We were equally astonished by the flora in the Grand Tetons.
Ma and I spent many a moment wondering how so many wildflowers managed to thrive here. Is the soil/sun/climate really so well-suited that common weeds don't choke out the flowers? Is the ecosystem so perfectly balanced that rodents and birds don't eat the seeds before they sprout? It's unfathomable.
Ma and I spent many a moment wondering how so many wildflowers managed to thrive here. Is the soil/sun/climate really so well-suited that common weeds don't choke out the flowers? Is the ecosystem so perfectly balanced that rodents and birds don't eat the seeds before they sprout? It's unfathomable.
Vervain?
Wow, what is this??
These almost look like strawberry flowers.
No clue.
The foliage tells me that this is not a fleabane, an aster, nor a daisy. Therefore, I don't know what it is.
This is some kind of daisy.
Spirea?
Blue flax (Linum lewisii)
My suspicion is that this is a species of delphinium.
Western cone flower (Rudbeckia occidentalis).Nope, it doesn't get petals on it. And it's almost as tall as I am.
Buckwheat
Lupine
Thickstem aster (Aster intregrifolius)
Prairie goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis)
Skyrocket gilia (Gilia aggregata)
more Skyrocket gilia (Gilia aggregata)
Mountain hollyhock (Iliamna rivularis)
With all those flowers around, there were plenty of butterflies, too.