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| Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10975 Species: Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens, Opuntia Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Brittlebush blooms in spring, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24304 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Brittlebush at sunrise, dawn, springtime bloom, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24301 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10896 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Barrel cactus, brittlebush and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10899 Species: Red barrel cactus, Encelia farinosa, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10906 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Lupine color the sides of the Borrego Valley in spring. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10969 Species: Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Desert agave, also known as the Century Plant, blooms in spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Desert agave is the only agave species to be found on the rocky slopes and flats bordering the Coachella Valley. It occurs over a wide range of elevations from 500 to over 4,000. It is called century plant in reference to the amount of time it takes it to bloom. This can be anywhere from 5 to 20 years. They send up towering flower stalks that can approach 15 feet in height. Sending up this tremendous display attracts a variety of pollinators including bats, hummingbirds, bees, moths and other insects and nectar-eating birds. Image ID: 11550 Species: Desert agave, Agave deserti | Red barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24302 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Red barrel flower bloom, cactus detail, spines and flower on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24303 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10459 Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Sand verbena carpets sand dunes and washes in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Sand verbena blooms throughout the Colorado Desert following rainy winters. Image ID: 10462 Species: Sand verbena, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Desert Lily blooms in the sandy soils of the Colorado Desert. It is fragrant and its flowers are similar to cultivated Easter lilies. Image ID: 10543 Species: Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Sand verbena carpets sand dunes and washes in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Sand verbena blooms throughout the Colorado Desert following rainy winters. Image ID: 10492 Species: Sand verbena, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Sand verbena blooms in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Sand verbena blooms throughout the Colorado Desert following rainy winters. Image ID: 10493 Species: Sand verbena, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Sand verbena blooms in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Sand verbena blooms throughout the Colorado Desert following rainy winters. Image ID: 10497 Species: Sand verbena, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Brown-eyed primrose blooms in spring in the Colorado Desert following heavy winter rains. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10522 Species: Brown-eyed primrose, Camissonia claviformis Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10905 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20464 Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Red barrel cactus detail, spines on top of the cactus, Glorietta Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24308 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10938 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Desert agave, also known as the Century Plant, blooms in spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Desert agave is the only agave species to be found on the rocky slopes and flats bordering the Coachella Valley. It occurs over a wide range of elevations from 500 to over 4,000. It is called century plant in reference to the amount of time it takes it to bloom. This can be anywhere from 5 to 20 years. They send up towering flower stalks that can approach 15 feet in height. Sending up this tremendous display attracts a variety of pollinators including bats, hummingbirds, bees, moths and other insects and nectar-eating birds. Image ID: 11551 Species: Desert agave, Agave deserti | Clusters of desert poppy climb the steep sides of the Borrego Valley. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10945 Species: Desert poppy, Eschscholzia parishii Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose blooms in spring following winter rains. Dune primrose is a common ephemeral wildflower on the Colorado Desert, growing on dunes. Its blooms open in the evening and last through midmorning. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20467 Species: Dune evening primrose, Dune primrose, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Cholla cactus, sunrise, dawn, Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24305 Species: Cholla cactus, Opuntia Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10467 Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in thick vegetation and spectacular color for months. Image ID: 10891 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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| Brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10897 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Lupine color the sides of the Borrego Valley in spring. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10967 Species: Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20463 Species: Dune evening primrose, Sand verbena, Abronia villosa, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA |
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