The Desert was Blooming! - Tally Gals Bike Adventures - CycleBlaze

May 28, 2022

The Desert was Blooming!

While we have been out here the desert has been blooming. Here is a collection of some of the blooms we have seen thus far. Some we saw in remote areas and some in town.

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Bill ShaneyfeltMight be skeletonplant.

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/lygodesmia.htm#grandiflora
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Bill ShaneyfeltMight be twistspine prickly pear
https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3374
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Bill ShaneyfeltCould not find a good photo match with this level of detail
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Bill ShaneyfeltA species of globemallow. I think it might be scarlet globemallow

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/sphaeralcea.htm#leptophylla
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Bill ShaneyfeltLooks like another twist spine prickly pear
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Bill ShaneyfeltPale evening primrose
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/oenothera%20white.htm#pallida
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Bill ShaneyfeltLooks like larkspur. Possibly desert larkspur

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/delphinium%20scaposum.htm
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Bill ShaneyfeltPossibly charming woodyaster, but there are near 50 species of white many petal flowers with yellow centers in that area according to one website.

http://plant-systematics.appspot.com/?name=Xylorhiza+venusta
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Bill ShaneyfeltLooks like some non-native landscaping plant
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Bill ShaneyfeltPrince's plume
https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=1157
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Bill ShaneyfeltBrittlebush

http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/encelia%20resinifera.htm
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Bill ShaneyfeltMight be Harriman's yucca
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/yucca%20angustissima%20and%20harrimaniae.htm#harrimaniae
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