Despite a windy morning, Suzanne and I had a nice hike to the top of Patterson Mountain. The calendar says it is summer and yet the wildflowers still look like spring. I was surprised to see so many alliums in bloom. Some areas were carpeted with them. And still there are lots of bitterroot. In addition to wildflowers we saw a pair of Golden Eagles, a Lazuli Bunting and other birds. We are SO lucky to live here!
Bitterroot
Allium and a yellow buckwheat
A tiny daisy, maybe an aster?
Allium and its shadow
A hummingbird visits scarlet gillia to collect nectar with Mount Gardner in the background
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Your would-be aster looks instead like something in the genus Erigeron, colloquially called fleabane daisy.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
Thank you. I have a terrible time with all the composites.