Photo at right of the Alvord Desert, viewed north-northeast........June 24, 1999. Note the alkaline dust storms in the distance.

Sheepfat: Atriplex confertifolia

Spiny Hopsage: Atriplex spinosa

Long Prickly-headed Poppy: Papaver argemone

Golden Spiderflower: Cleome platycarpa

Cleomella: Cleomella macbrideana

Blue Flax: Linum perenne

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata (not in bloom)

Wild Rose: Rosa (nutkana or woodsii- I didn't stop to take a close look.)

Specklepod Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus

Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus

Tansy-leaved Evening-primrose: Oenothera tanacetifolia

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Sand Dune Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus (gone to seed)

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis