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Yellow Wildflowers 143 images Created 3 Apr 2012

Images of yellow wildflowers found and photographed across North America.
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  • Springtime helenium growing on the side of a highway in the Apalachicola National Forest.
    Springtime Helenium
  • In summertime, masses of California poppies line roadsides and open areas, such as here in a field near Southern Washington's  Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.
    California Poppies
  • This lemony-yellow Indian paintbrush is a member of the broomrape family of paintbrushes that are found across much of the United States at high elevations. This one was photographed deep in rural Central Wyoming.
    Yellow Indian Paintbrush
  • Dramatic photograph of a lotus with approaching storm.
    Stormy Lotus
  • One of the more interesting plants found growing in the Pacific Northwest is the yellow skunk cabbage - also know as the western skunk cabbage or swamp lantern. These stinky water-loving plant blooms in the late spring and early summer in wet bogs or swamps and actually produces enough heat to melt snow away from it. Bears are known to eat the roots after their winter slumber to induce a laxative-like effect. While it is potentially toxic to humans, the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest used the large leaves (largest in the PNW) for lining the insides of baskets and for wrapping salmon before cooking them.
    Yellow Skunk Cabbage
  • Sometimes the typically dark red/maroon flower of the confederate trillium is yellow in some specimens. This rare version of a very rare endangered plant was reason enough for me to get a shot of an otherwise imperfect specimen.
    Confederate Trillium (Trillium reliquum)
  • The prairie coneflower is a very beautiful member of the daisy family and is found nearly all across North America except Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Kentucky, Virginia and Northeastern United States and Canada and can be found in open prairies and along roadsides. Historically, it has been used as by Native Americans as a cold infusion to treat fever, as an emetic to induce vomiting, and even as an aid to wean nursing babies. The colors of the petals can vary from pure yellow to reddish-brown, or any variation of these colors. Historically, it has been used as by Native Americans as a cold infusion to treat fever, as an emetic to induce vomiting, and even as an aid to wean nursing babies. These were found growing in an open prairie in rural Cibola County in New Mexico, about an hour west of Albuquerque.
    Prairie Coneflower with Incoming Storm
  • The very common, yet beautiful desert marigold grows for most of the year anywhere that stays above freezing in the deserts of the Southwest. These were photographed. along the roadside just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is also called the showy desert marigold.
    Desert Marigold
  • American lotus flower and pads on Lake Jackson in Tallahassee, Florida.
    American Lotus
  • These squat, fuzzy sunflowers throw great splashes of yellow across the Pawnee National grasslands in the summertime.
    Prairie Sunflower
  • Also known as the tarweed fiddleneck, the bugloss fiddleneck (Amsinckia lycopsoides) is a striking member of the borage family and is primarily found in the Western United States and Canada, but can be found scattered throughout most of the USA except for the Southeast. These were found growing in profusion in sagebrush country, near Whiskey Dick Mountain in rural Kittitas County in central Washington State.
    Bugloss Fiddleneck
  • Also known as the tarweed fiddleneck, the bugloss fiddleneck (Amsinckia lycopsoides) is a striking member of the borage family and is primarily found in the Western United States and Canada, but can be found scattered throughout most of the USA except for the Southeast. These were found growing in profusion in sagebrush country, near Whiskey Dick Mountain in rural Kittitas County in central Washington State.
    Bugloss Fiddleneck
  • Found almost everywhere in North America (except Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida) this aggressive native aster has become invasive in parts of China, Japan and Europe. This perfect specimen was found near Soos Creek in Kent, Washington about 20 miles south of Seattle.
    Canada Goldenrod
  • This particularly beautiful specimen of a the seep monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata) is a favorite of our native bumble bees which it relies on heavily for pollination, but is also known to self-pollinate when there aren't enough bees. This particular one was found in Kent, Washington in the wetlands around Soos Creek on a warm, sunny day.
    Seep Monkeyflower
  • Blanketflowers growing wild on Merritt Island on Florida's East Coast.
    Indian Blanketflower
  • These interesting wildflowers, seen here in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in SW Florida, are commonly found in moist pinelands, especially among or near palmettos.
    Yellow Bachelor's-Buttons
  • One can find these beauties everywhere in the springtime in the Big Cypress National Preserve!
    Black-eyed Susan
  • American lotus opening at first sunlight.
    Enchanting Lotus
  • Of all of the wild violets growing in the Cascade Mountains, the stream violet is by far the most common. This huge group of violets growing on the edge of Gold Creek Pond were competing for space with another huge patch of wild mountain strawberries.
    Stream Violet
  • In summertie, masses of California poppies line roadsides and open areas, such as here in a field near Southern Washington's  Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge.
    California Poppies
  • This non-native European import is now found across most of North America, excluding parts of the South. Used since antiquity for medicinal use, it is toxic to humans and animals. These were found growing on the lower slopes of the North Cascades in Northern Washington.
    Common Tansy
  • There is some variety among individual populations of the glacier lily. In Wyoming, individuals have reddinsh/rusty brown anthers as seen here, and some populations I've seen elsewhere in the United States have pure white anthers, even though they are the same species.
    Glacier Lily
  • High-key, classic soft focus photograph of a teddybear cholla blossom while shooting in California's Mojave Desert. It was a blindingly bright afternoon so I didn't have a lot of shooting options, but I'm glad I made time for this one.
    Teddybear Cholla
  • The Mexican gold poppy is a desert-loving subspecies of the California gold poppy that is found across the American Southwest as well as Mexico, which is known for it's sweeping golden orange carpet of color across the desert after the winter rains. This one was seen near Sonoita Creek in Patagonia, Arizona on a hot spring afternoon.
    Mexican Gold Poppy
  • This South African native succulent perennial with its very attractive bright pink and/or yellow flowers has found its way to both California and Florida thanks to the ornamental plant industry and has particularly found a foothold along Southern California highways, earning it the nickname "highway ice plant." Originally used as a soil stabilizer due to its matting, ground-cover nature it has unexpectedly spread into several sensitive ecological habitats such as coastal communities and desert dune habitats where it quickly outgrows and outcompetes threatened and endangered plants. This one was found growing in a sprawling mat across the sandy beach in Los Angeles, California next to the Del Rey Lagoon.
    Ice Plant Flower
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