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Death Valley Wildflowers 2011

Over my vacation a few weeks ago I spent a few hours photographing wildflowers in Death Valley. I found 21 different species in bloom in 3 separate areas of the park. The first area, near Ashford Mill had mostly Desert Gold and Sand Verbenas. The second area, off Green Valley Road, where we camped and which received a good amount of rain (on February 25th-26th) had Cryptantha, Woolystars and Fiddlenecks. Finally the big score came on my birthday on the 27th just below Jubilee pass on the way to Shoshone.

The ground by the road was covered with over a dozen different species of wildflowers. I photographed many flowers I had never seen before. It was really quite beautiful. Hopefully the rain will keep up and more flowers will pop up throughout the desert. There is something really magical about finding wildflowers carpeting the ground in one of the harshest desert environments on the planet.

Below are some of my favorites from the trip. Read on to see each of the 21 different Death Valley wildflowers I photographed.

Desert Five Spot Desert Five Spot

Eremalche rotundifolia

Gravel Ghost Gravel Ghost

Atrichoseris latyphylla

Desert Gold Poppy Desert Gold Poppy

Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Bigelow's Monkeyflower Bigelow's Monkeyflower

Mimulus bigelovei

Forget-Me-Not Forget-Me-Not

Cryptantha angustifolia

Desert Sand Verbena Desert Sand Verbena

Abronia villosa

Brown-eyed Primrose Brown-eyed Primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Desert Sand Verbena Buds Desert Sand Verbena Buds

Abronia villosa

Bristly Fiddleneck Bristly Fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Wilcox's Woollystar Wilcox's Woollystar

Eriastrum wilcoxii

Golden Suncup and Insect Golden Suncup and Insect

Camissonia brevipes

Golden Evening Primrose Golden Evening Primrose

Camissonia brevipes

Scented Forget-Me-Not Scented Forget-Me-Not

Cryptantha utahensis

Golden Desert-Snapdragon Golden Desert-Snapdragon

Mohavea breviflora

Golden Evening Primrose Golden Evening Primrose

Camissonia brevipes

White Blazingstar White Blazingstar

Mentzelia albicaulis

Grape Soda Lupine Grape Soda Lupine

Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus

Emory's Rock-daisy Emory's Rock-daisy

Perityle emoryi

Desert Dandelion Desert Dandelion

Malacothrix glabrata

Desert Star Desert Star

Monoptilon bellioides

Small Desert Star Small Desert Star

Monoptilon bellidiforme

Hairy Desertsunflower Hairy Desertsunflower

Geraea canescens

Desert Gold Desert Gold

Geraea canescens

Golden Evening Primrose Golden Evening Primrose

Camissonia brevipes

Desert Gold Desert Gold

Geraea canescens

 Death Valley Phacelia Death Valley Phacelia

Phacelia vallis-mortae

Grape Soda Lupine Grape Soda Lupine

Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus

You can view the complete series of Death Valley Wildflowers here.

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Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 12:36:59 PM

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