“Efflorescence”
Sere hills blaze with light:
nothing so beautiful and
numinous as spring
Limpid desert breeze
suffused with heady bouquet
of floral perfume
Here today and gone
tomorrow, a fleeting treat
for all our senses
The first week of May is National Wildflower Week, celebrating native blooms across the country. Enjoy this photo gallery of Great Basin wildflowers taken during previous years by Peter Pearsall!
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata) 
Pursh’s milkvetch (Astragalus purshii) Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) along the Blitzen River Bumblebee visiting woodland star (Lithophragma parviflorum) Daggerpod (Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides) Yellow bells (Fritillaria pudica) Bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) Lupines (Lupinus sp.) near Frenchglen Longleaf phlox (Phlox longifolia) Beckwith’s violet (Viola beckwithii)
