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.
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
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| sego lily Calochortus nuttallii |
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| gypsum Townsend's aster Townsendia gypsophila (RARE) |
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| lobeleaf groundsel Packera multilobata |
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| 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
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| pale wolfberry, pale desert-thorn Lycium pallidum |
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| yellow blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifid |
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| Fendler's springparsley Cymopterus glomeratus |
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| scarlet globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea |
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