Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 17, 2015
Anza-Borrego Wildflower Updates 3/17/15
Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association has new wildflower updates today
Still lots of wildflowers in the Borrego Valley, particularly the northern park of the valley. As that area fades out the best places to see annual wildflowers will be in the washes and canyons.Ocotillo are now blooming around town and the PaloVerdes are starting as well.
At the north side of Henderson Canyon Road the flowers in this location are fading away now but the Ocotillo are reported to be magnificent going into Coyote Canyon.
Grapevine area: The area burned down in 2012. What you see right now is that grasses and the invasive Filaree have taken over the area. But some sandy washes remain.
The lovely less common Fremont’sMonkeyflower, Mimulusfremontii var.fremontii And the fire follower Wide-throated yellowmonkeyflower, Mimulusbrevipes. White sage, Salviaapiana are blooming or are starting to bloom all over. Favorite of the day Cream cups,Platystemoncalifornicus a couple of small fields of them. And the white variation Wallace’s woolly daisy,Eriophyllumwallacei var.rubellum Often mistaken for Emory’srockdaisy,Perityleemoryi.
| Pena Springs – Hellhole RIdge:While driving along theMontazuma grade you notice whole fields of the invasiveRedstemfilaree,Erodiumcicutarium. Driving up to the Pena Springs you see nice fields of Goldfields,Lasthenia gracilis mixed withNarrowleafgoldenbush,Ericamerialinearifolia. Notice the yellow Yellow pincushion,Chaenactisglabriuscula var.glabriuscula. You will see plenty of Chia, Salviacolumbariae. And Commonfiddleneck,Amsinckia intermedia and the similar looking Bristlyfiddleneck,Amsinckiatessellata var.tessellata Carla’s favorite Hairy bushmonkeyflower, Mimulusaurantiacus var.pubescens, look for them around boulders.And as everything is early so are the Blue dicks, Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Pleased to see yet another poppy, the prettiest one of them all California poppy, Eschscholzia californica Whole fields of Narrowleaf goldenbush, Ericameria linearifolia At the end of the trip my camera turned a shade of yellow from all the flowers. |
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See photos and older reports at Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association |
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