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Wildflowers are nature's vanity. Showing themselves every year with the wish to attract as many insects and animals as possible to show off their beauty. Each year is a delightful treasure hunt to find the most beautiful.
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Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet on March 15, 2012. Such an elegant flower for something so small. The flower is probably no taller than 1/2 inch. This plant is very common as ground cover all over the resort. Where common, it is an important nectar and pollen plant for bees, especially honeybees. Notice the ornate structure of the purple flower with two purple dots in the throat. The pollen is hanging above. Bees pollinate these little guys. Each flower is just a bit larger than a matchstick tip.
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Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet on March 15, 2012. Such an elegant flower for something so small. The flower is probably no taller than 1/2 inch. This plant is very common as ground cover all over the resort. Where common, it is an important nectar and pollen plant for bees, especially honeybees. Notice the ornate structure of the purple flower with two purple dots in the throat. The pollen is hanging above. Bees pollinate these little guys. Each flower is just a bit larger than a matchstick tip.

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  • January bloomers of the Shooting Star family in the Pinnacles National Monument, Jan 25, 2012. California
  • Baby Blue Eyes
  • Storksbill or alfileria (Erodium cicutarium): Flowering weeds at Silent Valley Resort. March 10, 2012.
  • These beautiful purple blooms come from a very common weed growing close the ground called Storksbill or redstem filaree (Erodium cicutarium) and making spiral sticker seeds at end of season. They resemble a whorl of serrated leaves. The beautiful dark purple of the pistil and anthers are especially striking. The size of the blooms are about the size of a dime. Silent Valley Resort. March 8, 2012.
  • Ice Crystals growing on Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) (?) at Silent Valley Resort. Very low growing to the ground, blue bloom is smaller than a dime in size with hairy little undulating leaves. March 10, 2012 San Jacinto Mountain wildflowers.
  • Ice Crystals growing on Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii) (?) at Silent Valley Resort. Very low growing to the ground, blue bloom is smaller than a dime in size with hairy little undulating leaves. March 10, 2012 San Jacinto Mountain wildflowers.
  • These are extremely tiny flowers on a very low plant. The blooms are probably less than an eighth of an inch across. Their purple and yellow colors attract bees. In Silent Valley Club, March 15, 2012.
  • Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet in early March, 2012.
  • Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet on March 15, 2012. Such an elegant flower for something so small. The flower is probably no taller than 1/2 inch. This plant is very common as ground cover all over the resort. Where common, it is an important nectar and pollen plant for bees, especially honeybees. Notice the ornate structure of the purple flower with two purple dots in the throat. The pollen is hanging above. Bees pollinate these little guys. Each flower is just a bit larger than a matchstick tip.
  • Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet in early March, 2012. The flower is probably no taller than 1/2 inch. This plant is very common as ground cover all over the resort. Where common, it is an important nectar and pollen plant for bees, especially honeybees. March 15, 2012.. Notice the ornate structure of the purple flower with two purple dots in the throat. The pollen is hanging above. Bees pollinate these little guys. Each flower is just a bit larger than a matchstick tip.
  • Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) is a ubiquitous weed like plant growing low to the ground. This one was photographed at the Silent Valley Club in the San Jacinto Mountains at 3200 feet in early March, 2012. Such an elegant flower for something so small. The flower is probably no taller than 1/2 inch. This plant is very common as ground cover all over the resort. Where common, it is an important nectar and pollen plant for bees, especially honeybees. March 15, 2012.
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  • This small unidentified flower is growing in Silent Valley Resort in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California in the middle of March, 2012.
  • Unidentified Lavender Flower found in the rocky river bottom of the Verde River near Cottonwood, Arizona in early April. It folds up a night. The flower stands about 6" tall, has 5 petals, blue anthers with blue pollen, and a single pistal (style) protruding from one side. The leaves are notched and opposite at the bottom of the stem, somewhat like a dandelion grows.
  • Unidentified Lavender Flower found in the rocky river bottom of the Verde River near Cottonwood, Arizona in early April. It folds up a night. The flower stands about 6" tall, has 5 petals, blue anthers with blue pollen, and a single pistal (style) protruding from one side. The leaves are notched and opposite at the bottom of the stem, somewhat like a dandelion grows.
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  • Glacier Lily across from Redrock RV Park. May 7, 2012.
  • Shooting Star wildflowers in Centennial Valley, Idaho. Notice red lined pattern on the top flower and bug on the bottom one. May 15, 2012.
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