Lava Beds May Wildflowers

Posted on May 11, 2022 by

Leave a Comment

Small-flowered blue-eyed Mary – Collinsia parviflora

I noticed this sweet, diminutive flower blooming alongside the Big Nasty Trail near the Lava Beds National Monument border with the Modoc National Forest. This is a native annual plant found throughout the west. Apparently, it has also been present in Vermont – my home state! It thrives on disturbed soils and rocky slopes so it’s not surprising that it is found here in this rocky terrain.

Diplacus nanus (Mimulus nanus) – Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower

Another teensy plant growing in the burned out area near Mammoth Crater is the Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower. An annual plant native to California, this one also thrives in disturbed and bare soils. The plant supports both hummingbirds and several species of butterflies!

Category: California, Flowering Plants, Hikes, Lava Beds National Monument, Native plants, Photography, Spring

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

(c) 2023 Lynn Thomas Amber All Rights Reserved  Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and owner Lynn Amber is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Lynn Amber and Lynn Amber – Travel and Photography with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 241 other subscribers
Categories
Copyright © Lynn Amber – https://lynnambertravelandphotography.com/

Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Lynn Amber and Lynn Amber – Travel and Photography with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

%d bloggers like this: