Welcome to our real-time summer 2025 record of wildflowers as they bloom on Independence Pass! This blog begins with the first flowers of June—for April and May first-bloomers, scroll down to 2023 flowers to see many from that time frame, and/or see the list below for their names & dates).

Click here for the 2025 wildflower list beginning April 25

June 2025

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Pika produce
Pika produce
Lucky us
Lucky us
Snow cinquefoil
Snow cinquefoil
Lily of the alpine
Lily of the alpine
Beauty subjective
Beauty subjective
A beautiful stinker
A beautiful stinker
Carpe diem!
Carpe diem!
A pointillist paintbrush
A pointillist paintbrush
Your (lower) roadside companion
Your (lower) roadside companion
Alpine delight
Alpine delight
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
No wiping your feet on this mat
No wiping your feet on this mat
Best name ever?
Best name ever?
At home in the great white north
At home in the great white north
A rose by any other name
A rose by any other name
Bedding down for the summer
Bedding down for the summer
Never to be forgotten
Never to be forgotten
A daisy to delight in
A daisy to delight in
The white in red, white & blue
The white in red, white & blue

May 2023

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Shiny, beautiful things
Shiny, beautiful things
The stars of the forest
The stars of the forest
The bane of your existence?
The bane of your existence?
A perennial favorite
A perennial favorite
The east side's favorite daisy
The east side's favorite daisy
The elegant one
The elegant one
This daisy doesn't like to be pigeon-holed
This daisy doesn't like to be pigeon-holed
Berry yummy!
Berry yummy!
These fireworks aren't always on display
These fireworks aren't always on display
A purple and white harlequin
A purple and white harlequin
Give her a nod
Give her a nod
Visualize whirled peas
Visualize whirled peas
With a name like ragwort . . .
With a name like ragwort . . .
A hairy problem
A hairy problem
The first of many daisies
The first of many daisies
Cat fights
Cat fights
Evergreen (and yellow and red)
Evergreen (and yellow and red)
Free eye test!
Free eye test!
Bigger not always better
Bigger not always better
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
Cultivating appreciation
Cultivating appreciation
Pepper candy
Pepper candy
Dozens of flowers in one
Dozens of flowers in one
Hybrid fun
Hybrid fun
Good day, sunshine!
Good day, sunshine!
Spring has sprung
Spring has sprung
First flower of 2023!
First flower of 2023!
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Syncing with the cinquefoils
Syncing with the cinquefoils
Kinnikinnik spelled backwards . . .
Kinnikinnik spelled backwards . . .
Lucky us
Lucky us
The most delicate of drabas
The most delicate of drabas
First wild blueberry
First wild blueberry
Be careful where you step
Be careful where you step
It's all about the leaves
It's all about the leaves
Look for me high and low (and always low)
Look for me high and low (and always low)
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
Yellow to the west, lavender to the east
What makes a wildflower a weed?
What makes a wildflower a weed?
Bursting with abundance
Bursting with abundance
Never to be forgotten
Never to be forgotten
Best name ever
Best name ever
Ugly? Not!
Ugly? Not!
A slender fella
A slender fella
Word of the day: "cleistogamous"
Word of the day: "cleistogamous"
The choke's on you
The choke's on you
A work of art
A work of art
A beary important berry
A beary important berry
Elderberry wine, anyone?
Elderberry wine, anyone?
The second of many Senecios
The second of many Senecios
In search of a family
In search of a family
A marigold's best friend
A marigold's best friend
Goodbye, snow, hello, marigolds!
Goodbye, snow, hello, marigolds!
Currantly unavailable
Currantly unavailable
Let me paint you a picture
Let me paint you a picture
Here, kitty, kitty!
Here, kitty, kitty!
All things bright and beautiful
All things bright and beautiful
Looking for a nice family
Looking for a nice family
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A pretty potentilla
A pretty potentilla
Fairy time
Fairy time
Pioneer pea
Pioneer pea
Lookin' sharp
Lookin' sharp
What's new, pussytoe?
What's new, pussytoe?
Purple jewel of the alpine
Purple jewel of the alpine
Break on through
Break on through
A social climber
A social climber
The mama bear of parsleys
The mama bear of parsleys
Not a keeper
Not a keeper
Nah nah na nah nah
Nah nah na nah nah
A hairy beast
A hairy beast
Alp lily
Alp lily
Serious science vs. mickey mouse
Serious science vs. mickey mouse
Berry uncertain
Berry uncertain
Packing in the Packeras
Packing in the Packeras
At home in the great white north
At home in the great white north
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The white in alpine red, white, and blue
Bluebells on high
Bluebells on high
Our berry best berry
Our berry best berry
A wonder of creation
A wonder of creation
Berry unappetizing
Berry unappetizing
Yellow lupine?
Yellow lupine?
Patience pays
Patience pays
How low can you go
How low can you go
Sufferin' saxifrage!
Sufferin' saxifrage!
Daisy rockin' it
Daisy rockin' it
Pika produce
Pika produce
Alpine cinquefoil
Alpine cinquefoil
Short life but many offspring
Short life but many offspring

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.      
 — ed abbey

QUE TUS SENDEROS SEAN TORCIDOS, SINUOSOS, SOLITARIOS, PELIGROSOS,
QUE CONDUZCAN A LAS VISTAS MÁS ASOMBROSAS.
— ED ABBEY