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A short distance later, I notice another hopsage, this one with more mature inflorescences

3736-plant.jpg Blue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)ThumbnailsThis tiny plant in a gravelly area reminds me of miner's lettuce; it's Oxytheca perfoliata (roundleaf puncturebract)Blue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)ThumbnailsThis tiny plant in a gravelly area reminds me of miner's lettuce; it's Oxytheca perfoliata (roundleaf puncturebract)Blue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)ThumbnailsThis tiny plant in a gravelly area reminds me of miner's lettuce; it's Oxytheca perfoliata (roundleaf puncturebract)Blue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)ThumbnailsThis tiny plant in a gravelly area reminds me of miner's lettuce; it's Oxytheca perfoliata (roundleaf puncturebract)Blue delphiniums (Delphinium parishii) flowering near some yellowish hopsage (Grayia spinosa)ThumbnailsThis tiny plant in a gravelly area reminds me of miner's lettuce; it's Oxytheca perfoliata (roundleaf puncturebract)

The actual hopsage flower is quite tiny and almost unnoticeable in the context of the surrounding reddish bracts.