Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, meadows, openings. Spring.
De-Na-Zin Wilderness/Bisti, New Mexico, April 23, 2007.

Some critter loves to eat Thermopsis rhombifolia flower stems, leaving the flowers to carpet the path to their den.  The den hole in the rocks is just big enough to put your hand into.

Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, meadows, openings. Spring.
De-Na-Zin Wilderness/Bisti, New Mexico, April 23, 2007.

Members of the Southwest Chapter of the Colorado Native Plant Society are examining T. rhombifolia on one of their many field trips that are free and open to everyone:  Click to see their activities schedule.

Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, meadows, openings. Spring.
De-Na-Zin Wilderness/Bisti, New Mexico, April 23, 2007.

As the Society members examined this species of Thermopsis we realized that it possessed some traits that seemed to set it off from other T. rhombifolia and we thought it best to study the plant in more detail when we had access to a number of botanical texts.  Loraine Yeats is shown preparing a specimen to dry.