blue wildflowers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Purple Loosestrife, Curlycup Gumweed and Chicory

By Mia McPherson|June 3rd, 2023|Categories: Chicory, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Purple Loosestrife, Utah|Tags: blooming, blooms, blossoms, blue wildflowers, Chicory, Cichorium intybus, Common Chicory, Curlycup Gumweed, flowering, flowers, Grindelia squarrosa, introduced, invasive, loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, marsh, native, non-native, nonnative, pink wildflowers, Purple Loosestrife, purple wildflowers, summer, wetlands, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

I took these photos of Purple Loosestrife, Curlycup Gumweed, and Chicory last year while driving around Farmington Bay WMA in September.

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Happy 91st Birthday Mom!

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2023|Categories: Mountain Bluebells, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blue wildflowers, canyon, flowering, Happy Birthday, Mertensia ciliata, Mom, Mountain Bluebells, mountains, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, riparian zone, spring, wildflowers|

Happy 91st Birthday Mom! I appreciate the time you gave me, the unconditional love, the wisdom you have shared, and the memories we have created together.

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From My Heart To Yours ~ Happy Mother’s Day!

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2023|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Beardtongue, beardtongues, blooming, blooms, blossom, blue wildflowers, canyon, flowering, Mother's Day, mountains, native, Penstemon, penstemons, summer, wildflowers|

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, to my sister, to my daughter-in-laws, my niece, my aunts, my friends, and all the moms around the globe.

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Lewis’s Flax – Feeling The Blues

By Mia McPherson|July 4th, 2022|Categories: Lewis’s Flax, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossoms, Blue Flax, blue wildflowers, canyon, close up, flowering, hillside, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, mountains, mountainside, native, perennial, Prairie Flax, summer, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

While I was up in the Wasatch Mountains last week I saw several clumps of blooming Lewis's Flax and I stopped to take a few photos of these lovely wildflowers.

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Blooming Beardtongue Photos From The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|June 23rd, 2022|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Beardtongue, beardtongues, blooming, blooms, blossom, blue wildflowers, canyon, flowering, Leonard's Beardtongue, Leonard's Beardtongues, mountains, native, Penstemon, Penstemon cyananthus, Penstemon leonardii, penstemons, summer, Wasatch Beardtongues, wildflowers|

Two days ago I focused on wildflowers I found high in the Wasatch Mountains and this morning I am sharing blooming Beardtongue photos from that morning.

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It’s A Special Day Here At On The Wing Photography

By Mia McPherson|May 17th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Lazuli Buntings, Utah|Tags: 90th Birthday, adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, blue wildflowers, Bluebells, breeding plumage, bunting, buntings, canyon, desert, Lazuli Bunting, male, Mertensia ciliata, Mom, Mountain Bluebells, mountains, Passerina amoena, perched, sage, sagebrush, singing, spring, Wasatch Mountains, wildflowers|

Today is special day here at On The Wing Photography because it marks my 4000th post AND it is also my Mom's 90th Birthday!

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Happy Mother’s Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|May 8th, 2022|Categories: Lewis’s Flax, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blossom, Blue Flax, blue wildflowers, desert, foothills, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Mother's Day, mountains, native, spring, wildlfowers|

I wanted to wish all moms a Happy Mother's Day with a wildflower that I see blooming at this time of year in northern Utah. This is a blooming Lewis's Flax.

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Common Bugloss – Late Summer Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|August 31st, 2021|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Anchusa officinalis, bloom, blooming, blue wildflowers, canyon, Common Bugloss, introduced, mountains, nonnative, wildflowers|

I went looking for birds yesterday but my best photos were of a clump of Common Bugloss, an introduced wildflower, in bloom.

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Blooming Lewis’s Flax

By Mia McPherson|June 6th, 2021|Categories: Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: bee, beetle, blooming, blooms, blue wildflowers, desert, drought, flax, flowering, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, mountains, prolonged drought conditions, sky island mountains, wildflowers|

I wanted to follow my post about a blue bird with blue wildflowers so here are some photos I took last week of Lewis’s Flax which are also known as Wild Blue Flax.

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Bluebells, Currants, Warblers And A Duck

By Mia McPherson|May 15th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Mallards, Morgan County, Shrubs, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers, Yellow Warblers|Tags: adult, alpine, Anas platyrhynchos, bath, bathing, beaver damage, bloom, blooming, blossoms, blue wildflowers, branch, branches, canyon, creek, creekside, currant, currants, dabbling ducks, drake, duck, ducks, female, flowering, flowers, fork, Golden Currant, male, Mallard, mallards, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, mountains, perched, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, Ribes aureum, riparian zone, Setophaga petechia, shrub, singing, spring, stump, tapestry, warbler, warblers, water, water droplets, wildflowers, Yellow Warbler, yellow wildflowers|

I spent my morning up in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday and came home with photos of bluebells, currants, warblers, and a duck.

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Dreaming Of Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|March 30th, 2021|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: Bearberry honeysuckle, Black Twin Berry, Black twinberry honeysuckle, blue wildflowers, Bluebells, flora, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Lonicera involucrata, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, Prairie Flax, shade, shrub, spring, Twinberry honeysuckle, Wild Blue Flax, wildflower, wildflowers, wildlflowers|

My dreams were filled with blooming wildflowers and me taking photos of them in the field so it seemed appropriate to share a few wildflower photos this morning.

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Dew Drops And Blooming Mountain Bluebells

By Mia McPherson|June 15th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: blooming, blue wildflowers, bluebell, Bluebells, borage family, dew drops, Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebells, pink wildflowers, purple flowers, Streamside Bluebells, Tall Fringed Bluebells, wildflowers|

Last week I saw several clumps of blooming Mountain Bluebells that were dripping with dew drops from rains that fell overnight and I felt that I had to stop and take photos of them. I know they don't bloom for long.

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Wildflower Season Has Started In Northern Utah – Lewis’s Flax

By Mia McPherson|May 14th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: blue wildflowers, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewisii, Prairie Flax, shade, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

Everywhere I go in the lower elevations of northern Utah I can see wildflowers blooming now.

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Late Summer Blue Wildflowers

By Mia McPherson|September 5th, 2017|Categories: Morgan County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Anchusa officinalis, blue, blue wildflowers, Borage, canyon, Common Bugloss, introduced, late summer, mountains, wildflower, wildflowers, wildlfowers|

I don't know what species of wildflowers these blue flowers are, I just know that I enjoyed seeing and photographing them.

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Wild Blue Flax in the High Uintas

By Mia McPherson|April 27th, 2014|Categories: High Uintas, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: blooming, blooms, blue wildflowers, Lewis flax, Lewis's flax, Linum lewsii, mountains, Wild Blue Flax, wildflowers|

I adore the delicacy of the Wild Blue Flax and the sage-green color of the foliage and how they move so gracefully in a breeze.

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