I’ve been a hiker since I was a teenager and really enjoy being in the mountains and woods. I’ve also done extensive wildflower identification. These are flowers I’ve come across since moving to Eugene. Some of these flowers are small enough to need a macro lens to see their details.

• Fragrant Fringecup (Tellima Grandiflora Saxifragacaea) (1/4 in.)

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  The Ridgecrest Trails are 5 minutes from my abode and I often hike them watching the progressions of flowers. The complexity of the fringecap is surprising in such a small flower (about ¼ inch). You can see that the stamens open up progressively every other stamen. 60 stacked photos. Common name: bigflower tellima.

  

• Baby Blackberry (1 in.)

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  Ah, the ubiquitous blackberry (at least in Oregon). I knew I wanted to take a picture, but the mature berry is well known and, truthfully, not that interesting a subject. But while watching the berries mature outside my front door I found this transitional state and was very satisfied with the result. 62 stacked photos.

  

• Arrowleaf Balsam Root (Balsamorhiza Sagittata Asteraceae) (1/4 in.)

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  I found this on Tire Mountain (Oregon) during a hike with Joe, although this sunflower variant is common in pacific northwest mountains. This is a good example of how you don’t know what you’ll see until you get in good and close. The curly stamens were quite a surprise to me. 31 stacked photos.

  

• Self Heal Maw (Prunella Vulgaris Lamiaceae) (1/3 in.)

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  This spiky cone shaped flower is somewhat common but it’s small and not very showy. I found this one on the Ridgecrest Trails in Eugene. The flowers are only so-so, but the flower pod has some interesting shapes and textures. It took me a while to find the isolated shots that allow focus on individual structures. This is the pod cavity after the flower fell off. 82 stacked photos. Common names: self-heals, heal-all, and allheal

  

• Northern Inside Out Flower (Vancouveria Hexandra) (1/4 in.)

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  The Ridgecrest Trails (Eugene, OR) are 5 minutes from my abode and I often hike them watching the progressions of flowers. The inside out nature of this flower doesn’t show itself in this picture, but the pedals fold back leaving the stamen fully exposed. This is also a very short lived portion of the stamens progression. 58 stacked photos.

  

• Larkspur Stamens (Delphinium Nuttallianum) (1/2 in.)

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  : I’ve always been fascinated by the shape and the rich color of the common Larkspur. (In Oregon, I’ve found people just call them delphiniums.) There is a large patch of these at Alton Baker Park. This picture captures the deep color and the stamens, but does not capture the characteristic long tail. 62 stacked photos.

  

• Bell Catchfly (Silene Campanulata Caryophyllaceae) (3/8 in.)

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  I went on a hike on Tire Mountain with a friend, Joe, found several flowers to shoot, including this one. Quite a bit going on with this tiny flower. 107 stacked photos. Common name: red mountain catchfly.

  

• Land Anemone (Dead Nettle - Lanium Purpureum) (1/4 in.)

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  This is a common weed in the Eugene area that I found in my front yard. It’s not that noticeable and the flowers are tiny. But when you get in close, there are a lot of interesting things going on. This is one of a very few times where I used false color. (I normally only process things enough to make the colors pop out a little.) But this had the anemone feel and the color distortion helps that feeling. 121 stacked photos. Common Names: red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, purple archangel, and velikdenche.

  

• Henderson's Checker Mallow (Sidaliea Hndersonii Maloaceae) (3/4 in.)

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  I love the concave/convex optical illusion here. The 5-pointed green star defines the shape of the picture. However, it’s actually negative space revealing the sepals below the petals. I also always appreciate the geometry of 5 sided flowers. 62 Stacked photos.

  

• Hairy Phallus (Dead Nettle - Lanium Purpureum) (1/3 in.)

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  This is a common weed in the Eugene area that I found in my front yard. It’s not that noticeable and the flowers are tiny. But when you get in close, there are a lot of interesting things going on. If any of my pictures qualify as flower porn, I think this one does. 121 stacked photos. Common Names: red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, purple archangel, and velikdenche.