Wildflowers of Little Mountain

Flowers are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. You don't have to get them to smile, they are always dressed up and they don't run away or hide their face.

A couple of days ago I took my camera and close up attachment for a little hike. within a quarter mile of my home I photographed the following wildflowers, and since then I have seen a couple that I missed. See how many you can identify. Answers are at the bottom.

If you think I have identified them wrong let me know.

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Here's how I have identified the flowers above. You may not consider some of them flowers and there may be different common names for some. I have also included the scientific name if I could find it.

1. Common Name: Shrubby Cinquefoil

Scientific Name: Potentilla fruitcosa

2. Common Name: Blue Lupine

Scientific Name: Lupinus Perennis

3. Common Name: Goldenpea

Scientific Name: Thermopsis montana

4. Common Name: Wild Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa acicularis

5. Common Name: Fleabane Daisy, Spreading Fleabane

Scientific Name: Erigeron divergens

6. Common Name: Wild Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa acicularis

7. Common Name: Beavertail Cactus Flower

Scientific Name: Opuntia basilaris

8. Common Name: Scented beardtongue, Palmer's penstemon, Lady Slipper (local name)

Scientific Name: Penstemon palmeri

9. Common Name: White pricklypoppy, Bluestem pricklypoppy

Scientific Name: Argemone albiflora

10. Common Name: Desert Globemallow

Scientific Name: Sphaeralcea ambigua

11. Common Name: Bananna Yucca, Blue Yucca, Datil Yucca

Scientific Name: Yucca Battica

12. Common Name: Desert Paintbrush
Scientific Name: Castilleja chromosa

13. Common Name: Wild Onion

Scientific Name: Allium acuminatum

14. Common Name: Brandgee Onion

Scientific Name: Allium brandegei

15. Common Name: Goldenrod

Scientific Name: Solidago canadensis

16. Common Name: Beardtongue, Scarlet Bugler

Scientific Name: Penstemon barbatus

17. Common Name: White Lupine

Scientific Name: Lupinus Perennis