Wildflower Walk, East Entrance, Zion National Park

I have some bruised ribs, so I am not up for much right now, but I could not resist getting out to my closest Zion trail to shoot some flowers. It rained last month, almost every day. Now we have had a week or two of hot weather, so the flowers are out something FANTASTIC! All shots here near the East Entrance trailhead to the East Rim Trail… and actually within 100 yards of the parking lot. SO many blooms out. No mosquitoes. Hot hot hot…

Species sighted:

Pale Evening Primrose - Oenothera pallida

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James Cryptantha - Cryptantha cinerea

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Thickleaf penstemon - Penstemon pachyphyllus

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Salsify or Goatsbeard - Tragopogon dubius

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Fineleaf Hymenopappus - Hymenopappus filifolias

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Hoary Townsendia - Townsendia incana

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Spiderwort - Tradescantia occidentalis scopulorum

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