[Shieldpods, Spectacle Pods: The Genus Dithyrea in the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod

Dithyrea californica

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California shieldpod as seen in a desert wash along Mojave Valley Highway #95 about one or two miles north of Pintail Slough in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge..........February 20, 2013.

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - Inflorescence of California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California shieldpod as seen in a desert wash along Mojave Valley Highway #95 about one or two miles north of Pintail Slough in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge..........February 20, 2013.

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - Calyx and corolla of California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - Basal leaf of California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California shieldpod as seen in a wash across California Highway 95 about ten miles north of Needles, California...........February 24, 2013.

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica - California Shieldpod, Spectacle Pod: Dithyrea californica

California shieldpod observed in bloom along the West Truxhaven Trail opposite Fonts Point, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.....March 27, 2010.

Paul Slichter