Dead Mountains Wildflowers

22 March 2005

The Dead Mountains are in the eastern Mojave Desert just northwest of Needles, California.
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2005


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Linanthus demissus, Desert Snow - Polemoniaceae (Phlox family)



Marina parryi, Parry's False Prairie-clover - Fabaceae (Pea family)


Mohavae confertiflora, Ghost Plant - Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)


Nama demissum var. demissum, Purplemat - Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)


Nicotiana obtusifolia, Desert Tobacco - Solanaceae (Tomato or Potato family)


Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris, Beavertail Cactus - Cactaceae (Cactus family)




Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris with Phacelia distans


Opuntia cf. echinocarpa, Golden Cholla - Cactaceae (Cactus family)


Parietaria hespera var. hespera, Rillita Pellitory - Urticaceae (Nettle family)



Perityle emoryi, Parry's Rockdaisy - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)


Phacelia crenulata, Crenulate Phacelia - Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)


Phacelia distans, Common or Desert Phacelia - Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)




Physalis lancifolia, Ground Cherry - Solanaceae (Tomato or Potato family) - NON-NATIVE


Pterostegia drymarioides, Fairy Mist - Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)


Rafinesquia neomexicana, New Mexico Plumseed or Desert Chicory - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)



Sarcostemma cynanchoides var. hartwegii [Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. heterophyllum], Hartweg's Twinvine - Asclepidaceae (Milkweed family)


Senecio mojavensis, Mojave Ragwort - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)


Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. ambigua, Apricot Globemallow - Malvaceae (Mallow family)



Stylocline micropoides, Woollyhead Neststraw - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)



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