Sparse desert scrub on hillside along Hwy 178, 0.4 road mile west of Salsberry Pass, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, elev. approx. 3170 feet.
Superbloom of California poppies
I am not seeing the key characters to make the distinction between this and pleniradiata obvious. Help!
RX10_20259, RX10_20261, RX10_20262, RX10_20263, RX10_20264
seems transitional between utahensis and confusus. road cut on BLM Rd 1096 with Frasera albomarginata, Phacelia fremontii
Cones are single-seeded, beakless.
Purpus buckwheat, Eriogonum kennedyi var. purpusii, California, White Mountains, Westgard Pass, Cedar Flat, Owens Valley watershed, elevation 2329 m (7640 ft).
Two very different buckwheat species with nearly indistinguishable basal leaf mats, often growing together, but rarely this together! (See last photo.) Eriogonum kennedyi var. purpusii has white hairless flowers and hairless flowering stems. Eriogonum caespitosum has hairy yellow flowers and hairy stems. After the flowering stems have broken off for the winter, there is no way to tell them apart.
Found in the limestone scree on the north facing slope of Mt Washington in the S. Snake Range. I’ve been unable to find photos of this plant in flower on the internet.
Very large patch of this plant with a huge number of grapes.
Indian chickweed, Mollugo cerviana, California, Inyo County, White Mountains, Beer Creek, Deep Springs Valley watershed, elevation 1579 m (5180 ft).
This area received exceptional monsoon precipitation, with about 2.25 inches 5 weeks prior, and another 1.6 inches 4 weeks prior, to this observation.
Though considered introduced in this region, this annual species only appears after exceptional warm-season rains, and seems as well-integrated into the local flora as many of the other local native monsoon-triggered annual species.
Mojave ephedra, Ephedra aspera, Nevada, White Mountains, Fishlake Valley drainage, elevation 1855 m (6085 ft).
Found with @aduval22
Just below the summit of Mt. Washington, Great Basin National Park.