~ Wildflower ~

We went over to my InLaws Ranch on the Rio Grande River today. Just before we reached the house I noticed a few flowers in the ditch...One here and One there...So I put the Macro Lens on the camera and went for a walk in the ditch...I was amazed by the variety I found. They were scattered here and there and the roadway was not blanketed with them as in previous years...

I snipped the Indian Paintbrush and the Fringed Puccoon and laid them next to a bluebonnet for a colorful bouquet...cheating but it worked!!

White Prickly Poppy, not a flower you want to pick!

BlanketFlower/Firewheel/Indian Blanket/Rose-ring Gaillardia
I know it as an Indian Blanket...

Wine cup

Don't have a clue what this one is...Out of all my wildflower books, and I have a lot of them, this one wasn't in any of them...It's small and all the buds are on a single stalk...

I think of all the wildflowers this one is becoming one of my favorites.

It reminds me of fireworks exploding and I just love it.

Sensitive Brier

I found one with dew still on it...Sweet!

The wind was blowing a bit and this one has some blur to it...

Bull Nettle

This one stings like a SOB and I wouldn't touch it!!

This is one of the first plants Michael has learned about,

he's rubbed up against them enough, he now knows to stay away from them, OUCH!

Close up of a Bluebonnet

Engelmann's Daisy (with bug)

Phacelia/Blue Curls/Spiderflowers/Wild Heliotrope

Blue Curls next to Prickly Pear Cactus

Indian Paint Brush

Close-up of Indian Paint Brush

Fringed Puccoon - this one was new to me!

Possibly a type of Columbine?

Engelmann's Daisy Blooms

Since Fred was with me I was on a limited time schedule but still had fun and managed to capture some of our beautiful spring wildflowers...They are out there but they are scattered and scare...Hopefully more rain will come and next year we will again see the roadsides blanketed with color....

(If I am incorrect on any of the names please let me know, thank you!)