WILDFLOWERS ARE BLOOMING IN ANZA-BORREGO DESERT

by ECM | March 1, 2015 10:51 pm

 

 

February 28, 2015 (Borrego) – Wildflower season has begun and annual flowers, including purple phacelia and yellow desert dandelion, are blooming at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Center.

The Anza-Borrego Foundation offers these tips for where to view flowers currently:

• In Borrego Palm Canyon; shrubs such as brittlebush, chuparosa, and desert lavender are making a beautiful showing as well, especially in western canyons. 
• Brown-eyed evening primrose and sand verbena can be found in the fields along DiGiorgio Road and alongside many of the roads throughout the Borrego Valley. 
• A drive to the end of the pavement at the north end of DiGiorgio Road yields a variety of annuals, including spectacle-pod, brown-eyed evening primrose, sand verbena, desert dandelion, sunflowers, and even a few desert lilies coming into bloom. 
• Lupine plants are widespread, but are likely to remain fairly small as they bloom, due to recent high temperatures. 
• Sunflower plants as well as dune primrose plants are present in decent numbers in the fields north of Henderson Canyon Road (aka “the flower fields”)
• Desert lilies are blooming among a variety of annual plants along Henderson Canyon Road, just east of its intersection with Highway S-2. 
• Daytime temperatures are very warm, but mornings are delightful for hiking, exploring, and wildflower-seeking! 

For updates, join Anza-Borrego Foundation’s email list at www.theabf.org[1] or call the State Park Wildflower Hotline, 760-767-4684.

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