Joshua Tree
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Bajada Nature Trail…
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WOW!
Fields of Lupine, Desert Sunflowers , and Brown-Eyed Primrose…
Looking into the sun, the wildflower fields resemble a Monet mosaic.
Chia…
Purple Mat…
Yellow Cups…
Brown-Eyed Primrose…
Desert Canterbury Bells…
Desert Willow Tree…
Lupine, Chia, Desert Dandelions, and Primrose…
Pencil Cholla…
More Brown-Eyed Primrose surrounded by Lupine and Forget-Me-Nots…
A close-up of the Primrose seed pods…
Chuparosa in the foreground…
A close-up of Chuparosa, Spanish for “sucking rose”, referring to its popularity with hummingbirds…
London Rocket…
Desert Heron’s Bill…
Desert Monkeyflower…
Desert Thorn Bush, aka Wolfberry…
Cottonwood Springs Wash… off the beaten path…
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A MORE SUBTLE, BUT JUST AS SPECTACULAR WOW!
Fiddleneck…
Apricot Mallow…
Palo Verde…
Barrel Cactus… really red…
Ocotillo… close-up…
A “belly flower” that grows close to the ground… only known as Eriophyllum Wallacei, as it lacks a common name…
Wolfberry (Desert Thorn)
The top of a waterless waterfall…
A natural cairn…
Jojoba…
Desert Rock-Pea…
Desert Aster…
Pepper Grass…
Indian Tobacco…
wandering gypsy Laurel 