looking for the Asclepias involucrata at Ojito

On the Zia Reservation and Ojito Wilderness

a selection of flora and landscapes 

 I love the milkweeds and one of my goals for 2013 was to find this plant blooming.


On the Zia Reservation about .8mi. from the Wilderness cattle guard 09.06.2012

Zia

Just after the first rain

After a few trips to search, here he was blending in the landscape quite well.

07.28.2013

08.01.2013......more rain on the way

08.04.2013

 and a selection of flora between 08.04 and 08.11


lemonscent  Pectis angustifolia



trailing windmills  Allionia incarnate

 

othake, sand palafoxia  Palafoxia sphacelata



pricklyleaf dogweed  Thymophylla acerosa

phlox heliotrope  Heliotropium convolvulaceum

 

warty caltrop  Kallstroemia parviflora

 

creeping spiderling  Boerhavia spicata

 

devil's claw  Proboscidea parviflora

(another!) dwarf milkweed  Asclepias involucrata

Seismosaurus Trail, Ojito Wilderness

the green Ojito

 a selection of flora along the mesa trail between 08.11 and 08.13


spotted sandmat   Chamaesyce maculata



shaggy dwarf morning-glory  Evolvulus nuttallianus



greenleaf five eyes  Chamaesaracha coronopus



prairie spiderwort  Tradescantia occidentalis



Colorado four o'clock  Mirabilis multiflora

 

silverleaf nightshade   Solanum elaeagnifolium

 

narrowleaf four o'clock   Mirabilis linearis

stemmy four-nerve daisy  Tetraneuris scaposa



brownplume wirelettuce  Stephanomeria pauciflora



Rocky Mountain zinnia  Zinnia grandiflora



ash-grey blackfoot  Melampodium leucanthum



flatglobe dodder  Cuscuta umbellata



goathead  Tribulus terrestris



slender goldenweed  Machaeranthera gracilis

  Hoodoo Pines Hike, Ojito Wilderness

green Ojito

08.14.2013

 mostly the same flora as the last few days but....a fine surprise



dwarf milkweed  Asclepias Asclepias involucrata

and:

Eastwood's sandwort  Arenaria eastwoodiae
Eremogone eastwoodiae

 

Fendler's penstemon  Penstemon fendleri

white milkvetch  Astragalus flavus var. candicans



Sandia Mountains

5/212013 10K S., Forest Trail #200



a short hike, forest awakening

Of course its dry and flowers are fewer than normal but found pretty much the usual selection for the date. We were lucky to find Calypsos in some sunlight.

Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
  star Solomon's seal  Maianthemum stellatum
Apiaceae (Parsley family)
 mountain parsley  Pseudocymopterus montanus  
Asteraceae (Aster family)
  common dandelion  Taraxacum officinale   
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
  creeping Oregon grape  Mahonia repens
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
 prairie bluebells  Mertensia lanceolata
Fabaceae (Pea family)
  golden pea  Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana  
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
 fairy slipper  Calypso bulbosa
Primulaceae (Primrose family)
  northern rockjasmine  Androsace septentrionalis  
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
  red baneberry  Actaea rubra  
  fanleaf buttercup Ranunculus inamoenus
Violaceae (Violet family)
  Canadian white violet Viola canadensis




mountain parsley Pseudocymopterus montanus  



creeping Oregon grape Mahonia repens



fanleaf buttercup Ranunculus inamoenus



fairy slipper Calypso bulbosa



northern rockjasmine Androsace septentrionalis



Canadian white violet Viola canadensis

and something rather different to lead off the new season

Sand Creek, Colorado.....Pike National Forest

seeking Pasqueflowers....not expecting snow

 04/23/2013

 

 04/23/2013

 

 

early Easterdaisy Townsendia exscapa  

cutleaf anemone, pasqueflower Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida  

cinquefoil  Potentilla sp.