Sawsepal
penstemon
Blanket flower
Gaillardia aristata
(Sunflower family)
Penstemon glaber
(Figwort family)
native
native
One of several beautiful
Penstemons at Soapstone
A very bright, showy plant
common in summer
Two-grooved
milkvetch
Prickly poppy
Argemone hispida
(Poppy family)
Astragalus bisulcatus
(Pea family)
native
native
Very large showy flowers
stems covered in prickles
There is a white form of
this speceis that has about
finished blooming
Inside the flower - orange
anthers, red stigmas
Photograss
Prickly-pear cactus
Prairie thistle
Opuntia polyacantha
(Cactus family)
Cirsium canescens
(Sunflower family)
Photograss
native
native
A non-agressive native
that always seems to
have orange bugs on it
These abundant bright
blooms are stealing the
show right now
Photograss
Cutleaf evening
primrose
Skunkbush sumac
Rhus trilobata
(Sumac family)
Oenothera coronopifolia
(Evening primrose
family)
native
A lemonade-like drink can
be made from the fuzzy
berries
Photograss
native
relatively small plant with
deeply incised leaves. On
Lindenmeier trail near
bench
Photograss
Scarlet gaura
Calcareous
cryptantha
Gaura coccinea
(Evening primrose
family)
Cryptantha thyrsiflora
(Borage family)
native
native
Long-blooming plant with
bristly hairs on stems and
leaves.
Drought tolerant beauty
with long blooming season
Photograss
Needle-n-thread
grass
New Mexican
needle grass
Hesperostipa comata
(Grass family)
Hesperostipa
neomexiana
(Grass family)
native
Mixed with the grass
to the left. This has
“furry” awns that
glisten in the sun.
native
Beautiful native grass
with long awns (tails)
that blow in the wind
Photograss
Photograss
Awn--New Mexican
needle grass
Needle-n-thread
Seeds
New Mexican
needle
Photograss