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Dame’s Rocket – Invasive Biennial From Eurasia

By Mia McPherson|2022-06-19T03:41:59-05:00June 28th, 2019|Categories: Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: damask-violet, dame's gilliflower, Dame's Rocket, dame's-violet, dames-wort, Hesperis matronalis, invasive, mother-of-the-evening, mustard family, night-scented gilliflower, nonnative, perennial, pink flowers, purple flowers, queen's gilliflower, rogue's gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, white flowers, winter gilliflower|

What I didn't know at the time that I photographed the flowering Dame's Rocket was that it is a prohibited plant in Utah.

Red Admiral Butterflies And Wax Currants In Bloom

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-05T18:08:36-05:00May 17th, 2019|Categories: Red Admiral Butterflies, Shrubs, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: admiral, admirals, adult, blooming, butterflies, butterfly, currants, pink flowers, Red Admiral, Red Admiral Butterfly, Ribes cereum, Vanessa atalanta, Wax Currant|

While I photographed male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds a few days ago in the West Desert I also took a few moments to photograph some of the butterflies nectaring on the blooms of the Wax Currant bush which included Red Admiral butterflies.