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
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
Amsinckia tesselata
Sphaeralcea ambigua
#### Hairy Lotus
Lotus strigosus
#### Desert Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
#### Scarlet Locoweed
Astagalus coccineus
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
Phacelia crenulata
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