Threadleaf Phacelia – Native Plant of the Day 10/26/2017
Photo from 6/7/2010. Location: Boise Foothills, Ada County, ID.
More photos & info at the Phacelia linearis detail page.
Threadleaf Phacelia – Phacelia linearis
Starry False Solomon’s Seal – Native Plant of the Day 07/28/2017
Photo from 5/31/2012. Location: Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID.
More info / photos at the Maianthemum stellatum detail page.
Starry False Solomon’s Seal – Maianthemum stellatum
Western Stoneseed – Native Plant of the Day 06/27/2017
Photo from 06/14/2010. Location: Boise Foothills, Ada County, ID.
More photos / info at the Lithospermum ruderale detail page.
Western Stoneseed, Columbia Puccoon, Yellow Puccoon – Lithospermum ruderale
Creeping Oregon Grape – Native Plant of the Day 02/11/2017
Photo from June 15, 2010. Location: Ada County, ID.
More photos / info at the Mahonia repens detail page.
Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Barberry – Mahonia repens
Hooker’s Thistle – Native Plant of the Day 01/08/2017
Photo from 6/21/2011. Location: Boise Foothills, Ada County, ID.
More photos / info at the Cirsium hookerianum detail page.
NOTE: A comment (below) from Bruce Bennett put my 5-year-old identification of this plant as Cirsium hookerianum in question. While I haven’t yet had time to research my reason for discounting other white-flowered thistles, some quick research on Bruce Bennett’s credentials implies that he can speak with some authority pertaining to plants in the area, making his identification of this plant as Cirsium undulatum (Wavy-leaf Thistle) almost certainly correct. Thank you, Bruce!
Hooker’s Thistle, White Thistle – Cirsium hookerianum
In the previous post, my second trip report, I covered the territory from Stillwater, Colorado outside the Rocky Mountain National Park to Moab, Utah, where we visited Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. This third report covers the three days we spent getting on into Boise to visit the family. We’d enjoyed Utah so far, and were interested to see what else it presented to us before we crossed into southern Idaho, on the homestretch to Boise.
As we traveled US191 through the middle of Utah, it was very much a desert scene.
Ever since we before we got our first RV (a 36.5′ motorhome) and especially after we got our T@b travel trailer in late 2014 I had wanted to do a “big trip” out west, including basing at our daughter’s family’s home in Boise, ID. My wife was reluctant, and so far all the trips to see the “family out west” had been via airplane. This time it changed.
Yeah, I wanted to spend time like this, taking our accommodation with us. Rocky Mountain National Park at about 11,000′.
Blue Flax – Native Plant of the Day 08/11/2016
Photo from 06/14/2010. Location: Lucky Peak Road, Ada County, ID. More info / photos at the Linum lewisii detail page.
Wild Blue Flax – Linum lewisii
Utah Honeysuckle – Native Plant of the Day 07/21/2016
Photo from 5/31/2012. Location: Ponderosa State Park, Valley County, ID. More info / photos at the Lonicera utahensis detail page.
Utah Honeysuckle – Lonicera utahensis
Native Plant of the Day 06/30/2014
Photo from June 8, 2010. Location: Boise National Forest, Ada County, ID.
Yellowbells – for more photos / info go to the Fritillaria pudica detail page.
Yellowbells, Yellow Fritillary, Yellow Missionbells, Gold Bell – Fritillaria pudica