Clipper Mountains Wildflowers
24 March 2005
The Clipper Mountains are in the eastern Mojave Desert, south of the East Mojave National Scenic Area, just south of I-40 and north of Route 66. The flowers below were taken within and adjacent to Goldhammer Wash, Bonanza Wash, Bonanza Spring, and Clipper Valley near Essex Road.
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2005.
Plant photos are arranged alphabetically by botanical name.
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Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia, Rancher's Fire or Fiddleneck - Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Asclepias subulata, Desert Milkweed - Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
Astragalus cf. didymocarpus, Two-seeded Locoweed - Fabaceae (Pea family)
Aristida purpurea, Purple Three-awned Grass - Poaceae (Grass family)
Atrichoseris platyphylla, Gravel Ghost - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Atriplex hymenolytra, Desert Holly - Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot family)
Female Plant
Male Plant
Close-up of holly like leaves
Baccharis sarothroides, Desertbroom - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Camissonia brevipes, Gold Suncup - Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Camissonia boothii, Shreading-bark Evening-primrose - Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Distichlis spicata, Saltgrass - Poaceae (Grass family)
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