Uh, Lorna ... I think those are dogs, dear. We have them around here too, and, although they are a bit invasive, we have just learned to live with them.

Just a wee bit o' humor. :-)

ThinMan

I thought they were cows at first glance, but Thinman may be right about them being dogs. ;^)

If you're serious about ID'ing the white flowers, they could be "Pearly Everlasting" (Anaphalis margaritaceae)... it's difficult to guess without seeing a better close-up of the flowers and foliage, or having more info.

I was thinking the same, Pearly Everlasting, a great filler for dried flower arrangements. We need a close-up of the flower to really tell what it might be.

Annette

Lepidium latifolium L. aka perennial peppergrass?

Thinman, you crack me up....watch for the "seeds" those kind of wildflower (dogs) leave behind...they are not as sweet smelling as the parent host ;)

Phooey! I don't have a better shot, and the flowers are out of season now. However, I did look up Pearly Everlasting, which are not these.

These have foilage which is grey-green, and the flowers are pure white. The tiny seeds pods, when dry, have a sheath which looks something like oiled paper. Silver dollar eucalyptus are the only other seeds pods I have seen with this transluscent sort of sheathing. The flowers have four flat petals. I tried cropping my photo. Is this better?
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Some kind of alyssum... it could even be an annual that's reseeding.

It does look like allysum in this photo, but it has no fragrance and is much taller than allysum. A clump can grow about one and a half feet wide and two feet tall. I looked up the peppergrass. The foliage is different, but it might be in that family (which is listed as mustard). I've been calling it wild stock, for lack of knowing what it is, because the shape of the flowers reminds me of stock.
Lorna

Lorna,

When I first viewed your picture, I thought it was Wild Mustard, but the white flowers through me off.

I think it might be in the mustard family, as you suggested.

It's nice to have someone posting from NM. New Mexico is a favorite vacation spot for us. We always have a great time.

Welcome to the cottage forum!

Marilyn

Hello, Marilyn!

What do you do, where do you go, when you vacation in NM? I find it ironic that so many of the gardeners are in the SF Bay Area, where I used to live. :-)

Lorna

Could it be wild flox? M

Here is a link that might be useful: wild flox

Wow, those are beautiful, Mora. I love the height. I haven't had any success with flox, thus far. Trying to identify the many wildflowers which grow on my property has been a real challenge. I've got globe mallow, wild purple asters, prickly pear cactus, snakeweed which is lovely and fragrant, wild verbena, salt bush and several others which I cannot identify.

There are some bushes which look like like masses of dead silvery twigs, then suddenly they burst forth with hundreds of tiny deep purple, fragrant flowers. I think they are a sage, but they have no leaves!

Lorna

Lorna,

I think NM has some of the most gorgeous scenery, that coupled with a sense of tranquility, really appeals to us.

In the north we like Red River, Taos and Angel Fire. In the south its Albuqueque and Santa Fe. Everything in between is wonderful, too! :-) Since I despise humidity, the dry desert heat is a real plus!

It's quite a surreal experience traveling from the flat plains of west TX into NM. You see the mts. on the horizon and it looks like you will be there in 30 minutes or so, when actually you are still hours away!

It's nice to have people in different climates sharing their experiences. Again, welcome!

Marilyn

Aaawwww...love doggie butts *lol*

I think it looks like white phlox.

Yup- those are dawgs alright..

ThinMan- you kill me..

and I also though tthey were cows at first!!! haha

the flower DID remind me of phlox.. but i dont knwo what it is. awful purdy though. :)

Yea, sigh, many of the dogs are grazers. One of them chewed my Sterling Silver rose so many times, she caused the bush to revert to a rugosa. Last year it bloomed with small red flowers!

I had to fence off my asparagus because the dogs kept digging them up and eating them. They all love fruits and vegetables, and some of them eat flowers, too.

I used to allow my hedgehogs some garden time, under supervision so they wouldn't get lost. They'd wander through the strawberry bed taking one bite out of each strawberry they came across. They never ate a whole strawberry. They lost their garden privileges.

The long-earred hedgies have really expressive faces. The old black Lab in the photo loved to supervise the hedgehogs for me. This one is peeved about my intrusion with the camera.

Lorna

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It's a good thing we don't have hedgehogs in California. I'd probably keep them as pets. Gosh they're cute :-)

There is a forum called Name That Plant. I posed the question to them. A woman named Carol came up with the answer. This desert plant is a Spectacle Pod (Dimorphocarpa wislizenii). By the way, I live on a mesa in the Rio Abajo Valley (meaning lower river), where the Chihuahuan Desert converges with the Manzano Mountains. The Rio Grande flows through the valley.
Lorna