In the pink

Photo by Matt Ball 4/5/2015

Thurber Perezia (Acourtia thurberi) looks a lot like Brownfoot (Acourtia wrightii). We saw a number of these plants on the Esperero Trail. Thanks to Joan Tedford, I now know that this is, in fact, Brownfoot (Acourtia wrightii). Hooray!

Photo by Matt Ball 4/8/2015

New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum) is also in bloom near the creek. Both of these plants are in the Aster/Sunflower family. How about that?