...after the rains: Eschscholzia mexicana...
...This winter's desert rains came at the right time--we have poppies! Although there are at least some wildflowers every spring, carpets of Mexican gold poppies aren't an annual guarantee in Tucson...
So, a nice treat this year:
...desert lupine almost always seems to grow along with the poppies--a natural pairing of orange and puprle...
...the taller stems with the purple 'balls' are chia (a variety of salvia)...
...I took these photos at Catalina State Park,
NW of Tucson; I drove there after work last Thursday evening...
...closer to home--along a creekside trail in Sabino canyon, hikers' cairns and a shrub of 'desert rockpea:'
...yellow fiddleneck:
...layered daisy...(aka 'spreading fleabane'):
...don't know what this non-flowering plant this is,
but these tiny hole-edged leaves caught my eye:
...but the poppies do steal the spring show, eh?
So. Spring in the Sonoran desert. Enjoying it while it lasts...the 90-degree days aren't far off. My in-laws are flying into town later this week from WA--good timing...
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