Polygonum douglasii
It turns out to be very difficult to get a photo of this flower, because it's so tiny that the camera assumes I must be trying to photograph something else. I don't know what I did to get it to focus this once, but I'd better declare victory and post it. This is another plant that just showed up, that I suspected (correctly) was a native.
I have been writing about our weird drought and epic "heat bubble," and it has been interesting to just let things go out there, and we'll see what survives. Another flower that I won't be able to post is the Jessica's asters--I have a couple of monster plants, but no blooms this year. I threw some water at them but they don't seem to be interested. Maybe they'll do something. Still, many plants are proceeding as though it's just another year, a bit drier and hotter but... fine... Here are next year's Scarlet gilia that seem not to be perturbed by the conditions.
In fact, overall, the prairie is certainly dry, but it looks OK. It's just August out there several weeks early...
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