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  • This beautiful globe gilia is a native member of the phlox family and found throughout most of the western states and British Columbia and the Yukon in where the soils tend to be sandy or rocky. This one was found with a small number of others on an open forest slope near the eastern shore of Lake Wenatchee in Chelan County, Washington.
    Globe Gilia
  • One of my favorite desert wildflowers, the desert globe mallows are often seen along roadsides, such as this one in rural Pima County in Southern Arizona, deep in the Sonoran Desert.
    Desert Globe Mallow
  • Self-heal (also known as heal-all) is a common North American wildflower and member of the mint family that is found all over North America clear up to the Arctic Circle, as well as Europe (including Britain) from Norway south and east to North Africa and temperate Asia. It is used for a variety of uses in many countries across the globe: it can be eaten fresh as a salad or cooked in soups and stews, a refreshing tea or as a olive-green dye. Medicinally, it is used for the treatment of wounds, ulcers, sores and is known to have antibacterial properties. This one was found growing at the top of Hurricane Ridge in Washington's Olympic Mountains.
    Self-Heal
  • Also known as heal-all, self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) is a beautiful member of the mint family common all over much of North America all the way up to the Arctic Circle as an important medicinal plant. It is used for a variety of uses in many countries across the globe: it can be eaten fresh as a salad or cooked in soups and stews, a refreshing tea or as a olive-green dye. Medicinally, it is used for the treatment of wounds, ulcers, sores and is known to have antibacterial properties. This beauty was found in full flower in an old-growth forest in the Woodard Bay Conservation Area just outside of Olympia, Washington.
    Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)