purple flowers – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Dame’s Rocket – Invasive Biennial From Eurasia

By Mia McPherson|June 28th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: damask-violet, dame's gilliflower, Dame's Rocket, dame's-violet, dames-wort, Hesperis matronalis, invasive, mother-of-the-evening, mustard family, night-scented gilliflower, nonnative, perennial, pink flowers, purple flowers, queen's gilliflower, rogue's gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, white flowers, winter gilliflower|

What I didn't know at the time that I photographed the flowering Dame's Rocket was that it is a prohibited plant in Utah.

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.

Utah’s West Desert In Bloom

By Mia McPherson|April 19th, 2019|Categories: Tooele County, Utah, West Desert, Wildflowers|Tags: bloom, blooming, blue mustard, Chorispora tenella, clouds, desert, mountains, mustard, purple flowers, sky island, Thelypodiopsis elegans, Westwater tumble mustard, wildflower bloom, wildflowers|

Native or introduced these purple wildflowers were a joy for me to see and photograph in the West Desert of Utah.