I documented a new wildflower yesterday! To me, it looked like a tiny Gilia.
Thanks to botanist extraordinaire, Steve Jones, my guess was validated 🙂
Star Gilia (Gilia stellata)
Super Macro showing incredible detail of this miniature flower
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fillaree
After Combseed, one of the next wildflowers to start showing up is Fillaree (Erodium cicutarium) and they are now out in full force almost everywhere.
Fillaree
I always carry a Canon 500D Close Up Lens for the times when a lens won’t focus close enough. No reduction in exposure time makes it a better choice for a “hand holder” like me. Extension tubes or teleconverters might get me closer but besides losing an f/stop or two in light, you risk getting dust on the sensor because you have to remove the lens to attach them.
Cropped section of image shot using 500D close-up lens.
Finally, here’s an image showing red Fillaree leaves. Someone had asked me if it was a different plant but the red is a result of stress during very cold weather. Once again, I attached the 500D Close Up Lens to get this close.
(Note: the extreme close-ups were cropped from originals)
wildflower sighting in north preserve
The North end of the Preserve is beginning to bloom! We spotted Combseed (Pectocarya penicillata) in the Rock Knob/Marcus Slide area of the Preserve this afternoon. I think of this teeny tiny white flower as the first wildflower of the season. Next to bloom will be Cryptantha and Fiddleneck which are already several inches tall. A freeze is still possible but we’re thinking positively!
Combseed (Pectocarya penicillata) is so tiny (note the decomposed granite), you won’t notice it at first glance.
Combseed flower
unidentified
Unidentified….for the moment only. I just haven’t had a chance to look it up. This flower is like so many tiny, pretty flowers that come up in disturbed soil. This was by the road next to the house.
Identity discovered: Scarlet Spiderling. What a great name!