Golden oats, Stipa gigantea, A panicle of the brown winter seeds hanging from a stem and covered in frozen droplets.

Marigold, Calendula officinalis, Side view of one flower with snow piled up on it.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of several white flowering stems.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of one white flowering stem.

Thistle, Montpellier thistle, Cirsium monspessulanum, Side view of one pink flower.

Plumbago, Ceratostigma willmottianum, Many stems of multiple blue flowers.

Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Side view showing scales on the cap and the ring on the stem.

Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Side view showing scales on the cap and the ring on the stem.

Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Side view of two mushrooms showing scales on the cap and the ring on the stem.

Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Side view of two mushrooms showing scales on the cap and the ring on the stem.

Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Side view showing scales on the cap and the ring on the stem.

Great desert spoon, Dasyliron achrotrichum, Dramatic spikey mass of silvery narrow leaves standing out against a dark background.