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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: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Spring wildflower blooms on the Eureka sand dunes. Image ID: 25245 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, 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: 10896 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, 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, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| 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, Anza Borrego, 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: 10969 Species: Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Crown daisy blooms in Spring. Image ID: 11367 Species: Crown daisy, Chrysanthemum coronarium Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Foxtail barley. Image ID: 11384 Species: Foxtail barley, Hordeum murinum Location: San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas, California, USA | Lupine (species unidentified) blooms in spring. Image ID: 11395 Species: Lupine, Lupinus Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA | Lupine (species unidentified) blooms in spring. Image ID: 11408 Species: Lupine, Lupinus Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA |
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| Lupine (species unidentified) blooms in spring. Image ID: 11414 Species: Lupine, Lupinus Location: Rancho Santa Fe, 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 | Wildflowers on Shadow Mountain with the Teton Range visible in the distance. Image ID: 13020 Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Paradise Meadows wildflowers, summer. Image ID: 13892 Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Paradise Meadows, wildflowers and Mount Rainier, summer. Image ID: 13893 Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | 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, Anza Borrego, 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: 10459 Species: Dune primrose, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, California, USA | 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, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| California poppy plants viewed from the perspective of a bug walking below the bright orange blooms. Image ID: 20539 Species: California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, Eschscholtzia californica Location: Del Dios, San Diego, 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, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, 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, Anza Borrego, California, USA |
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| Unidentified yucca or agave. Image ID: 11914 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Spring wildflower blooms on the Eureka sand dunes. Image ID: 25342 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, 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: 11551 Species: Desert agave, Agave deserti |
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