Horehound
– Marrubian Vulare - Mint Family
39.Lamb’s
Quarters/Quelites – Chenopodium incanum
– Goosefoot Family
40.Lily,
Crag – Anthericum torreyi(Echeandia flavescens) – Lily
Family
41.Milkweed,
Poison/Narrow leaf – Asclepias subverticillata – Milkweed
Family
42.Milkwort
– Polygala alba – Milkwort Family
43.Narrowleaf
Four O’Clock - Mirabilis linearis - Four O’Clock Family
44.Nightshade,
Silverleaf – Solanum
elaeagnifolium – Potato Family
45.Onion,
Nodding – Allium cernuum – Lily
Family
46.Owl’s
Clover, Purple – Orthocorpus
purpureoalbus (Castilleja exserta) – Figwort Family
47.Paintbrush,
Foothills – Castilleja integra –
Figwort Family
48.Pea,
Scurf – Psoralidium tenuiflorum –
Pea Family
49.Penstemon,
Scarlet – Penstemon Barbatus
ssp.
torreyi– Figwort Family
50.Penstemon,
Wandbloom – Penstemon virgatus – Figwort
Family
51.Peppergrass/Pepperweed
– Ledidium montanum – Mustard Family
52.Perky
Sue – Tetraneuris argentea - Aster Family
53.Phlox,
Santa Fe –Phlox nana –
Phlox Family
54.Pingϋe,
Bitterweed/Rubberweed – Hymenoxys richardsonii
– Aster family
55.Prickly
Lettuce – Lactuca serriola – Aster
Family
56.Rabbitbrush,
Long-flowered – Chrysothamnus depressus
– Aster Family
57.Rough
Menodora/Frog’s Eyes – Menodora scabra
– Olive Family
58.Sage,
Fringed – Artemisia Frigida
– Aster Family
59.Sage,
Louisiana – Artemisia ludoviciana
– Aster Family
60.Sage,
Rocky Mountain – Salvia reflexa – Mint Family
61.Salsify,
Yellow – Tragopogon pratensis
– Aster Family
62.Sanvitalia
- Sanvitalia abertii - Aster Family
63.Snakeweed
– Gutierrezia sarothrae – Aster Family
64.Sundrops,
Hartweg’s – Calyphus hartwegii - Evening
Primrose Family
65.Sunflower,
Annual – Helianthus annus – Aster
Family
66.Tarragon,
Wild – Artemisia biennis – Aster Family
67.Velvet
Umbrellawort - Mirabilis oblongifolia –
Four O’Clock Family
68.Verbena,
Spike – Verbena macdougalii – Verbena Family
69.Verbena/Dakota
Vervain – Gladularia bipinnatifidia – Verbena
Family
70.Violet
Woodsorrel - Oxalis violacea – Woodsorrel Family
71.Wild
Four O’Clock/Smooth Spreading Four O’Clock - Mirabilis oxybaphoides
– Four O’Clock Family
Guide to Sabino Canyon Open
Space https://www.bernco.gov/uploads/files/OpenSpaces/SabinoCanyonGuide.pdf
Sources:
Flowering Plants of New Mexico, fifth edition – R. Dewitt Ivey – 2008
Wildflowers of the Northern & Central Mountains of New Mexico – L. Littlefield & P. Burns – 2015
Flowering Plants of New Mexico, fifth edition – R. Dewitt Ivey – 2008
Wildflowers of the Northern & Central Mountains of New Mexico – L. Littlefield & P. Burns – 2015
Wildflowers of the Manzanos,
Copyright 2003, ISBN 0 - 9743044 - 0 – 9, - Gene Jercinovic with drawings by
Robert Dewitt Ivey http://newmexicoflores.com
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