Slap....

Hubby and I were out jeeping on Easter Sunday near Desert Center and came across some beautiful flowers. Even though they weren't taken in the dunes, I thought I'd share.

I'm still looking into their names. You can tell I'm an amateur because I didn't take any pictures to show the actual size of some of these flowers.


This little flower was so tiny! I would say these were no bigger than a dime in diameter. Their name is Monoptilon bellioides or "Desert Star"



These yellow flowers were all over the place too...



And the little purple ones were quite abundant. Their name is Phacelia crenulata or "Notched-leaf phacelia"




I think I found the name for these....Chaenacti fremontii "Fremont's Pincushion" These little guys are tiny too! Maybe the size of a nickel?




These were the smallest. I think I had my camera only about 5-6" away from the bloom! Palafoxia arida or "Spanish needles"



Of course, what's a desert without verbenas?




And these white flowers love the sand! They were EVERYWHERE! Maybe some sort of a primrose? I don't know yet.







(edited to add names)

Great shots Vicky.

Thanks Ifly!


I found the name for this one...



Monoptilon bellioides - "Desert Star"

Great Pictures. Love it when the desert is blooming!

nice pics! makes me want to go back to the desert

Pretty sure this is a Dune Evening Primrose



Not shots! Thanks for sharing.

Jon...

I'm having a hard time finding it's correct name. The "Dune Evening Primrose" has different leaves/stem but they're a little more similar to the "Birdcage Evening Primrose" but it could almost pass for the "California Evening Primrose" too!

I think I figured this one out



Palafoxia arida or "Spanish needles"

Amazing how mother nature leaves so many beautiful reminders for us. Just have to take the time to look to see them.

Thank you Vicki for sharing

I think these two flowers are different? Do the leaves and petals look different?

my pics





And azdirtdiva's picture from here

These are awesome Afo4, thank you so much for bringing them into the hood. Don't matter if they ain't from Mother G, they is always welcome here in Slap's Hood. The little yellow ones look like Desert daiseys. Them little purple ones are WAAYYYY COOL. They is beautimous. Slap is falling in love. And them white ones are gorgeous. Damn, the Hood has never looked so good. Thanks for this afo4, this has definitely been a Slappy Favorite day no doubt.