08 May 2009

The Purples and Yellows of the Santa Monica Mountains

Purple is a color on the cool side of the spectrum. In auras and in history purple is a color of royalty. Yellow is a color on the warm side of the spectrum.
In auras it represents happiness and joy. It is the original color of the "happy face". Notice how the California state flower of the poppy is spearing itself. We were hiking at the Upper Zuma Canyon trail--part of the Backbone Trail--and went to the waterfalls which is where we saw flowers one and four. The first photo is a blue larkspur of the genus delphinium. The species is unidentified as of yet. Second photo is Collarless California Poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa). Third photo is Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi). Fourth photo is Creek Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatas).

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