Favorites from 2025
All in Utah






Cutleaf Balsamroot
Looking underneath
Photographing towards the sun providee
some great back lit details















Scarlet Gilia
I have only seen hummingbirds pollinating this flower










Lewis Flax
The flower's namesake was Meriwether Lewis
who was one of the leaders of the 1804-1806 expedition
seeking a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean














Mule's Ears
so named for the large leaves
Some flowers can appear to glow in the sunlight











Mule's Ears flower
from behind









Cutleaf Paintbrush
These flowers are seen higher up in the mountains












Beauty and the Beast
Beauty is the Linear leaf Paintbrush
and the Beast is some sort of thistle










Mountain Blue Bell
under magnification the flowers seem to sparkle










Columbine
Those found along the Wasatch Front tend to be mostly white
As you go east into Colorado they are blue







Showy Milkweed
A favorite of the Monarch Butterfly
The Forest Service created an excellent web page
on the Monarch Butterfly migration







Sticky Geranium
The source of the name comes from the residue
of the glandular hairs on the leaves and stems that are very sticky