Very pretty Linda! Looks like a great choice for shady spots under trees. Wildflower.org doesn't give native status to NM but the USDA native map does. hmmm, wonder if I'm missing something?
Favorite Wildflowers
angele
Feb 28, 2008
Angele, you are right, the USDA map does show it in NM but only in one area;
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=New%20Mexico&statefips=35&symbol=PAOB6
sometimes the different sites may be a little behind in updating their information, and maybe why the discrepancy.
Quoted from their site;
"Our county data are based primarily on the literature, herbarium specimens, and confirmed observations. Not all populations have been documented, however, and significant gaps in the distribution shown above may not be real. Please use the Distribution Update module to improve the data by adding your new distribution information to PLANTS. Remember that only native and naturalized populations are mapped! "
Mine seem to always be green. Golden Groundsel might be found near rivers or creeks in NM, prefers some moisture. And you're right, it's often partly shaded, if not entirely. It spreads out (non-aggressively) a bit to form clumps of plants. A great groundcover plant when not blooming.
angele
Feb 28, 2008
We have several wet areas around here ponds & the Rio Grande just a couple miles from my home so I'm going to keep my eyes open for this one!
That purple is wonderful!
Hi, everyone! Nice pics of wild flowers and weeds!
Here's the Cyclamen (Ruscus colhicus) from the Relict Kolhidian forest on the slopes of Caucasus mountains. The
North-West coast of the Black Sea. I took this pic in the begining of January this year.
Those are so abundant despite the cold winter (40-50F).
angele
Feb 29, 2008
Hi George, your Cyclamen is very pretty!
Hi, Angele! Thanks. )
Here's the pic of Cyclamen with the new buds. The same area, January 2008.
How lovely! thank you for showing us flowers from you part of the world.
Josephine.
George, those are beautiful. Nice to see so many weed lovers here.
Angele
Superb photos and information on your beauties. I'm quite fond of the Desert marigold. I remember seeing them while I lived in NM.
LindaTX
The photo of the Golden Groundsel is wonderful. I wonder if the bees are waiting for this one to bloom?
Looks to me that it would get a lot of activity from them.
George
Thanks for sharing the Cyclamen in your part of the world. I'm sure it's a welcome sight this time of year. Beautiful...
cpartschick, I love pink lady's slippers!
I wouldn't say they are my favorite... but I did a 7 month directed study on them last year in college for my Bio degree, and they are just awesome plants :)
Yes, they are awesome.
Wow! Wild flowers Rule!
The Pink Evening Primrose, Oenothera speciosa....it's a classic! I heard it called "Buttercup" growing up....considering that's not really an EVENING primrose, maybe calling it Buttercup is just as good!
More misinformation from my youth...I thought this was THE dandelion. Texas Dandelion, Pyrrhopappus multicaulis. Still one of my all-time favorites.
The primrose has the most beautiful color!
What I was told was buttercups are smaller and yellow.
Your "dandy" is neat too. I can see why you were told that.
I also was told wrong names on flowers. My grandmother called a hawkweed, indian paintbrush. I still have to remind myself it is hawkweed.
lol, ah, common names. Around here hawkweed was devil's paint brush. Our buttercups are a ranuncula and evening primroses are yellow.
Mmmmm, maybe that is where Grandma got the name. She just dropped the devil.
Sure is educational on this forum. I am learning much.
I think the Missouri evening primrose is yellow. Some kinds are white. I think all are Oenothera. Common names can be confusing.
Wow! What a wonderful thread. This is a collage of some wild verbenas that are growing in the cactuspatch in the center of my circle driveway. They are one of my favorite wildflowers. I saw a large bunch of them in the ditch when we first moved in. So I pulled them out when they were done blooming and sat the plant where I wanted them to grow. It worked! And I have them every year there now. They have been blooming here for about 3 weeks I think?
My other favorites are the desert marigolds, Mexican hats, peach mallow and blue flax. I love it when I find them along side a rodeway, the wonderful mix of red, yellow, peach and blue. I also love the penstemons and Indian Paint brush.
That Verbena is really neat, aren't wildflowers wonderful?