Species from Western North America
Common name: Wild Ginger
The plant is not in the same family as culinary ginger. The common name derives from the fragrant scent released when the leaves of the plant are rubbed.
Photographed on the Wawona Meadow Loop Trail, Yosemite National Park
Species from Western North America
Common name: Crimson Columbine
Photographed on the Wawona Meadow Trails, Yosemite National Park
Species from California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington
Common name: Ponderosa Pine, Pacific Race
Photographed on the Wawona Meadow Trail, Yosemite National Park
Species from Western North America
Common name: American bistort
I couldn't decide which shot I liked best.
Photographed in Wawona Meadow, Yosemite National Park
These flowers were about 1mm across, growing with Mimulus layneae, edge of Wawona Meadow, Yosemite National Park
Species endemic to the High Sierra, California
Common name: Sierra Mariposa Lily
Tiny Flower - about 1/2 to 3/4 inch across
Wawona Meadow Trail, Yosemite National Park
Species from California and Baja Mexico
Photographed on the Wawona Meadow Trail, Yosemite National Park
Species from California and Oregon
Common name: Lemmon's catchfly
Photographed on the Wawona Meadow Trail, Yosemite National Park
Species from California, Nevado, Oregon
Photographed in the Yosemite Meadow, Yosemite National Park
Species from California, Nevado, Oregon
Photographed in the Yosemite Meadow, Yosemite National Park
Species from California and Oregon
Photographed at Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve in Tiburon, Marin County, California
Species from Western North America
Common name: Greasewood
Photographed on the shores of Mono Lake, Mono County, California
Along CA120 leaving the South Tufa area of Mono Lake
Species from California, Nevada, Oregon
Common name: Twocolor Phacelia
Photographed in the South Tufa Area. Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve. Near Lee Vining, Mono County, California
Species from western North America
Along the road to the South Tufa area of Mono Lake
Species from California and Baja Mexico
Common name: Prickly Poppy
Along the road to the Mono Lake Tufa Res
