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Sacred datura (Datura metaloides or Datura wrightii) at Sandia Mountains foothills, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Purple/pink flowers: Wild verbena (Verbena ambrosifolia); yellow flowers: Desert marigolds (Baileya multiradiata)
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Pale Thistle (Cirsium parryi), flower bud. Sandia Mountains, vicinity of 10K trailhead; New Mexico, USA.
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Mountain Figwort (Scrophularia montana). Figwort is often used by hummingbirds and by insects as a nectar and pollen source. In the photo: Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus).
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Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides). Large stands of aspen indicate a previous fire in the area. Aspen is the first tree in burnt-out places.
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Black Swallowtail male (Papilio polyxenes) on Purple Locoweed (Oxytropis lambertii); Sandia Mts. Crest, New Mexico
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus), immaturus with Scarlet Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus); Sandia Mts., New Mexico, USA.
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus), immaturus feeding on Scarlet Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus); Sandia Mts., New Mexico, USA.
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus), immature on Scarlet Penstemon (Penstemon barbatus); Sandia Mts., New Mexico, USA.
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Twistpod Draba (Draba helleriana - Mustard family/Cruciferae). Sandia Mts., New Mexico, USA.
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Flower of a Yellow Salsify (Trapogon dubius) - it is an introduced plant. Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, USA.
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Fanleaf Buttercap or Crowfoot (Ranunculus inamoenus); Sandia Mts., New Mexico. In an opening in the spruce-fir forest.
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Fanleaf Buttercap or Crowfoot (Ranunculus inamoenus); Sandia Mts., New Mexico. In an opening in the spruce-fir forest.
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Striped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata); Sandia Mountains. Mixed conifer forest, elevation 2600 m. New Mexico, USA.
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Striped Coralroot Orchid (Corallorhiza striata); Sandia Mountains. Mixed conifer forest, elevation 2600 m. New Mexico, USA.
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Calypso Orchid or Fairy Slipper Orchid (Calypso bulbosa). A rare flower in the spruce-fir forest at Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA.
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Northern Anemone or Meadow Anemone or Windflower (Anemone canadensis). La Cienega, Sandia Mts., New Mexico.
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Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) on Purple Geranium (Geranium caespitosum); Sandia Mts., New Mexico, USA.
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Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa). Sandia foothills, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
