Death Valley Wildflower Bloom

Pictures from a brief visit to Death Valley during a rare "super bloom" of wildflowers.
(March 2016)
Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) Desert Five Spot (Eremalche rotundifolia)
Notch-Leaf Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) Notch-Leaf Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) Golden Evening-Primrose (Camissonia brevipes) Gravel Ghost (Atrichoseris platyphylla) Gravel Ghost (Atrichoseris platyphylla) DSC02370
DSC02373 Golden Evening-Primrose (Camissonia brevipes) Golden Evening-Primrose (Camissonia brevipes) Bigelow Monkeyflower (Limulus bigelovii) Lesser Mojave (Mohave breviflora) Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)
Scented Cryptantha (Cryptantha utahensis) Sprucebush (Peucephyllum schottii) Sprucebush (Peucephyllum schottii) Notch-Leaf Phacelia (Phacelia crenulata) DSC02437 Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
Scented Cryptantha (Cryptantha utahensis) Turtleback (Psathyrotes ramosissima) Turtleback (Psathyrotes ramosissima) Purplemat (Nama demissum) Desert-Star (Monoptilon bellioides) Pebble Pincushion (Chaenactis carphoclinia)
Broad-Leaved Gilia (Gilia latifolia) Scented Cryptantha (Cryptantha utahensis) Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) ??? Shredding Evening-Primrose (Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata) DSC02479
DSC02478 DSC02480 IMG 4609 Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) DSC02492 Caltha-Leaf Phacelia (Phacelia calthifolia)
Gravel Ghost (Atrichoseris platyphylla) Purplemat (Nama demissum) Purplemat (Nama demissum) DSC02511 DSC02519 DSC02518
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