Andersons Thistle, Cirsium andersonii, Asteraceae family, first budding this season
Andersons Thistle, Cirsium andersonii, Asteraceae family, are doing a good job of repopulating this prescribed burn, with their big airborne seeds. A few non-native thistles as well, but less now.
Camas Lily, Camassia quamash, Liliaceae family, the bulbs were a staple for many tribes of the west. The Nez Perce War was famously fought in part, to protect the Camas prairies on their recently granted Reservation from the miners and pioneers.
Camas Lily, Camassia quamash, Liliaceae family
Camas Lily, Camassia quamash, Liliaceae family, with foliage
Camas Lily, Camassia quamash, Liliaceae family
Camas Lily, Camassia quamash, Liliaceae family, with foliage
Seep Spring Monkeyflower, Erythranthe guttatus, Scrophulariaceae family
Seep Spring Monkeyflower, Erythranthe guttatus, Scrophulariaceae family
Seep Spring Monkeyflower, Erythranthe guttatus, Scrophulariaceae family, foliage
Great Polemonium, Polemonium occidentale, Polemoniaceae family
Great Polemonium, Polemonium occidentale, Polemoniaceae family
Crimson Columbine, Aquilegia formosa, Ranunculaceae family
Crimson Columbine, Aquilegia formosa, Ranunculaceae family
Crimson Columbine, Aquilegia formosa, Ranunculaceae family