NEW DIXIE MINE ROAD, MOJAVE DESERT
MAY 2011
PAGE TWO


   
Desert bluebells
Phacelia campanularia ssp. vasiformis
Boraginaceae
 
Little gold poppy
Eschscholzia minutiflora
Papaveraceae

[Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]
 
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Cactaceae
   


 
Paperbag bush, Bladder sage
Scutellaria mexicana
Lamiaceae




 
 
 
California wild buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Polygonaceae
 
 



 
Fishhook cactus
Mammillaria tetrancistra
Cactaceae
 
   
Cottontop cactus
Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
Cactaceae



 
 
Desert straw
Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora
Asteraceae

 
Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Asteraceae
[Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]
 


 
Woolly marigold
Baileya pleniradiata
Asteraceae

[Named for Jacob Whitman Bailey, 1811-1857]
 



 
 
 
Notchleaf phacelia
Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua
Boraginaceae
 
 



 
 
Burrobush
Ambrosia dumosa
Asteraceae
 


 
 
Bigelow's coreopsis
Leptosyne bigelovii
Asteraceae
[Blister beetle genus Nemognatha.
Thanks to Bob Allen for ID]
 
 



 
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae
 
   
Hairy-podded peppergrass
Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum
Brassicaceae


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