#trailing windmills

Late summer wildflowers.

Trailing Windmills — Image by kenne The orchid-colored trailing windmills is a vine that grows along the ground; the plant may be 10 feet across. The stems, leaves, and buds are covered with soft white hair. The stems and flowers are sticky, and one rarely finds a flower without grains of sand stuck on the upper surface. Technically, what appears to be 1 flower is a cluster of 3 resembling a…