Dusty Rider

The wildflowers in this area are dying from lack of rain. I rode for almost two hours and didn't take but a very few pictures of just one.  People were watering their flowerbeds, but the hills and dales are bone dry and brown. I was disappointed, BUT...when I uploaded my shots became happier. You see, there were just these yellow fellows, but my pictures were satisfactory. Of course I had to research as I didn't know what they were. I only knew what they weren't! Would you have stopped for these? Probably not.

They looked better as I got closer...

Below is an internet picture of the back. I 'fixed' the background so it would show up better.

It is known as a Field Sowthistle. Its history is interesting - to me, at least. The below information is from one of hundreds of pages I found concerning the perennial.

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Crepis vesicaria

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, South Australia, Victoria

Well, I learned something today.