Wildflowers

Feather-like Apache-Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) blooms in Sunset Crater National Monument

Close-up view of a single Mexican Gold Poppies, Eschscholtzia mexicana, in Hewitt Canyon, Superstition Wilderness Area, Arizona

Patch of wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthaefolia) growing along the West Fork of Oak Creek

Wild geranium (Geranium caespitosum)

Avalanche lilies bloom in Olympic National Park with Mount Olympus on the horizon in Washington, USA

Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) bloom at Silly Mountain near Gold Canyon and Apache Junction, Arizona USA

Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) blooms among volcanic rock in the fields en route to Ashurst Lake

Single Mexican Gold Poppy, Eschscholtzia mexicana) on the Pipeline Canyon Trail, Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Arizona, USA

Goodding's verbena (Glandularia gooddingii) blooms near Red Canyon at sunset, Arizona, USA

Sego lily, also referred to as mariposa lily (Calochortus nuttallii) blooms in the Tonto National Forest near Rye, Arizona, USA

False lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum dilatatum) in bloom, Ecola State Park, Oregon, USA

Prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) bloom at sunset along Mormon Lake near Flagstaff, Arizona

A mix of lupine, Indian paintbrush, pasqueflower (Western Anemone), and Gray's lovage bloom in a meadow along the Skyline Trail in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Pink lupine bloomamong purple lupine and Indian paintbrush near the Arizona Snowbowl outside of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Close-up of desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) bloom along Schnebly Hill Road outside of Sedona