Superbloom? Well, maybe, but the desert is magnificent with or without all of the hype. In fact, I enjoy the more secluded spots on enticing dirt roads in the desert. We took this trip on March 1 – 3, 2016, driving to Lone Pine and then spending the next day in Death Valley. Badwater Road was lined with desert sunflowers (Geraea canescens) but little else. On the last day we drove around China Lake Ranch, Western Talc Road and Ibex Wilderness.
All of the pictures are geotagged. Unfortunately I haven’t yet figured out how to show that info in a wordpress gallery. Nevertheless, you can see these images on Google photos with their locations: desert wildflowers, March 2016
map with location of photos
desert sand verbena
Old Spanish Trail Road, near Ibex Wilderness
Heading down into China Ranch
desert holly
Ittie bittie flowers
browneyes
yellow cups
pygmy poppy
beautiful woollysunflower
desert dandelion
Furnace Creek Wash Road
yellow cups
Road closure on Jubliee Pass, north of Shoshone
Furnace Creek Wash Road x Jubilee Pass Rd, just beyond the Salsberry Pass road closure
Death Valley Junction
Road closure on Jubliee Pass, south of Ashford Junction
desert five-spot; browneyes
desert dandelion
turtleback
nice wildflower spot near West Spring Canyon and Cinder Hill
creosote bush
whitestem blazingstar
desert sunflower
Parish’s sandmat
desert five-spot
desert sunflower, West Talc Road
desert sunflower
Booth’s evening primrose
desert plantain; cryptantha
yellow cups
white bur-sage
sand verbena
notch-leaved phacelia
broad-leaf gilia
white bur-sage; desert five-spot
desert star
spiny-herb; desert star
desert sunflower
desert sunflower
Desert sunflower, approaching Badwater from north.
desert star
turtleback
desert sunflower (also called desert gold)
lesser mohavea
white bursage
Fremont pinchusion
desert plantain
spiny-herb (finger for scale)
brittlebush (left); creosote bush
notch-leaved phacelia
Lone Pine
pygmy poppy