Another toxic plant with a pretty face.
May 15, 2009
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Montana Outdoors
That bison story makes my heart ache and my eyes damp.
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Comment by Cedar — May 15, 2009 @ 10:36 am
Mine too, Cedar. It also makes me furious! Our state political “leaders” are simply lackeys for the special interest money, in this case the cattlemen.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
If I could be a color, that would be it.. Beautiful.
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Comment by Camilla — May 15, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
They are an interesting contrast to the pastels of many wildflowers.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
Wowzer! Indeed, a pretty face of a toxic plant. How gorgeous and sure does pop. 🙂
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Comment by Anna Surface — May 15, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
You wouldn’t think it was the same family as the Buttercup, would you!
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Pretty faces often hide a toxic nature..
I was always told as a child “Pretty is as pretty does.” Today’s children have probably never heard that saying.
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Comment by SuzieQ — May 15, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
I haven’t heard that saying in years. I’m sure today’s children do not know it.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
The hired thugs wouldn’t have as much, uhmmm, excitement killing little flowers. Sigh!
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Comment by Bo — May 15, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
Excitement may help motivate the killers: certainly reason and compassion are not in their makeup. Unfortunately, there are always plenty of low-lifes around for those jobs.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
…could just send the little calves to school and teach them which plants are poisonous 😛
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Comment by Tabbie — May 15, 2009 @ 4:48 pm
I suppose.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
It’s an unbalanced world isn’t it?
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Comment by Maureen — May 15, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
Yes it is, and tipping more all the time, I think.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
Love that blue!!!!
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Comment by Stacey - Addicted to The Click — May 15, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
I do too, Stacey. One doesn’t forget the plant because of that color.
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Comment by montucky — May 15, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
That is one INTENSE blue. Very cool.
Thanks for the link on the bison. Interesting reading and cause.
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Comment by edvatza — May 16, 2009 @ 2:44 pm
The petals are rather fuzzy like velvet, and because they don’t reflect light I think that’s partly why the deep color. They don’t even seem to fade with sunlight.
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Comment by montucky — May 16, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
Larkspur is my favorite wildflower, for exactly the reason you articulate.
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Comment by Brian Ertz — May 18, 2009 @ 11:12 pm
I’ve always liked them. Too bad there just aren’t enough of them to keep the damned cattle out of the National Forests.
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Comment by montucky — May 19, 2009 @ 10:23 am
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