Indian Lettuce (Miner's Lettuce) at North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve, Spring 2023

 

This unusual plant has white flowers emerging from the center of a circular leaf. It was used as food by the native California people and the gold miners of the 19th century. So it can be called Indian lettuce or miner's lettuce. Its scientific name is Claytonia perfoliata. These plants are found all over California. I even have it growing in my yard, even though I made no attempt to cultivate it.

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Sticky Geranium with a wasp on the petal

A wasp in a Sticky Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) blossom in Granite Canyon, Grand Teton National Park.  We photographed this flower with insect while on a 3-day backpacking trip from Teton Village in the southern end of the Teton Range and came out at Jenny Lake around the middle part of the range.

This shot was taken with the macro settings on the camera and fortunately there was no wind to cause blurring.

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