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Arches Wildflower ID - Help, Please

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Posted by Bret Edge on May 2, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Arches Wildflower ID - Help, Please
Anyone know what these little guys are? They are tiny and were blooming in the Courthouse Towers area. Sorry for the sucky resolution - it's an iPhone pic on a breezy day.

Thanks in advance!
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 2, 2010 at 6:57 PM
PRAIRIE WILD ONION
I'm actually kinda shocked at how thorough the NPS's online flower guide is.
Posted by Grant Collier on May 2, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Looks like Prairie Wild Onion:

http://www.nps.gov/arch/naturescience/liliaceae_allium_textile.htm
Posted by Grant Collier on May 2, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Oops...Todd beat me!
Posted by Bret Edge on May 2, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Thanks, Todd & Grant. Much appreciated! They're really pretty little flowers that I don't recall ever seeing around here before.
Posted by Rod Hanna on May 3, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Bret, it's interesting that you haven't seen them before, reminds me that I heard Tom Till say yesterday that he was looking forward to a terrific desert bloom around Moab in the coming weeks. Any insight into what week that might be?
Posted by Bret Edge on May 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Rod: I wish I could tell you when (or if) the bloom will happen but frankly, the weather has been so weird and we're already behind schedule. I honestly have no clue what to expect. I'm hoping for greatness but another freeze warning last night combined w/ the freaky weather and it's anyone's guess as to what the bloom will hold. I'll be out Friday through Monday this coming weekend photographing and checking up on the wildflower conditions throughout the area.