YUCCA VALLEY AND PIONEERTOWN APRIL/MAY 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters
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| This is a photo gallery which includes pictures taken on two separate trips on April 24 and May 10. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip. |
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Hole-in-the-sand plant Nicolletia occidentalis Asteraceae |
Scalebud Anisocoma acaulis Asteraceae |
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White tidy tips Layia glandulosa Asteraceae |
Mojave sun cup Camissonia campestris Onagraceae |
Bigelow's desert four o'clock Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii Nyctaginaceae |
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Apricot mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Malvaceae |
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus engelmannii var. engelmannii Cactaceae |
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Bajada lupine Lupinus concinnus Fabaceae |
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Small-seeded spurge Chamaesyce polycarpa Euphorbiaceae |
Bigelow's monkeyflower Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Scrophulariaceae |
Pringle's woolly sunflower Eriophyllum pringlei Asteraceae |
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Desert larkspur Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii Ranunculaceae |
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Fringed onion
Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum Liliaceae |
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Purple mat Nama demissum Hydrophyllaceae |
Woolly daisy Eriophyllum wallacei Asteraceae |
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Xantus pincushion Chaenactis xantiana Asteraceae |
Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Cactaceae |
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Star gilia Gilia stellata Polemoniaceae |
Whispering bells Emmenanthe penduliflora Hydrophyllaceae |
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Wild rhubarb
Rumex hymenosepalus Polygonaceae |
Interior goldenbush Ericameria linearifolia Asteraceae |