After a period of disappointment because there didn’t seem to be any Swallowtails visiting this year, today there were several visiting our flower garden and this one patiently posed for a few photos. They hadn’t disappeared, they were just later than usual. Usually my photos result from a trip I have made: it was nice today to have a subject come to me (and thanks to my wife for spotting it and letting me know we had a pretty little visitor).
Growing at just over 6,200 feet on an open expanse of steep mountainside, these six-inch tall plants don’t exactly beg for attention, but a closer look at them reveals a little plant that I find quite attractive. I have been unable to identify it.