Granite Mountains Wildflowers
23 March 2005
Updated: 14 February 2011
The Granite Mountains are in the eastern Mojave Desert, within the East Mojave National Preserve, just north of I-40. The flowers below were taken along the Al A. Alanson Trail on the UC Preserve Granite Mountains Research Station.
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2005
Plant photos are arranged alphabetically by botanical name.
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Agave desertii, Mojave Century Plant - Agavaceae (Century Plant family)
Arctostaphylos cf. parryana, disjunct manzanita (possibly Parry Manzanita - Ericaceae (Heath family)
Jim Andre and Mike Vassey admiring the lone manzanita bush. We searched the whole area for more, but to no avail.
Castilleja angustifolia, Desert Indian Paintbrush - Orobanchaceae (Broom-rape family)
Cheilanthes , a cloakfern - Pteridaceae (Bracken Fern family)
Cymopteris panamintensis, Panamint Parsely - Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Dudleya saxosa, Rock Live-forever - Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Ericameria cuneata, Wedgeleaf Goldenbush - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Eriogonum heermannii, Heermann's Buckwheat - Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
Eriophyllum wallacei, Wallace's Woolly Sunflower - Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
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