[Members of the Sunflower Family with Button-like Flower Heads in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead

Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum - Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow heads blooming at left on sandy soils at Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park........March 24, 2011. The photo at right shows yellow heads in bloom along the West Truxhaven Trail opposite Fonts Point, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.....March 27, 2010..

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum - Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow heads blooming on a desert wash adjacent to Ram's Hill, southeast of Borrego Springs, CA.......March 26, 2005.

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum - Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow heads blooming on a desert wash adjacent to Ram's Hill, southeast of Borrego Springs, CA.......March 26, 2006.

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum - Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow heads observed on the desert wash at Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 30, 2010.

Yellow Head, Yellowdome, Yellowhead: Trichoptilium incisum

Yellow head observed in bloom on a desert wash at Harper Flat, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.......March 24, 2005.

Paul Slichter