Fiddlenecks?

I never heard of fiddlenecks until I tried to find out what kind of flower I was photographing because there were about a billion of them. In the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains along Highway 58 are acres and acres of them blossoming.

The foothills of the Tahachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.
The foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.

 

The foothills of the Tahachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.

 

The foothills of the Tahachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.

 

The foothills of the Tahachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.

 

The foothills of the Tahachapi Mountains are in full bloom with Amsinckia, a genus of flowering plants commonly known as fiddlenecks.

 

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Seaside Wildflowers

Wildflowers were blooming along California’s Pacific Ocean Coastline. Some, I recognize, others I couldn’t identify even with my flower book.

 

An ice plant flowers along California's Pacific Coast near Big Sur.
An ice plant flowers along California’s Pacific Coast near Big Sur.

 

Wildflowers bloom along Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur, California

 

California Yellow Flowers

 

Bright colors come alive during sunset at Goblin Valley State Park, Utah
California Blue Lilac

 

Paintbrush flowers along the Pacific Ocean at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel, California
Monterey Indian Paintbrush

 

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Blue iris

 

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Seaside daises are at full bloom along California's Pacific Ocean Coastline near Big Sur.
Seaside daises

 

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Calia Lily grows along California's Pacific ocean Coastline near Big Sur.
Calia Lily

 

California Morning Glory
California Morning Glory

Mellow Yellow

Along Highway 46 in Central California are fields of  mostly flowering yellow Mustard Grass.  Winter rains have forced a beautiful blossom.  More wildflower images along the Pacific Ocean and the orange hills near Tehachapi will follow soon.

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Colorful Pastures

 

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California

 

Wildflowers are in full bloom in a pasture in California