I was driving along the road to Meadow Valley, west of Quincy, this morning and saw many patches of Indian Paintbrush along the way. Their red color looks to me a little toward the orange part of the spectrum. Then I spotted one bit of bright red among them. I figured it was either a mutant or a different flower. I remembered having spotted California Indian Pink in this area in summers past, so I thought I'd find a safe place to turn off then go back for a closer look. Sure enough there was just one specimen (above) of the Indian Pink among all the Paintbrushes. And a healthy beauty it was.
I wandered around the area a bit and found several other species blooming including my first Showy Milkweed of the season. I'll post more of today's findings a bit later. According to a weather site I follow, it reached 106 degrees in Quincy this afternoon, so I'm feeling pretty lethargic.
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