From the peak of flower season. Wildflower identification is from "Wildflowers of Anza Borrego State Park." Most of them are pretty easy. I haven't done much flower identification, so I could be making some silly mistakes.
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Starting in Little Surprise Canyon. Here is Chuparosa (red) and perhaps Blue Phacelia |
| Not sure what the yellow ones are. Maybe a desert poppy of some sort? |
| Brittlebush |
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| Ghost Flowers |
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| Liz! |
| Now heading over into Hellhole Canyon. Ocotillo (my favorite). |
| WARNING. |
| Buckthorn Cholla |
| Barrel Cactus |
| Beavertail |
| This is as far up Hellhole Canyon as we went. It seems like a silly name for a place when it has cool nooks with waterfalls. |
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| Alright. Enough of all this tromping around. Let's drive instead. This is in the bottom of Coyote Canyon. I am guessing this is Arizona Lupine. |
| Dune Evening Primrose |
| Sand Verbena |
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| Almost all the canonical flower photos are taken here on Henderson Canyon Road. |
| The yellow ones are Desert Sunflower, mixed in with the Dune Evening Primrose and the Sand Verbena. |
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