Prickly Poppies are a wonderful wildflower to have around. On our daily walks we can rest assured we will find some in bloom. Once found, we can stop for a moment and enjoy the show as beetles, bees and ants do their work pollinating these delicate flowers. Even now, as fall approaches and most of the other wildflowers have lost their blooms, a few Prickly Poppies are still going strong.
They a treat for they eyes, like little whipped cream sundaes with a cherries on top.
Those little prickles protect such delicate yet tough flowers.
I am looking forward to see how long they continue blooming into the fall.
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/argemone_pleiacantha.shtml
Denver, CO
nature has no boss 
They look so incredibly delicate.
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Delicate yet very resilient.
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I love these flowers! And your description is very fitting! One thing your photos don’t do is give the scale. These flowers are quite big. But your photos are very lovely!
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Hi, I agree that there is a lack of the size of the flower missing from these posts and perhaps needed an insect in one to demonstrate the large size.
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Beautifully one.
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Thanks Sherry, hope your week is off to a fine start.
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Like sunny-side-up eggs! 🙂
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With a Cherry on top….:->
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🙂
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