Certainly it was a wonderful Monday and Tuesday temperature wise. And not to let the cool temps go to waste Jeanne and I headed to the grasslands yesterday morning. Still we were keeping a weather-eye out for the storms.
Buffalo Bur (Solanum rostratum) and the Colorado Potato Beetle. As many of nightshades (Solanum) do, it supports a number of our animal friends. Besides the interesting insects it also is important food for dove and quail.
The blue plantain in the mud flats was certainly a welcome sight – such beautiful and delicate flowers. And the sedge blossoms were so intricate and varied!
Blue mud-plantain – terrible name for a really pretty flower.
What would you call it? What about Blue Wet-foot maybe? 🤔 😊
I remember how excited Shirley was when we first found the mud-plantain!!
And I think this was the same spot. So every time I find one, like all the plants that got Shirley excited…I do too. 😊
The grasshopper nymph was one of our pet quails favorites. Wish i had some blue wet foots for my fish pond☺️
You would need some mud. 😉
Woot! I love blue mud-plantain! I also really like buffalo bur flowers. I wish the rest of the plant wasn’t so unfriendly.
What a nice way to put it, unfriendly 🙂
The blue plantain in the mud flats was certainly a welcome sight – such beautiful and delicate flowers. And the sedge blossoms were so intricate and varied!
Fun to look at the variations!
Blue mud-plantain is a lovely flower but I agree with Diane’s comment, it needs a better name.
You can always call it by its scientific name … Heteranthera limosa. FYI lim means mud, slime,: looking sideways in Latin.