Thursday, May 17, 2012

Badlands redeux

This area, west of Cuba in Nacimiento formation, is stark with expansive views, beautiful forms, oceans of petrified wood chips and surprisingly strewn with flowers.

5/15 BLM badlands, vicinity of Mesa Penistaja
Agavaceaee (Agave family)
  soapweed yucca  Yucca glauca
Asteraceae (Aster family)
  baby aster  Chaetopappa ericoides
  spreading fleabane  Erigeron divergens
  basin fleabane  Erigeron pulcherrimus 
  fineleaf hymenopappus  Hymenopappus filifolius
  lobeleaf groundsel  Packera multilobata
  thrift mock goldenweed  Stenotus armerioides
  Ives' fournerved daisy  Tetraneuris ivesiana
  annual Easterdaisy  Townsendia annua
  gypsum Townsend's aster Townsendia gypsophila
  yellow salsify  Tragopogon dubius
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
  nylon hedgehog cactus  Echinocereus viridiflorus
Caryophyllaceae (Pink family)
  Eastwood's sandwort  Arenaria eastwoodiae
Chenopodiaceae Goosefoot family
   saltbush  Atriplex sp.
Liliaceae (Lily family)
  sego lily   Calochortus nuttallii 
Linaceae (Flax family)
   Chihuahuan flax  Linum vernale
Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)
   dwarf skyrocket, dwarf ipomopsis  Ipomopsis pumila
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
   salty buckwheat  Stenogonum salsuginosum
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
   northwestern Indian paintbrush  Castilleja angustifolia var. dubia


sego lily Calochortus nuttallii








gypsum Townsend's aster Townsendia gypsophila (RARE)







lobeleaf groundsel Packera multilobata

Eastwood's sandwort Arenaria eastwoodiae












Also:
A couple of weeks ago we revisited this land of sand and many flowers.
4/30 La Ceja rim
Agavaceaee (Agave family)
  banana yucca  Yucca baccata
  soapweed yucca  Yucca glauca
Apiaceae (Parsley family)
  Fendler's springparsley  Cymopterus glomeratus
Asteraceae (Aster family)
  baby aster  Chaetopappa ericoides
  fineleaf hymenopappus  Hymenopappus filifolius
  yellow blanketflower  Gaillardia pinnatifid  
  desertdandelion  Malacothrix sonchoides
  ash-grey blackfoot  Melampodium leucanthum
  stemmy four-nerve daisy  Tetraneuris scaposa 
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
  thicksepal hiddenflower  Cryptantha crassisepala
  Brenda's yellow cryptantha  Cryptantha flava
Brassicaceae (Mustard family)
  spectacle pod, touristplant  Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
  western wallflower  Erysimum capitatum
  bladderpod  Lesquerella sp.
  straight bladderpod  Lesquerella rectipes  
  longbeak streptanthella Streptanthella longirostris
Ephedraceae (Mormon-tea family)
 Torrey's jointfir  Ephedra torreyana
Fabaceae (Pea family)
  wooly locoweed  Astragalus mollissimus
  indigobush, featherplume  Dalea formosa
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
  bristly nama  Nama hispidum
  scorpionweed, gypsum phacelia  Phacelia integrifolia
Liliaceae (Lily family)
   large-petalled wild onion  Allium macropetalum
Linaceae (Flax family)
  Chihuahuan flax  Linum vernale
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
  scarlet globemallow  Sphaeralcea coccinea
Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock family)
  snowball sandverbena  Abronia fragrans
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose family)
  prairie evening primrose  Oenothera albicaulis
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
  desert rhubarb  Rumex hymenosepalus
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
  southwestern paintbrush  Castilleja integra
Solanaceae (Potato or nightshade family)
  pale wolfberry, pale desert-thorn  Lycium pallidum



pale wolfberry, pale desert-thorn Lycium pallidum
yellow blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifid












Fendler's springparsley Cymopterus glomeratus











scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea

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