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 Flowers

Mature Silversword in bloom

Silversword (immature) on Haleakala National Park

Tiny blossoms of Purple Mountain Saxifrage

Arizona Pencil Cholla (Cylindropuntia arb)

Buck-horn Cholla (Cylindropuntia aca)

Teddy Bear Cholla Blossom (Cylindropuntia)

Fireweed at sunset in Forillon National Park, Gaspe, Quebec.

FLOWERS OF THE ATACAMA DESERT

Glory of the Sun,(Leucocoryne purpurea)

Blue Atacama Blossoms match the Sky

Red blossoms in the Atacamba Desert

El Nino brings the Atacama Desert into bloom

Wildflower in Nahuel Huapi National Park AR

Young (non-blooming) Silversword plant

Plumeria flowers--local flower of the Hawaiian Islands

Mamane (Sophora chrysophylla) blossoms on gnarled trunks

Haleakala silversword in full (once in a lifetime) bloom

Sunflower Brightens the Day

Wild iris bloom in Glacier Bay

Swamp Lily (wildflower) in Everglades National Park