Location: Wildcat Trailhead, Kolob Terrace Road, 6800 feet Prior Weather: Hot and Dry the previous 4 weeks Paticipants: Tom Jones Time of Day: Morning Species Seen: Hoary Zionaster, Lewis Flax, Common Paintbrush, Yellow Salsify, Wildcat Mystery Petunia, Large-flowered Collomia, Yarrow, Pale Evening Primrose, Wild Onion, some kinda white Lupine, some kinda wild rose.

Took a little trip up the KT Road. Darn hot out. Been dry for 4 weeks. But up here at 6800 feet, there was a nice display of flowers out.

First up, a bit of the old     Lewis Flax - Linum lewisii - Flax family Linaceae

Not the best exposure, but here's what the plant looks like.

Seed pods on the Flax.

I guess we'd call the flowers 1" across.

Ubiquitous Hoary Zionaster - Heterotheca villosa (pursh) shinn. Lots and lots of this around.

Red flowers are not my specialty - but this one practically bit me on the butt. Wyoming Paintbrush - Castilleja linariifolia. / Figwort/Snapdragon family - Scrophulariaceae Derrick was kind enough to point out that the linariaefolia is the paintbrush that grows this tall in the Park - other species being MUCH shorter. This fine specimen seems to be 22" tall.

Yellow Salsify - Tragopogan dubius - Aster family - Asteraceae Most of these guyz had closed up for the morning, but there's one hiding back in the deep cover. Ha! Big fat seed heads and closed flowers, mostly.

Goat's Beard, up close n' personal!