Shell Canyon

NOTE: Shell Canyon, in the Coyote Mountains in Imperial County, is also known as Fossil Canyon and Alverson Canyon.

Desert Bird-of-Paradise, Caesalpinia virgata
Fabaceae

19 February 2009

Desert Lily (Hesperocallis Undulata)
Agavaceae

Desert-Holly (Atriplex hymenelytra)
Amaranthaceae

Rush Sweetbush (Bebbia Juncea var. aspera)
Asteraceae

Ladybug on Rush Sweetbush
(Bebbia Juncea var. aspera)
Asteraceae

Narrow-leaf Cryptantha (Cryptantha angustifolia)
Boraginaceae

Desert Bird-of-Paradise (Caesalpinia virgata)
Fabaceae

Notch-leaf Phacelia (Phacelia Crenulata)
Hydrophyllaceae

Notch-Leaf Phacelia (Phacelia Crenulata)
Hydrophyllaceae

Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa)
Nyctaginaceae

Peirson's Evening-Primrose / Brown-eyed Primrose
(Camissonia claviformis ssp. Peirsonii)
Onagraceae

Desert Lantern
(Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata)
Onagraceae

Desert WishBone Plant
(Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa)
Nyctaginaceae

Parish's Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia parishii)
Papaveraceae

Desert Tobacco (Nicotiana obtusifolia)
Solanaceae