• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wildflowers - Scarlet Globemallow

Scarlet Globemallow, Red False Mallow, Cowboy's Delight, Sphaeralcea coccinea
Scarlet Globemallow, Red False Mallow, Cowboy's Delight, Sphaeralcea coccinea
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Scarlet Globemallow increases during periods of heavy grazing and during drought periods. Plains Indians made of paste out of this plant by chewing it. The paste was used on burns and sores as a soothing salve.
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A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...