Wednesday Walk Flora 4

This is in response to a Challenge by @tattoodjay to take photographs of things on a walk. Things you don’t normally see. I really like the challenge and the challenger so here I am again.

Sam and I are in a heavily channeled area just north of civilization here. As you can see it's pretty inhospitable but there are signs of spring even here.

The ground here is very dense and hard so what ever rain might fall runs down to the channels and off without doing much for the flowers, trees and cacti.

I believe this purple beauty to be a member of the Lupine family. I'm not at all certain but it certainl looks similiar to the Lupine that I grew up with in Washington.

Here's another look at the plant. We don't see this at all where we normally travel, roughly 10 miles South of here, so this comes off as pretty exotic to me.

Sam is a hound, and a very curious animal to boot. He is often getting sand burr and goats head stuck in his feet. He just limps to me on three legs and waits patiently while I pull it out. I pulled this nasty piece of Cholla Cactus out of his right hind paw after he'd slithered right down into a channel. He was not happy and stood very patiently while I pulled it out. I got two of those spines in my fingers for the effort and had to wait to pull one of them until we got home.

I have no idea what this brushy green shrub is called, but it is relatively common in the hard parts of the desert.

It obviously like the places that gather just a little more moisture like along this road. It's not much more moisture but enough to make the difference between life and death for some plants.

We are going to leave this walk with a yellow primrose. I was a little surprised to see it out here, it normally likes a much more sandy environment to grow in.

So that's it. My #Wednesdaywalk. I hope you enjoyed seeing a little different corner of the desert as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you.

All Words and Photographs in this post are mine, for better or worse.

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