Narrowleaf Mule's Ears: The 35th Flower of Spring!

[best appreciated at full size against black]

It's totally amazing to me that our 26 acres is full of micro-climates, where some things grow and others don't. I've never seen a mushroom on our vast hillside, but I commonly see them in our lower forest, meadows and the granite valley, for instance. The flowers are the same way. This opening Narrowleaf Mule's Ears flower is just one of hundreds growing all over our hillside! But it's not found anywhere else on our property! Isn't that interesting?! :D

Narrowleaf Mule's Ears: are in the Aster family and are also known as California Campassplant, This perennnial herb grows on the west coast of the United States from Washington to California and can be found in meadows and open forested areas like our tree-covered hillside. Each plant can have one or more large flowers measuring about 4-5" in diameter.

If you would like to know more about this flower, Wiki has a page here: Wiki: Narrowleaf Mule's Ears (Wyethia angustifolia)

I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too!

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This image was taken in April, 2012.