A Flower-watcher's Guide to Wildflowers of the Western Mojave Desert with Emphasis on Uses by Native Americans |
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12 inches Antelope Valley Areas basal leaves base bloom blossoms botanical name bracts Buckwheat buds California Buckwheat California Poppy californica Fls Chia clusters color common name Coreopsis cover Creosote Bush Date Location Pl Date Pl Desert Dandelion Desert edge desert floor desert shrubs disk flowers Dune Primrose eaten Eriophyllum FAMILY feet flower head flower-watchers flowers grow foothills Gilia Goldenbush gray-green green ground hairy herb inches in diameter inches long including Red Rock Indians Jane Pinheiro Joshua Tree lavender leaf lobes Lupine Mariposa Mojave Desert Monkey Flower Monolopia mustard narrow notched orange Owl's Clover Parry Gilia perennial petals pink plant Poppy Reserve purple raceme Red Rock Canyon roots sandy soil seedpod seeds sepals shaped showy shrub species stalk stamens stems Thorn throughout the desert tiny usually Vasquez Rocks Weed Western Mojave Desert white flowers Wide-spread wildflowers woody Woolly yellow cone flowers Yucca