Red Dot Trail to the Rio Grande

The Sandhill Cranes overhead said it was almost winter, but there was a bit of flower action along the Red Dot Trail today. Perhaps not as much as I expected after the past week of observations, but there were a few surprises along the way.

Spectacle Pod, Foothills Paintbrush, Cota, and Slender Trumpet were the unexpected. Others, well, I've seen them extend their season, so not a total surprise in mid-November.

A complete list for the past week:

Western Evening Primrose
Field Chrysanthemum
Chamisa
Goatsbeard
Crownbeard
Black Medic
Red Clover
Hairy Golden Aster
Spreading Fleabane
Tumble Mustard
Sow thistle
Bull thistle
Simple Goldenrod
Gray Goldenrod
Gallardia
Dandelion
Purple Aster
Mullein
Cheeseweed
Pineappleweed
Chocolate Flower
Sand Aster
Spiny Goldenweed
Slender Goldenweed
Desert Verbena
Stemless Evening-primrose
Greenleaf Five-eyes
Threadleaf Groundsel
Many-headed Groundsel
Apache Plume
Perky Sue
White Sweet Clover
Scarlet Globemallow
Harebells
Fendler's Groundsel
Wild Strawberry
Parry's Thistle
Townsend's Aster
Heath Aster
Noseburn
Spectacle Pod
Foothills Paintbrush
Cota
Slender Trumpet
Desert Thoroughwort
Western Fleabane