Natural History Wanderings

Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association has the following wildflower bloom report for the Fish Creek area

Blooms

• ASTERACEAE           2    Encelia farinosa  –  Brittlebush
• ASTERACEAE           1    Palafoxia arida var. arida –  Spanish Needles
• ASTERACEAE           1    Perityle emoryi – Emory’s Rock Daisy
• ASTERACEAE           7    Xylorhiza orcuttii – Orcutt’s Woody Aster
• CHENOPODIACEAE  1    Atriplex hymenelytra_MALE –  Desert Holly
• EUPHORBIACEAE     10  Chamaesyce polycarpa – Small-seeded Spurge
• FABACEAE               10   Astragalus crotalariae –
• FABACEAE               1     Lupinus arizonicus – Arizona Lupine

Germination

• FABACEAE 3 Lupinus concinnus
• FABACEAE 1 Psorothamnus spinosus

You can follow their wildflower reports at: Wildflower Updates