Tiger4x4RV wrote:
Since you asked, here are a few more from the same trip as my earlier post. April, 2011. I attended the Ridgecrest Wildflower Festival and then went further north along 395 just exploring random side roads.
The annual wildflower exhibit at Ridgecrest's Maturango Museum is not to be missed. April 10-12 this year. Same flowers from different collection sites are displayed together so you can see differences. Thousands of flowers. Lots of other programs, too. http://maturango.org/annual-wildflower-exhibit/ Festival has a Facebook page with info and lots of flower photos.
Not sure about ID's on these blooms; contributions welcome.[/IMG]
Beautiful photos, Tiger4X4RV. Thanks for contributing! May I have some more, please?
I was unaware about the Ridgecrest Wildflower Festival. Sadly it is too far into the springtime for me to still be in that area. I did go to the California Poppy Festival, outside of Lancaster California, in 2012.
Here are some of my thoughts on what your flowers are, in the order you have posted them.
Orcutt’s Woddy-Aster ~ Xylorhiza orcuttii (Asters are one of the most identifiable family of flowers)
Rattlesnake-Weed ~ Chamaesyce albomarginata (spurge plants are fairly common)
Desert Paintbrush ~ Castilleja chromosa (similar to what you find in the mountains, just a slightly different leaf shape)
I would like to say, Western Blue Flax. But this appears too close to the ground (stem length) to be a Flax. Not sure what it is.
Scarlet Milkvetch ~ Astragalus coccineus
Sandbells ? (Hard to see the detail, but it has 5 petals) ~ Nama hispidum
