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| Desert star in spring bloom, a member of the sunflower family found in lower elevations of the Sonoran desert. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10939 Species: Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Desert star in spring bloom, a member of the sunflower family found in lower elevations of the Sonoran desert. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10941 Species: Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Sun starfish. This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet. Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms. Image ID: 14949 Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides |
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| Sun starfish. This enormous starfish can have up to 24 arms, grow to 30 inches in diameter and have as many as 15000 tube feet. Sun stars are usually pink, purple or brown in color although will occasionally be red or yellow. They can regrow lost arms. Image ID: 14950 Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides | Sunflower star (sun starfish), dorsal surface detail. Image ID: 10182 Species: Sunflower star, Pycnopodia helianthoides Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA |
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