Devil’s Punchbowl hike

We hiked Devil’s Punchbowl trail to Devil’s Chair over Memorial Day weekend. It was a gorgeous spot. And there were a surprising number of wonderful wildflowers and amazing manzanitas. The hike was about 3.7 miles each way and not too steep. Well worth the walk.

I’ve included a slideshow below with pictures of some of the wildflowers we saw while hiking. The Kern County clarkia is a CNPS Listed Rare Plant, 4.2.

• Galium angustifolium

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  Narrowleaf bedstraw

• Visitor Center at Devil's Punchbowl

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• Fremontodendron californicum

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  Flannel bush

• Fremontodendron californicum

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  Flannel bush with Great Basin sagebrush, buckwheat, desert needlegrass

• Eriogonum saxatile

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  Rock eriogonum

• View in Devil's Punchbowl

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• View in Devil's Punchbowl

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• Penstemon grinnellii

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  Grinnell's beard tongue

• Penstemon grinnellii

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  Grinnell's beard tongue

• Drymocallis glandulosa (Potentilla)

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  Sticky cinquefoil

• Clarkia xantiana ssp. parviflora

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  Kern County clarkia (CNPS Rare Plant, 4.2) - stigma not exserted beyond anthers

• Clarkia xantiana ssp. parviflora

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  Kern County clarkia (CNPS Rare Plant, 4.2)

• Clarkia xantiana ssp. parviflora

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  Kern County clarkia (CNPS Rare Plant, 4.2) - stigma not exserted beyond anthers

• Clarkia xantiana ssp. parviflora

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  Kern County clarkia (CNPS Rare Plant, 4.2)

• Viola purpurea

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  Goosefoot violet

• Stipa speciosa (Achnatherum speciosum)

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  Desert needlegrass

• Stipa speciosa (Achnatherum speciosum)

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  Desert needlegrass

• Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi

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  Kennedy's calochortus

• Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi

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  Kennedy's calochortus

• Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi

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  Kennedy's calochortus (bottom, center)

• Monardella breweri

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  Brewer's monardella

• Erysimum capitatum

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  Wallflower

• Penstemon centranthifolius

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  Scarlet bugler

• Diplacus bigelovii (Mimulus)

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  Bigelow's monkeyflower

• Overlooking Devil's Chair

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• Eremothera boothii

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  Booth's evening primrose

• Eremothera boothii

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  Booth's evening primrose

• Lessingia glandulifera

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  Valley lessingia

• Lessingia glandulifera

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  Pollintor on valley lessingia

• Eriastrum (maybe E. sapphirinum)

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  Woollystar (maybe Sapphire woollystar)

• Calochortus invenustus

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  Plain mariposa

• Calochortus invenustus

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  Plain mariposa

• Walked my boot to death

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