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Joshua Tree NP – April 12, 2011  Nolina, a yucca relative with six-foot flower stems bearing dense clusters of creamy white flowers, is blooming on trails around West Entrance and in Queen Valley. Early annuals on the low-lying Bajada in … Continue reading →

Joshua Tree National Park  Trails and roadsides throughout the park, except at the highest elevations, are bright with large areas of flowers. More than 140 species have been reported in bloom. The best way to see wildflowers is to stop, … Continue reading →

The perennial grape soda lupine was also late in starting to bloom but these plants now have beautiful displays of the tall blue/purple flower stems covering the plants.  This spring, the display of the early season goldfields never matched their … Continue reading →

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve Latest Poppy Reserve Research Field Notes and Observations 4-1-11: Mary Wilson Antelope Trail North Loop Poppies are just starting to bloom.  Look for filaree, fiddleneck, pygmy-leaved lupine, and slender keel fruit. Antelope Trail South Loop … Continue reading →

It’s a late poppy season this year, but with this week’s rains, the season may last longer too.   Individual poppy flowers are blooming around the reserve, so the fields are still mostly green but have brilliant orange dots scattered among the grasses. Grape … Continue reading →

Zyzzx Bigelow’s monkeyflower (Mimulus bigelovei) bladderpod (Isomeris arborea) brown-eyed primrose (Camissonia claviformis) checker fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata) desert chicory (Rafnesquia neomexicana) desert dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata) desert gold-poppy (Eschoscholzia glyptosperma) Emory rock-daisy (Perityle emoryi) forget-me-not (Cryptantha) Mojave-aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia) Aiken Mine Road … Continue reading →

The wildflower bloom is spreading north, and poppies, brown-eyed primroses, chia, lupine, and chuparosa continue to color both sides of the road south of the Cottonwood Mountains. The Bajada All-Access Trail still offers lots of variety and color as well, … Continue reading →

Fields of yellow poppies, brown-eyed primroses, chia, purple lupine, and red chuparosa may be found on both sides of the road south of the Cottonwood Mountains. The Bajada All-Access Trail offers lots of variety and color as well

Current Status 3-10-11 Although there are many poppy plants with buds forming, there is only a handful of poppies currently in bloom. Several other wildflowers can be found blooming along the trails, but the fields are still predominantly green with … Continue reading →