2018 Zion National Park — 5/21 Riverside Walk （二）Wild Flowers

女兒和我照了一些野花。因為就在岩壁上，可以站立著照，比蹲著輕鬆多了。

Yellow Columbin

這花在洛磯山脈經常能看到，而奧勒岡州的國家公園也偶而會發現，只是還真沒想到在Zion也能看到。

Yellow columbine ( Aquilegia flavescens ) is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, which has a global distribution with 50 genera and 1,800 species. The buttercup family is more abundant in temperate and cooler regions on both the northern and southern hemispheres. The genus Aquilegia has about 60 to 70 species in the northern hemisphere and all are herbaceous perennials. Yellow columbine is native to the Rocky Mountains from Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, and Washington north to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. You will find this pretty, yellow columbine in mountain meadows, open woods, and alpine slopes between 4,300 and 11,500 feet. Yellow columbine ( Aquilegia flavescens ) will sometimes form hybrid swarms with western columbine ( Aquilegia formosa ), which grows at lower elevations. Intermediate specimens having pinkish-red flowers with petal blades 5 to 6 millimeters long are occasionally found where these two species grow together.

Crimson Columbine，這橘紅如皇冠的有個更細的稱呼。

Crimson Columbine

Monkey Flower，已經盡力查找了這野花的名稱，但還是不太確認。

Jeffrey's shooting star

Jeffrey's shooting star, also known as tall mountain shooting star is a common species in mountain meadows and along streams. It ranges throughout most of the mountains of the western U.S. It is almost always pink, but like most other species of the group, rare white flowered plants sometimes occur.

Rarity: Uncommon
Flowering Time: Mid Summer
Life Cycle: Perennial
Height: 6--24 inches
Habitat: Meadow, Subalpine, Alpine, Bog/Fen/Wetland, Coastal, Vernal Wet, Moist Riverbanks

Jeffrey's shooting star