Mineral King Wildflower Quest

A friend told me about a new wildflower by Crystal Creek, so Trail Guy, The Farmer, Hiking Buddy, and I went to see.

When she described the flower, I said, “Sounds like Nettleleaf Horsemint”. But she didn’t remember a serrated leave edge, and I can rarely resist the call of a new flower.

it is on the left side of this picture and I KNOW it is Nettleleaf Horsemint.
Taller than last year’s model.
Brighter, too.
Still so many flowers in September, still so green! (This was a week ago, so it may have changed.)

Crimson Columbine in September?! Yeppers. (They are small – can you see them?)
And the Bigelow Sneezeweed are still going strong.

I dragged my hiking partners along for a quest that ended in nothing except a good time in a beautiful place on a great day. Well, wah.

100 page paperback, flowers in photos, common names only, lots of chatty commentary, $20 including tax.
Available here
Also available at the Three Rivers Historical Museum, Silver City Store, from me if I put them in my car, or Amazon.

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