Saturday, October 1, 2022

skipped a day...

Unless we get some really good rain - most of the year (and sometimes years at a time), the seeds of these flowers lay dormant in the soil and nothing sprouts. Last month there was over 2" of rain in six days so this plant has sprung back to life. I am pretty sure it is Damianita (Chrysactinia mexicana). It gives off a pungent - bittersweet aroma when crushed. Here is a drone video of the flowers from 2018. 80,88,55,0,B

2 comments:

remmij said...

the camera stabilization is impressive - thought it might be the Mavic until the shadow appeared
kinda like the rover on Mars… maybe the "yellow flowers" are aliens… Woolly Paperflower?

remmij said...

chinchweed?