[Desert Marigolds: The Genus Baileya in the Deserts of the American Southwest]

Desert Marigold

Baileya multiradiata

Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata

Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata)

Desert marigold as seen along San Diego County Route S-3 opposite the entrance to Rams Hill, Borrego Springs, California.........March 23, 2011. Note the long, leafless scapes.

Flower head of Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Basal or lower stem leaves of Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Involucral bracts and rays of Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata)

Images of the flower heads and leaves of desert marigold as seen along San Diego County Route S-3 opposite the entrance to Rams Hill, Borrego Springs, California.........March 23, 2011.

Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata)

Desert marigold as seen along the trail in Woods Canyon, just east of the Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station to the south of Oak Creek, Arizona.........March 20, 2015

Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata) - Desert Marigold: Baileya multiradiata (Synonym: Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata)

Desert marigolds observed at Rams Hill, Borrego Springs, CA.....March 31, 2006.

Paul Slichter