Arizona Trip

Lots of stuff has been happening recently (trip to AZ, moving, new job, etc), so I haven't had much time to upload pictures from my recent trip to Arizona. A couple weeks ago I took a weekend trip to the sunny state to visit my grandparents and some other extended family, and did some desert hiking while I was there. Due to some recent rain, the desert was alive with blooming flowers, and I got lots of good pictures.

Adenophyllum porophylloides

aka San Felipe foetid marigold

Ambrosia ambrosioides

aka canyon ragweed

Ambrosia dumosa (white bursage)

Black-throated Sparrow

Cactus Wren

Another Cactus Wren

Calliandra eriophylla (fairy duster)

Delphinium scapiosum

aka barestem larkspur

Echinocereus engelmannii

just look at that stigma

aka strawberry hedgehog or hedgehog cactus

Eriastrum diffusum (miniature wool star)

Eriogonum fasciculatum (flat-top buckwheat)

Eriogonum inflatum (desert trumpet)

Eriogonum inflatum (flowers)

Eriophyllum lanosum (wholly daisy) (very, very wholly)

Fouquieria splendens

F. splendens flower closeup

F. splendens (ocotillo)

F. splendens flowers

Grackle (he was making all kinds of noise)

Janusia gracilis (desert vine)

Larrea tridentata (creosote bush)

Layia glandulosa (tidytips)

Amsinckia menziesii

aka fiddleneck

Mirabilis bigelovii (desert wishbone bush)

Opuntia acanthocarpa (buckhorn cholla)

Penstemon eatonii (firecracker penstemon)

Phacelia distans

aka wild heliotrope

Plantago ovata

aka desert indianwheat/flg

Porophyllum gracile (odora)

Rafinesquia neomexicana (desert chicory)

Senna covesii 

aka desert senna

Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba)

Sphaeralcea ambigua (desert globemallow)

Uropappus lindleyi (silver puffs)