01/17/24

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is one I have always liked a lot, Cobaea Penstemon or Cobaea Beardtongue.  It usually blooms in May and June.  I find it to be rather picturesque.  It has 4 fertile stamens and 1 infertile that has yellow hairs on it so they are often called Hairy beardtongues because of this.

 

3/30/22

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is one of my favorites that I had never seen till I was out on Konza Prairie but have since found closer to me.  This is a Cobaea Penstemon or Prairie Penstemon also known as a Beardtongue.  The latter name comes from the pollen free stamen that resembles a Bearded Iris or looks somewhat hairy.  These flowers vary from a pale pink to deep purple and can grow in clusters.

6/2/21

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  The wildflowers are blooming like crazy.  It's been quite lovely.  I am not seeing many butterflies out enjoying them yet though, hopefully soon.  There has just been a few here and there.  Today's flower is just starting to bloom and is one of my favorites to photograph.  This is a Cobaea Penstemon or Prairie Beardtongue which comes from the fact that the flowers look like long open mouths and the main stamen inside has hairs on it.  These flowers attract Hummingbirds and butterflies.

Don't forget to check out my Wildflowers By Color pages located by links off the main page of this Blog to help you in IDing the wildflowers you are seeing.

6/5/19

There used to be a Wildflower Wednesday on the Plus where I used to play.  I can have a wildflower Wednesday here every now and then.  This was always one of my favorite Kansas wildflowers.  I captured this Cobaea Beardtongue Penstemon with the setting sun as a background.  The sky has been hazy and our setting sun red due to smoke from Canadian wildfires.  

5/31/17

The wildflowers in Kansas are blooming like crazy right now due to all the rain we have had.  Speaking of that, the annual Wildflower Walk on Konza Prairie is this Sunday, June 4 at 6:30pm.  It's a beautiful evening walk.  I took this image recently after one of our rains of a Cobaea Penstemon in bloom.  These are one of my favorite wildflowers with their color and shape.

Remember, this Blog has pages of Wildflowers by color for your use in identifying what you see out there blooming.  I have photographed and shared many of the common ones and a few not so common as well.

9/9/15

Back in Kansas and back to a bit cooler weather than when we left and while we were gone for sure so that's nice.  This is from a day in June out on the Konza Prairie and one of my favorite wildflowers.  This is a Cobaea Penstemon and are quite lovely and this was a good year for them.