Aster in San Miguel Canyon
Gateway, CO, was my destination on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011. My Labor Day weekend street bike ride took me west from Ridgway, along the San Miguel Canyon, up to Norwood, to Naturita, and thence to Gateway. A rest stop in the canyon, nearly to Norwood Hill, revealed many wildflowers—amazing, really, considering it’s September, but not amazing considering the amount of rain we’ve had this summer. Enjoy the flowers!
Continuing the theme of purple....
These look like Goldeneye
I'm pretty sure this is a form of Goldenrod, though which variety I can't tell from the flower book.
The closest the flower book comes is a sort of gumweed, though the match is far from exact. The flower shown here has a much more uniform middle.