Wildflower Identification Needed
A few years ago I took the photograph of some wildflowers, uploaded to
http://salinevalley.topcities.com/wi...ldflowers.html ,on the Mojave Desert, California, around Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County. I was wondering if somebody might be able to identify them. Any help would be most-appreciated, indeed. My active email address is Waucoba at netscape.net Fossil Plants At Aldrich Hill, Nevada http://goldpoint.topcities.com/ah/aldrichhill.html |
Wildflower Identification Needed
(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 |
Wildflower Identification Needed
On 28 Jan 2003 11:58:07 -0800, (Inyo) wrote:
A few years ago I took the photograph of some wildflowers, uploaded to http://salinevalley.topcities.com/wi...ldflowers.html ,on the Mojave Desert, California, around Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County. I was wondering if somebody might be able to identify them. Any help would be most-appreciated, indeed. My active email address is Waucoba at netscape.net Fossil Plants At Aldrich Hill, Nevada http://goldpoint.topcities.com/ah/aldrichhill.html I just watched a 2 part documentary about Death Valley on Discovery. That very plant was shown and identified. According to the program it only blooms when there is rain on the valley floor, which don't happen often. Have you tried the county extension office where Death Valley is located? Or a Death Valley museum? I sorry I can't remember what they said it was. zhan |
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