#encilia

[rjzimmerman]

Today I wanted to capture the peak of the “carpet effect” of the explosion of wildflowers in the California desert. These photos show us those carpets. The snow-capped mountain in the first photo is Mt. San Gorgonio, taken from the entrance road to Mission Creek Preserve. The snow-capped mountain in the third photo is Mt. San Gorgonio, taken from Whitewater Canyon Road. The flowers are predominantly brittebush (encilia).

Tomorrow, I’m driving toward area east of Joshua Tree National Park, with the plan to take photos of purple wildflower carpets. I’ll share those tomorrow if I do that.

Photos by rjzimmerman March 28, 2017.

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Brittlebush, or encilia, starting to bloom in the Whitewater Canyon, Sand to Snow Monument. Photo by rjzimmerman March 21, 2017.

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Brittlebush (encilia) and chuparosa, Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, California. Photo by rjzimmerman March 19, 2017.

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Brittlebush (encilia), Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, California. Photo by rjzimmerman March 19, 2017.

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Brittlebush, or encilia, Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by rjzimmerman February 12, 2019.

[littlegoldboat]

March: winter’s ragged/edge. First yellow blooms welcome/pale, shivering sun. #haiku #lagunabeachpoet #encilia #marchcomesinlikealion #edgeofwinter #signsofspring #montagelagunabeach #lagunabeachview #cloudscape #seaofblues (at Montage Laguna Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BukDw8xH44u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u8kpmhva0pg9

[littlegoldboat]

Summer survivor/blooms from baked earth, straggler/from a green season. #haiku #lagunabeachpoet #encilia #californianativeplants #californiafall #hikelagunabeach (at Meadows Trail Head)

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Encilia, or brittlebush. Photo by rjzimmerman at Whitewater Canyon, Whitewater, California March 21, 2015.