if this plant matters
yet it blooms
without our questions
It was easy to choose “Bloom” from Maria Antonia‘s bingo sheet for her #picoftheweek photo challenge. I have a few photos of flowers, some more iconic for this state, like cactus blossoms and the Palo Verde blooms that buzz with insects, wild flowers from the higher elevations to the north. This could be a noxious weed for all I know, but I admire its tenacity. It was doing what it could in the thin soil above Cottonwood, AZ.
Maria has updated the bingo sheet with 25 new categories for April, May, and June. Check out Maria’s #2022picoftheweek to see how you can participate in this fun prompt.
ShiftnShake 
Reblogged this on Pattys World.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely picture, D
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love this flower. Even though I’m not familiar with it, can’t help thinking it belongs to the Nightshade family
LikeLiked by 1 person
That was my thought as well, though it seems more prickly than the nightshade I’m used to in my part of the continent. Every plant I saw in Arizona seemed to have prickles and spines.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The nightshade family is huge which wide variations. But that flower is pretty distinctive. I could be wrong.
And think, the tomato plant is slightly prickly too
LikeLiked by 1 person