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Blooming Gardner’s Yampah in Southwestern Montana

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Common Yampah, edible, food source, Gairdner's Yampah, Gardner's Yampah, Perideridia gairdneri, squawroot, western false caraway, white wildflower, wildflowers|

Earlier this year in July I spent some time in the Centennial Valley of southwestern Montana where I photographed this Gardner's Yampah near Elk Lake.

Western Goatsbeard Seedhead in the Targhee National Forest

By Mia McPherson|July 30th, 2016|Categories: Clark County, Idaho, Targhee National Forest, Wildflowers|Tags: edible, forb, introduced, seed head, seedhead, Western Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant, wildflower, Yellow Goatsbeard, Yellow Salsify|

The scientific name is Tragopogon dubius but this forb has many common names including Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant and my favorite Western Goatsbeard.