(Inyo) wrote:
http://salinevalley.topcities.com/wi...ldflowers.html

Charles wrote:
Looks to me like sand verbena
http://www.desertusa.com/may96/du_sand.html
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1354.htm

Not to me. Verbena is a genus which usually has opposite leaves;
Inyo's specimen appears to have alternate leaves. In Verbena the
leaves are typically thick, leathery, with petioles, and not at
all dissected; in Inyo's specimen they are thin, not leathery,
and highly dissected. In Verbena the flowers are in umbels;
Inyo's specimen has clusters of flowers but the clusters do not
appear to be umbels.

To me, the genus Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae) is a better match.

Una Smith

Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM 87545