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If the rains don't disappoint between Thanksgiving and Valentines Day, we're likely to have a great Arizona wildflower season. The best time to photograph them seems to be in March, and certain places have quite an abundance. On US-60 the Arizona wildflowers really start coming out after you get out of Phoenix. And in one unlikely spot, Florence Junction, there is both wildflower abundance and variety.
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A representative from the Phoenix Botanical Gardens told me that white poppies are the result of recessive genes, not necessarily a mutation.

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A yellow sweet clover plant poses in front of a variety of poppies (orange), lupines (blue), and scorpionweed (purple).

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Yellow sweet clover in front of Parry's Penstemon and some poppies

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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This was an outing of the photography clube where I work. Everyone had their own way of shooting the flowers.

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This was an outing of the photography clube where I work. Everyone had their own way of shooting the flowers.

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interesting nautilus shape of a globe mallow flower just opening

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow seen here. I had no idea they came in so many different colors.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow. I had no idea they came in so many different colors such as this lavender.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow seen here. I had no idea they came in so many different colors.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow seen here. I had no idea they came in so many different colors.

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If you know the name of the lavender flower in the center, please email me.

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I got as close as I could to this California Poppy with my macro lens. No small trick with the wind blowing. I probably took 10 shots and only one was in focus.

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My favorite pictures on this page are the ones where I had to lie down in the dirt and aim towards the sky.

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This shot gives you some idea of the variety of flowers in such a tight area. The yellow flowers in the front right are brittlebush - seen everywhere in Phoenix in the spring regardless of rainfall. The orange flowers are Mexican gold or California poppies. The fuscia in the back along the fence are penstemon.

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Same plant as globe_mallow_peach2 without the sun.

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Same plant as globe_mallow_peach1 with the sun on it.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow. I had no idea they came in so many different colors such as this peach version.

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What a complex nest of to-be-airborne seeds in this silver puff.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow. I had no idea they came in so many different colors such as the white seen here.

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My favorite pictures on this page are the ones where I had to lie down in the dirt and aim towards the sky.

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According to my Audobon Guidebook: "Caution: Gland-tipped hairs can cause severe rash." This plant gets its name from the way the stem curls like a scorpion's tail. Mexican gold poppies are in the background.

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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If you know the variety of penstemon, please email me.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow. I had no idea they came in so many different colors such as these pink and white versions.

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Before this outing, I was only familiar with the red globe mallow seen here in the background. I had no idea they came in so many different colors such as this pink version.

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I'm not sure I've ever seen such an explosion of color all in one place before.

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I'm not sure I've ever seen such an explosion of color all in one place before.

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Mixed in with the potent orange of the poppies you can see some green stems with small white rings around the top as if they were strange little witch's hats. These hats are what sprouts after the poppy germinates. The petals fall off and a pod shoots out of the center filled with seeds.

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If you know the name of the lavender flower in the foreground, please email me.

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If you know the name of either the yellow or lavender flowers, please email me.

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Quite the mallow collection.

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