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Here are some wildflowers you might see right here in Portola Valley, right now in August 2021. Some past their prime -- go early!

Captions show where and when these photos were taken. All from Portola Valley -- or Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, which straddles PV and Woodside, or from the nearby Arastradero Preserve.

As the dry summer wears on, especially in this drought year, it is getting harder for me to find 20 nice flowers in bloom. I have decided to broaden the pool, and include a few spectacular seeds and one nice dry "flower". And some flowers repeat from last month, if they still bloom.

Many (all?) of these plants have been nourished and guided by the Native Americans here, for millennia -- they are the result of human intention as well as "natural" evolution. This month's flowers are quite important for our bees and other insects.

Challenge: #10 is an unknown flower. Please leave a comment there if you know the ID! And confirm #16, if you can.