California Chicory, Desert Chicory, New Mexico Plumseed
Rafinesquia neomexicana
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The photo at left shows the flower heads of desert chicory poking up through the leaves of burrobush (Ambrosia dumosa) as seen at the mouth of Henderson Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 24, 2021. Desert chicory beginning to bloom at right in a ditch along the access road north of Katherine Landing in Lake Mead NRA.........February 27, 2013.
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Desert chicory beginning to bloom in a ditch along the access road north of Katherine Landing in Lake Mead NRA.........February 27, 2013.
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Desert chicory as seen along the Hiline Trail between Sedona, AZ and the Village of Oak Creek, AZ.........March 20, 2015.
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Desert chicory blooming in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......April 1, 2006.
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Desert chicory in bloom on a desert wash just uphill from Ram's Hill, outside Borrego Springs, CA.....March 21, 2005 (left) and March 25, 2005 (right).
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The photo at left shows desert chicory observed in bloom on the desert wash at Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 30, 2010. The photo at right shows desert chicory as seen on sandy soils at the Indian Head Ranch north of Borrego Springs, CA........March 25, 2010.
Paul Slichter