seeking wildflowers in New Mexico: Holy Ghost Canyon

10:30 and 8260 feet. A bit before the Wilderness Boundary looking west.

The summer rainfall spurred a profusion of flowers, especially Erigeron.
Also, we saw a trio of young turkeys on the road up to the campground

8-13 Holy Ghost Creek, Pecos Wilderness
Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family)
   nodding onion Allium cernuum
Apiaceae (Parsley family)
   mountain parsley Pseudocymoptrus montanus
Asteraceae (Aster family)
western yarrow Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
   orange agoseris, burnt-orange dandelion Agoseris aurantiaca
   pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea
   tarragon Artemisia dracunculus
   musk thistle Carduus nutans
   yellow thistle Cirsium pallidum
   spreading fleabane Erigeron divergens
   spruce-fir fleabane Erigeron eximius
   trailing fleabane Erigeron flagellaris
   three-nerve fleabane Erigeron subtrinervis
   showy goldeneye Heliomeris multiflora var multiflora
   Newberry's hymenopappus Hymenopappus newberryi
   orange sneezeweed Hymenoxys hoopesii
   notchleaf groundsel Packera fendleri
   lyrate groundsel Packera sanguisorboides
   blackeyed susan Rudbeckia hirta
   cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
   Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis
Wright's goldenrod Solidago wrightii
   narrow goldenrod Solidago simplex
   western aster Symphyotrichum ascendens
   tall Easterdaisy Townsendia eximia
   yellow salsify Tragopogon dubius
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
   western wallflower Erysimum capitatum
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
   Parry's bellflower Campanula parryi
   harebell Campanula rotundifolia
Fabaceae (Bean family)
   red clover Trifolium pratense
   white clover Trifolium repens
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
   redstem stork's bill Erodium cicutarium
purple geranium Geranium caespitosum
   Richardson's geranium Geranium richardsonii
Liliaceae (Lily family)
   elegant death camas Zigadenus elegans
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
   wild basil Clinopodium vulgare
   American dragonhead   Dracocephalum parviflorum
   common healall Prunella vulgaris
Linaceae (Flax family)
   blue flax Linum lewisii var. lewisii
Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock family)
   white four o'clock, velvet umbrellawort Mirabilis albida
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family)
   fireweed Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
   fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
   Hooker’s evening primrose Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
   scarlet gilia Ipomopsis aggregata
   Holy Ghost ipomopsis Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
   James' buckwheat Eriogonum jamesii
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
   Columbian monkshood Aconitum columbianum
Rosaceae (Rose family)
   woolly cinquefoil Potentilla hippiana
   pretty cinquefoil Potentilla pulcherrima
Rubiaceae (Madder family)
   Cleaver's goosegrass Galium mexicanum
Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon family)
    seep monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
   spike verbena Verbena macdougalii