Anza Borrego Wildflowers - 2011
Last month Penelope and I took another excellent trip with the Desert Explorers. During the adventure we explored various parts of Anza Borrego and saw an ample assortment of wildflowers. I've never captured so many different species in one outing. I was very impressed with the range of flora throughout the park. Amazing:
Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Mojave Indigo Bush
Psorothmnus aborescens
Ocotillo
Rock Daisy
Eriophyllum lanosum
California Croton
Croton californicus
Frost Mat, Onyx Flower
Achyronichia cooperi
Desert Iguana
Buckwheat
Desert Plantain
Pantago ovata
Desert Gold
Desert Gold
Sand Blazing Star
Mentzelia involucrata
Desert Sunflower
Geraea canescens
Goathead
Tribulu terrestris L.
Popcorn Flower
Thick-Leaved Ground Cherry
Physalis
Thick-Leaved Ground Cherry
Physalis crassifolia
Whispering Bells
Emmananthi
Lace-Leaf Phacelia
Phacelia fremontii
Checkered Fiddleneck
Amsinckia tesselata
Checkered Fiddle-Neck
Amsinckia tesselata
Desert Apricot Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Hairy Lotus
Lotus strigosus
Desert Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Scarlet Locoweed
Astagalus coccineus
Wallace's Wooly Daisy
Eriophyllum wallacei
Wooly Daisy
Eriophyllum wallacei
Rock Daisy
Scarlet Milkvetch
Astagalus coccineus
Bug on Phacelia
Beadpod
Laqueralla tenella
Interior Goldenbush
Ericamerica linearifolia
Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Popcorn Flower
Cryptantha
Brown-eyed Evening Primrose
Desert Needle
Pincushion
Brown-eyed Evening Primrose
Notch-Leaved Phacelia
Phacelia crenulata
Notch-Leaved Phacelia
Phacelia crenulata
Rock Daisy
Yellow Cups
Camissonia brevipes
Parish's Poppy
Minuta FLora
Desert Sunflower
Geraea canescens
Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
Bee on Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
Winter Fat
Krasheninnikovia lanta
Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Indigo
Psorothmnus aborescens
Ocotillo Flower
Ocotillio Bloom
Brittle Brush
Indigo Bush
Psorothmnus aborescens
Cholla Bloom
Desert Lavender
Hyptis emoryi
Silver Cholla Cactus Flower
Opuntia echinocarpa
Barrel Cactus Flower
Desert Star
Monoptilon belliodes