Prickly Poppy – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Autumn Flatbud Prickly Poppy

By Mia McPherson|October 8th, 2023|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Argemone munita, autumn, bloom, blooming, blossom, desert, fall, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, foothills, native, Prickly Poppy, sky island mountains, white wildflower, wildflowers|

When I drove out to the West Desert for some peace and solitude three days ago, I was thrilled to spot this Flatbud Prickly Poppy still in bloom.

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Blooming Prickly Poppies In The West Desert

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2023|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Argemone munita, blooming, blooms, blossoms, desert, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, foothills, native, Prickly Poppy, sky island mountains, summer, Tooele County, Utah, west desert, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Prickly Poppies are one of my favorite summer wildflowers. I find these poppies in desert habitats, most often in the foothills of sky island mountain ranges.

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Wildflowers I Photographed In 2022

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Blue Elderberry, Box Elder County, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflowers, Curlycup Gumweed, Davis County, East Canyon, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Gray’s Biscuitroot, Hound’s Tongue, Lewis’s Flax, Longleaf Phlox, Morgan County, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geraniums, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Utah Serviceberry, Wasatch Mountains, Western Chokecherry, White Water Crowfoot, Wood's Rose|Tags: Aster, Beardtongue, blooming, blooms, Blue Elderberry, Blue Flax, Chicory, Common Mullein, Common Sunflower, Curlycup Gumweed, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, flowers, Gray's Biscuitroot, Houndstongue, Lewis's flax, Longleaf Phlox, Mountain Goldenbanner, Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Penstemon, Prickly Poppy, Purple Loosestrife, Roundleaf Snowberry, Rubber Rabbitbrush, Scarlet Gilia, Showy Milkweed, Silvery Lupine, Spearleaf Arnica, Sticky Purple Geranium, Utah Serviceberry, Western Chokecherry, White Water-crowfoot, wildflower, wildflowers, Woods' Rose|

This morning I wanted to share some of the wildflowers I photographed in 2022. Birds are my primary subjects yet I simply can't resist focusing on wildflowers.

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Fading Flatbud Prickly Poppy

By Mia McPherson|August 15th, 2022|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: Argemone munita, beauty, bloom, blooming, blossoms, desert, faded, fading, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flowering, foothills, native, Prickly Poppy, roadside, summer, Tooele County, Utah, west desert, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

This morning I am keeping this fading Flatbud Prickly Poppy post short and sweet for two simple reasons.

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Poppies, Birds, Trees, Butterflies And A Smoky Haze

By Mia McPherson|August 5th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Red-tailed Hawks, Tooele County, Trees, Utah, Weidemeyer's Admiral Butterflies, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Abies concolor, admiral, admirals, adult, Argemone munita, birds of prey, bloom, blooming, branch, Buteo jamaicensis, butterflies, butterfly, cone, cones, creek, dawn, desert, Douglas fir, fir, firs, flowering, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, juvenile, Limenitis weidemeyerii, mountains, native, poppies, poppy, Prickly Poppy, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, puddling, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir, sky, sky island mountains, smoky, smoky haze, summer, tree, trees, Weidemeyer's Admiral, White Fir, white wildflowers, wildflowers, young|

The first time I raised my lens yesterday morning it was for blooming Prickly Poppies that were along the shoulder of the bumpy gravel road.

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Prickly Poppies, Bees and a Grasshopper

By Mia McPherson|June 29th, 2017|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: Argemone munita, bee, bumble bee, bumblebee, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, grasshopper, Mexican poppy, poppies, Prickly Poppy, Thistle Poppy, white wildflowers, wildflowers, wildlife|

Each Prickly Poppy flower is about 3 to 5 inches across with yellow centers of clustered stamens and delicate petals that look like white crepe paper.

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Prickly Poppy – Argemone munita

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2013|Categories: Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: Argemone munita, blooming, chicalote, desert, Flatbud Prickly Poppy, Mexican poppy, nature, nature photography, perennial, photography, Prickly Poppy, summer blooming, Thistle Poppy, white wildflowers, wildflowers, yellow stamens|

The Prickly Poppy is well named because the leaves and flower stems do have spines on them.

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