Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star
Monoptilon bellioides
![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides10a.jpg)
Mojave desertstar as seen amongst rocks along old Highway 66 near Boundary Rock in southern Arizona...........February 22, 2013.
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides9b.jpg)
Mojave desertstar as seen in a wash at the upper end of Arizona Telephone Cove in Lake Mead NRA............February 27, 2013.
![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides8a.jpg)
Mojave desertstar as seen along the access road several miles north of Katherine Landing in Lake Mead NRA...........February 27, 2013.
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides03-24-2011b.jpg)
Mojave desertstars blooming on the sandy wash of Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.........March 24, 2011.
- ![Flower head of Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides7d.jpg)
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides7b.jpg)
Mojave desertstar as seen along a wash that crosses California Highway 95 about 10 miles north of Needles, California..........February 20, 2013.
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides03-24-2005b.jpg)
Mojave desertstar observed on a desert wash at Harper Flat, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 24, 2005.
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides03-27-2006b.jpg)
Mojave desertstar observed on the sandy wash adjacent to Fish Creek, upstream of Split Mountain Gorge, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 27, 2006.
- ![Mojave Desertstar, Mojave Desert Star, Desert Star: Monoptilon bellioides](bellioides/bellioides03-25-2010.jpg)
Mojave desertstar as seen at left on a wash upstream of Ram's Hill, outside Borrego Springs, CA......March 21, 2005.
The photo at right shows Mojave desertstar as seen at the mouth of Henderson Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.....March 24, 2010.
Paul Slichter