We did many hikes in the local canyons this spring and saw many beautiful things. These are a few of my favorites, that didn't seem to fit in any other blog post.
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| Flannel bush |
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| Indian Paintbrush |
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| Suncups |
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| Desert Calico |
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| Morning Glory |
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| Poodle Dog Bush, lovely, but don't touch unless you want an ugly rash. |
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| Shed snake skin
Many thanks to Paul for this location of Charlotte's Phacilia. We had a wonderful morning among these beauties.
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| Cream cups and bush lupine |
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| Charlotte's Phacilia. Oh my, I do love that blue. |
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| Charlotte's Phacilia love decomposed granite and wide open spaces. |
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| This is a giant for a Charlotte's Phacilia. |
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| Gilia |
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| Red Maids |
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| Long-nosed Leopard Lizard |
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| Bush Monkey Flower |
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| Mariposa Lily |
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| Grinding Holes |
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| Evening Primrose. This smells divine. |
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| Purple Mat |
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| Tidy tips and coreopsis |
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| This very cool homestead, complete with fruit trees, lies mere feet from the PCT. |
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| Not your modern construction techniques. |
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| Common Madia |
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| Sun cups and Sand blossoms had a great year. |
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| Scaly-stemmed Sand Plant, it is a parasitic plant. |
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| Paperbag bush |
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| Dudleya |
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| Silver Cholla |
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| The biggest bush monkeyflower I have ever seen. |
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| Red-rayed hulsea |
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| Four O'clock |
