Alpine sunflower

I had a great mountain bike ride with my husband and friends today. The flowers are gorgeous so I am looking forward to the rest of the alpine wildflower season and the bike rides to get there. The painting of these scenes will be fun with good memories. I thought I was going to take a break from this subject matter but the flowers and mountains roped me back in. . #morfeemountain #alpine #wildflowers #outdoorlife #ridgelinetrail #mackenziebc #northernbc

There's a reason Colorado has been dubbed one of the best places in the U.S. to see wildflowers. Here's our guide to common wildflowers in Breckenridge.

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Sunflowers in Alpine, Ut

"If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken." -Johann Wolfgang von GoetheArnica is a perennial plant that is in the sunflower family. It likes to grow in alpine nutrient-poor soil or clay soils. It can be found across Central Europe, in the Western United States, in the United Kingdom and in Canada (USDA zones 5-9 just in case you want to grow your own). On a wide global scale, it is considered a rare flower however locally to where is grows it may seem abundant. It produces a yellow…

Alpine, Utah

Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), one of the best-known European mountain flowers, belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The name comes from German edel (meaning noble) and weiß (meaning white). The scientific name, Leontopodium means "lion's paw", being derived from Greek words leon (lion) and podion (diminutive of pous, foot).Flowering stalks of edelweiss can grow to a size of 3–20 cm (in cultivation, up to 40 cm). The leaves appear woolly because of the covering of white hairs…

Yellow wildflowers of western USA: Eriophyllum lanatum, woolly sunflower: Widespread in California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, plus far northwest Utah, west Montana and west Wyoming

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Common woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium) - Wildflower Natural History Fine Art Stock Photography By Timothy Boomer.

Alpine flowers - 1869

Alpine flower

Helianthemum alpestre (Alpine Rock-rose) - The Alpine Flora of Zermatt, Switzerland

Procut white nite sunflower

Specializing in rare and unusual annual and perennial plants, including cottage garden heirlooms and hard to find California native wildflowers.

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