Hildebrand Ranch

Hildebrand Ranch Open Space, Two Brands Trail, this morning had a lot of new bloomers. Foothills paintbrush (Castilleja integra), both white (Dalea candida) and purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea), gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa), Gunnison mariposa (Calochortus gunnisonii), prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera), Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium), prickly poppy (Argemone polyanthemos), and St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). There were a couple of unknown also.

Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)

Gunnison mariposa (Calochortus gunnisonii)

Prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

Prickly poppy (Argemone polyanthemos)

Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea)

St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)

white prairie clover (Dalea candida)

 

Foothills paintbrush (Castilleja integra)