Here are a few more Colorado wildflowers I photographed in the Gunnison National Forest outside of Crested Butte. The wildflowers were incredible. I’ve photographed enough eastern wildflowers that I often could recognize what the western flowers were related to. It was wonderful seeing the similarities and differences in the wildflowers between Colorado, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Case’s Fitweed – Corydalis caseana
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Nodding Sunflower – Helianthella quinquenervis
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Orange Paintbrush – Castilleja integra
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Fairy Trumpets – Ipomopsis aggregata
(c) 2010 Patty Hankins
I saw so many hummingbirds at the various stands of Orange Paintbrush and Fairy Trumpets – they really do like the red wildflowers.