Basket Evening-primrose, Birdcage Evening-primrose, Desert Lantern, Devil's Lantern, Lion-in-a-Cage
Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides
Synonyms: Oenothera deltoides var. cineracea, Oenothera deltoides var. typica, Oenothera kleinii
Desert lantern growing on a cut bank along the Mojave Valley Highway 95 between Golden Shores and Topock, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge.........February 20, 2013. Subspecies cognata is similar but it has longer, spreading hairs on the upper stems and buds.
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Desert lantern growing on a cut bank along the Mojave Valley Highway 95 between Golden Shores and Topock, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge.........February 20, 2013. Subspecies cognata is similar but it has longer, spreading hairs on the upper stems and buds.
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Desert lanterns blooming at the northern end of the Indian Head Ranch north of Borrego Springs, CA......March 25, 2010.
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Desert lanterns observed
adjacent to Fish Creek, upstream of Split Mountain Gorge, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 25, 2010.
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What appears to be basket evening-primrose in bloom on dunes along the West Truckhaven Trail east of Borrego Springs, Anza Borrego State Park, CA.....March 25, 2005.This species is most abundant in this area, but similar Oenothera californica is a possibility too.
Paul Slichter