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Henderson Canyon
(Northwest of Borrego Springs)

© W.P. Armstrong 14 March 2008

  Plants Of Borrego Palm Canyon Nature Trail  

Foreground: Desert dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata). In the distance is Coyote Mountain and the Santa Rosa Mountains.

Desert dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata).

Left: Bigelow's monkey flower (Mimulus bigelovii). Right: Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa).

Bigelow's monkey flower (Mimulus bigelovii).

Asteraceae: Calycoseris parryi (Yellow Tackstem)

The dark, gland-tipped hairs (trichomes) on the stem of Calycoseris parryi resemble minute black tacks. The glistening trichomes on Calycoseris wrightii resemble minute translucent tacks. Compare the black trichomes of C. parryi with the following two images of C. wrightii photographed in Smoke Tree Wash and Travertine Palms Wash.

White tacksten (Calycoseris wrightii) in Travertine Palms Wash.

Asteraceae: Trichoptilium incisum (Desert Yellow-Head)

Cactaceae: Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris (Beavertail Cactus)

Cactaceae: Mammillaria dioica (Fish-Hook Cactus)

Campanulaceae: Nemacladus rubescens (Threadplant)

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Hydrophyllaceae: Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia (Desert Blue Phacelia)

Phacelia campanularia ssp. vasiformis
Phacelia minor in Borrego Palm Canyon
Phacelia c. ssp. campanularia = P. nashiana

Crossosomataceae: Crossosoma bigelovii (Crosossoma)

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