Found in dry sand and gravel
Seen blooming in September at Abiquiu Lake

Melon Loco is a foul-smelling, grayish, hairy creeper growing to 10 feet long with rounded, lobed, wavy-edged, hairy leaves that feel like sandpaper. The showy flowers are yellow and funnel-shaped. The mature melons are green and have raised ridges running lengthwise. The melons taste so bad you would have to be loco to eat one. Source.
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Found in disturbed areas, waste places
Seen blooming in September in Ohkay Owingeh

​A twisting, twining vine that can grow to 10 feet long but usually less. The bright red tubular flowers are about one inch long with protruding white stamens. They stay open all day to attract hummingbirds, unlike other morning glories. It is considered invasive in some regions. I could find no traditional uses of the plant but other members of the genus have been used to treat various diseases.
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Found in open pine forests, sandy, disturbed soil
Seen blooming in September on the Quemazon Trail, Los Alamos

The attractive Southwestern Cosmos grows to 2½ feet high with a slender, airy shape and thread-like leaves. The flower is about an inch across, white to rosy to violet in color with toothed petals. The seeds are barbed, causing them to lodge in fur or clothing. The Navajo used a cold infusion of the dried leaves as a ceremonial chant lotion. Source.
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Found in wet areas near slow-moving water
Seen blooming in August by the Rio Chama

Water Horehound is not a particularly showy plant. It grows up to three feet tall with the characteristic square stem of a mint, but it does not have aromatic leaves. It grows in similar habitat to Wild Mint which has lavender flowers and a distinctive aroma. The leaves are opposite and toothed. The tiny white tubular flowers with lavender markings grow in a whorl around the stem at the base of the leaves. Each flower has two stamens. Traditionally, a compound containing the entire plant was used for stomach cramps. Source. In modern times people use bugleweed for overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), premenstrual syndrome (PMS), insomnia, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. Source.

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Found in open, rocky soil in mixed conifer forests
Seen blooming in August by FS Rd 137 in Carson NF

Beardlip Penstemon has spikes of tubular flowers which are very attractive to hummingbirds. It grows to four feet tall with long, narrow, dark green leaves, mostly at the base of the plant. The flowers are 1½ inches long and have two long protruding upper lobes and three lower lobes with golden hairs in the throat. It blooms for many weeks. Native Americans had many medicinal uses for the plant. It was used for menstrual pain and stomachache, burns, coughs, gun wounds and arrow wounds, and as a diuretic. The chewed root was rubbed over the rabbit stick to ensure success in the hunt. A rabbit stick which was treated in this manner was sure to kill any rabbit that it was aimed at, provided the thrower had a good heart. Source.
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