wildflowers in Horse Gulch

[ilanarama]

The park where I've been doing most of my mountain biking lately is called Horse Gulch - it's a big hunk of city and private land on the southeast side of town. (Incidentally, this is also where I do my trail running - when I can run trails!) It's a very high desert-y climate, rocks and sand and scrub, but it's particularly nice in the spring because of the wildflowers.



I think this is bluebonnet, a kind of lupine.





My guesses are that these are longleaf phlox and early paintbrush, but there are so many species of both, and I'm very much not an expert.

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[ilanarama]

Thank you! It's really a nice time of year at the lower elevations, which is a good thing because we can't get up to the higher ones yet.