This first one isn’t odd. I’m just warming up here. It is a plant called Coulter’s Fleabane, which I misidentified in Mineral King Wildflowers as snowberry. Maybe. Still trying to figure it out.
The cottonwood was prolific, abundant, and fascinating. Very soft to the touch, but elusive when one tried to gather it.
Once again, I failed to put a dime or a quarter in my pocket so that you can appreciate the teensy size of these daisies.
What is this? We don’t know, so I sent the photos to the local historian.
What is this on the trail??
Oh, just a little changing booth for a bride. Check out those heels on the bridesmaid. That’s an unusual sight in Mineral King, especially on a trail.
These dressed up gentlemen were receiving instructions. I think they were waiting for the bride, rumored to be an hour late.
And there are the guests, waiting for the action to begin. We didn’t bushwack down to investigate.
Let’s just end with a calming, more usual type of sight. These are penstemon, but the name escapes me at the moment. Besides, since discovering that snowberry is really Coulter’s Fleabane, I’ve lost confidence in my flower identifying abilities.
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Hi Jana! Plant # 1 that you referred to as Coulter’s Fleabane….in Truckee, we call Dogbane….I think that it is a relative to manzanita. It is wild all over our yard and at this time starts to bloom that adorable pink blossom. I may be wrong?? Let me know!!!!!
Cathy, I think that “dogbane” is another term in one of the wildflower books I consulted. It looks so much like manzanita that it has to be related, but I have never really learned Latin terms, or about species and whatever the other category is even called (sub species??). I’m just Joe Bag-of-Donuts, bumbling along with common names.
Wow! That is quite the place to prepare for a wedding. I’ve never seen a tent like that before – genius!
Elisabeth, the logistics of that wedding blew my mind. . . they came from Utah and Texas and drove up the worst road in the worst shape it has ever been, then had to bushwhack to the location for the ceremony, WEARING DRESS-UP CLOTHES AND SHOES!
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