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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Nevada desert wildflowers


I decided to put all my flower photos from the NV desert on a blog page. I have another page of Mt Charleston flowers. I tried to group like flowers together. There is no search function on this site. I have tried to group similar types of flowers, Phacelias are first, followed by Cryptanthas, Then daisy/composit/sunflowers, then gilias, primroses, Bushes, lastly cactus.




This is the common Notch Leaf Phacelia. It is found in most areas around Las Vegas. There is another type called Beautiful Phacelia, or Scorpion weed that is more pink in color and doesn't have all the protruding stamens, or notched leaves. They are more rounded leaves. The lower leaves on the notch leaf plant are more deeply notched than the upper leaves.









Another Notch leaf Phacelia.





The other Phacelia. Beautiful Scorpion weed. Some of the Phacelias are said to be irritants and should not be touched.





Beautiful Phacelia, or Scorpion weed show the leaf shape.





Closer view of the Beautiful Phacelia. Notice the lack of protruding stamen and the reddish colored stems and leaves.




















Round leaf phacelia with a hiking stick tip for sizing.



Round leaf phacelia



Freemont phacelia, or yellow throat







Small field of yellow throats









Purple Mat






This is a cryptantha. They are found everywhere and there are many kinds. All are prickly and have very small flowers. Usually white but sometimes yellow. This is called Nevada cryptantha I think. It's flowers are in little fuzzy balls on the end of the stems. They are hard to see,. This photo is very close.





Nevada Cryptantha showing the fuzzy balls on the end of the branches where the flowers grow.


Roughseed Cryptantha?




Roughseed Cryptantha?




Roughseed Cryptantha?




Golden Cryptantha




Golden Cryptantha
Golden Cryptantha


Another yellow cryptantha?



This is another cryptantha. The ones with larger flowers with a yellow center are sometimes called popcorn flowers.





Another cryptantha. This one has it's flowers on the tip of little buds. I don't know its exact name. There are several that look the same to me in my three Mojave flower books, and on the NV wildflower app on my phone.
















Wooly daisy, or Wallace daisy. Comes in white or yellow. Usually about 2 inches tall. Usually found in sandy or rocky flats in small groups but can cover large areas in a good year.






This is a large group.





White Wooly Daises




Yellow Wooly Daises



Yellow Wooly Daises



Rock Daisy






Desert Chicory



Side view of the Desert Chicory. Many of the white and yellow flowers similar to this require this view to ID them. It could be Gravel Ghost, White Tack stem, or faded Mojave Aster.





White Tackstem looks just like desert chicory but for the little glands on the stem. Chicory stems are smooth.




Bud of a Chicory






Gravel ghost. It looks like a Chicory, or a white tack stem except for the basal leaves which lie on the ground and have purple blotches. See next photo. The leaves can be small or large.


























Gravel Ghost leaves.




Mojave Aster


Mojave Aster



Colors vary on Mojave Asters. some are almost white.




Suspected Golden Aster.


































Rock Nettle







Globe Mallow










Sand Blazing Star



 Desert Gold










Desert Gold









Desert Plantain. Very common but not very conspicuous.









Windmills. Bright pink sprawling on the ground. Not like any other flower.










This is a Gilia. Probably Rock Gilia. Very small flowers (1/4 inch) about 4 inches tall. Pink flowers with blue stamen.




Closer view.





Star Gilia. Looks like the pink Rock Gilia except for the color and leaves.






















Star Gilia leaves.





















African Mustard. Not native.














Palmer Penstemon. Common along roadsides






Palmer Penstemon









Utah Penstemon








































Pepperweed




Bearpaw Poppy. Rare poppy found in Gypsum/alkali soils.







The leaves of the Bearpaw poppy are identifiable even without any blooms.







Bearpaw Poppy





Bearpaw Poppy






 Pygmy Poppy








pygmy poppy

Prickly Poppy






Manzanita




Biscuit root







Turpentine Broom. First bush to bloom in Valley of Fire.



Turpentine Broom.













Bigelow Monkey Flower






Bigelow Monkey Flower




Bigelow Monkey Flower



Little Red stem Monkeyflower



Little Red Stem Monkey Flower




Little Red Stem Monkey Flower


 Clustered Broomrape




Clustered Broomrape











Lewisia Maguri, Bitterroot




Lewisia Maguri, Bitterroot


Lewisia Maguri


Lewisia Maguri


Lewisia Maguri, Bitterroot


Lewisia Maguri, Bitterroot





Lewisia Rediviva, Bitterroot



Spring Beauty




Spring beauty leaves



Spring Beauty





Desert Holly



Rush Milkweed


Desert Milkweed




 Green Milkweed




Green Milkweed




Heermans wild buckwheat


Bristly Gilia





Bristly gilia





Bristly gilia



Desert Linanthus




Desert Linanthus




Desert Linanthus





Giant Blazing star





Small Blazing star





Small Blazing star

Blazing star











Joshua tree




Evening Primrose




Yellow cups, Primrose






Milkvetch



milkvetch







 Yerba Santa



 Amsonia

Purple sage



Purple Sage

Purple sage


Mortonia



Mortonia













 Sun Ray. Grows in Alkali soil near Bearpaw poppys












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Rhatny




















Sun Ray


Ground Cherry


Ground cherry


Milkvetch




A different Milkvetch


Bladderpod


Bladderpod






Nevada Biscuit root





Wedge leaf Draba




Wedge leaf Draba


Wedge leaf Draba






Rockcrest


Rock crest


Phlox


Filaree












Spiny Menodora



Desert Anemone





Desert anemone




Desert anemone












Desert five spot



Desert five spot








Samd Verbena







Ephedra


Pygmy Poppy







Desert Marigold


Mojave Yucca



Twist Flower?




Twist Flower?



Twist Flower?











Coyote Tobacco





Coyote tobacco











Sand wort












Desert trumpet





Desert trumpet


Toadflax


Blue Flax


Blue Flax






















Paper Flower bush









Desert Almond


















Ephedra





A Buckwheat






Rattlesnake weed




Banana yucca



Desert marigold




fillaree



Amsonia



Amsonia



Amsonia

California Buckwheat







Scarlet Gaura




Scarlet gaura








Wire lettuce





































Indigo bush




Indigo bush




Indigo bush



Desert larkspur



Chia



Dwarf lupine




Dwarf lupine

Mexican sage or paper bag bush




Cheese bush





Brittle bush



















Utah, narrow leaf yucca
















Ground Cherry






Funnel lilly








Fremont pin cushion


Mariposa lilly





Mariposa lilly


Mariposa lilly

























Cliffrose



 Cliffrose



 Cliffrose



 Cliffrose



Cliffrose


 Apache Plume




Apache Plume





























































































Cliff golden bush




















































Teddybear Cholla


Teddybear Cholla


Teddybear Cholla

























Pretty Shooting star, Primula pauciflora




Pretty Shooting star, Primula pauciflora




Pretty Shooting star, Primula pauciflora



Pretty Shooting star, Primula pauciflora