Desert Gardens

Desert Gardens is on an alluvial fan on the Coyote Canyon Jeep Trail about two miles north of the north end of DiGiorgio Road in Borrego Springs.

March 4 2009.

Chuparosa (Justicia californica) Acanthaceae
with Gold-Poppy (Eschscholzia parishii) Papaveraceae

White Bur-Sage or Burro-Weed (Ambrosia Dumosa)
Agavaceae

Cheesebush, Burrobrush (Ambrosia Salsola var. salsola) Asteraceae

Desert Dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata)
Asteraceae

Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Cylindraceus) Cactaceae
with Desert Pincushion (Chaenactis fremontii)
Asteraceae

Wishbone Plant (Marabilis laevis var. retrorsa)
Nyctaginaceae

Dwarf Gold-Poppy (Eschscholzia Minutiflora)
Papaveraceae

Bigelow's Monkey-Flower (Mimulus bigelovii)
Scrophulariaceae