Desert Wildflowers

If you'll recall, the wildflower bloom in Death Valley in 2016 was a banner year. Some would call in a "super bloom." It was nice, but it was also very hard to photograph. The floor of Death Valley proper was quite literally a blanket of flowers. The bloom drew many thousands of tourists to the park. It was hard to take pictures of flowers without stepping on flowers.

 

Personally, I found the bloom to be nice in the valley (in places) and lacking most other places. It was really hit or miss. You'd drive or hike in and out of flower patches, then they'd disappear altogether.

 

I've experienced this "super bloom" before. It's not all that rare, popping up about every ten years or so. Also, if you hit the park at the right time and at the right elevation and place, you can find many thousands of flowers every year.

 

This photo was taken in Cottonwood Canyon. Curt and I drove to the end of the road, then hiked a couple of miles to check out a perennial spring. Be sure to see the previous photo for a closeup.

 

Blue Phacelia / Notch-Leaf Scorpion-Weed

Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflors (possibly)

Waterleaf Family

Done