08 June - California Wild Flower

We purchased this annual Californian native flower from a nursery based out of Richmond, California.

The plant was tiny for several weeks, then grew about a foot tall and branched out before suddenly going into bloom.

The bunches of flowers grow at the tops of the plant, the flowers opening in the morning and closing in the evening.

Now, about a month after this photograph was taken, most of the flowers have fallen away, leaving prickly balls at the tops of the plant, which eventually turned into more bunches of flowers.