[Turtlebacks: The Genus Psathyrotes in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Turtleback, Velvet Rosette, Velvet Turtleback

Psathyrotes ramosissima

Synonym: Tetradymia ramosissima

Turtleback, Velvet Rosette, Velvet Turtleback: Psathyrotes ramosissima (Synonym: Tetradymia ramosissima) - Turtleback, Velvet Rosette, Velvet Turtleback: Psathyrotes ramosissima (Synonym: Tetradymia ramosissima)

Velvet turtleback observed on the desert washes around Ram's Hill, several miles southeast of Borrego Springs, CA......March 26, 2006.
Paul Slichter