FLOWERS on US 95 SOUTH FROM BOULDER CITY, HOOVER DAM, TOWARD KINGMAN, ARIZONA
Part 2 of 5
Now we are on the Arizona side of the Colorado river, and the canyon directly across the river in this photo is where Nelson, Nevada is nestled (see page 1 in this series).
In addition to the ubiquitous 'suncup,' across the road in the next picture, directly on the
roadside is a 'paperdaisy' bush, and in the foreground, of course, is some 'desert dandelion.'
I believe that there is a 'brittlebush' in the next photo, although it did not appear as a standalone bush, but grew more in a field like a type of 'daisy.'
But, let's focus on the clear majority at this locale, the suncups were spectacular:
At its edges, 'desert lupines' and 'desert dandelion' were doing well:
And in some locales the lupines almost dominated the scene,
And the 'apricot mallow' made an appearance as well in some corners,
A final show by the dandelions reminds us it is time to head south on US 93 again:
And there is is: southbound US 93:
It didn't take much more than this view to have us swerve off the road once more: 'Mexican poppy,' a subspecies of the California poppy, in a setting of creosote and cholla,
Trying to catch the flowers wide open in a good wind wasn't easy:
A hypothetical coyote might see this flower field this way:
Suddenly the wind stopped, and flowers held still for a close-up:
Finally, this little plant made a great showing in the sand along the orange-gold-yellow poppies. We will see more of these pretty, large, white flowers at our next stop:
Another day well spent.
But of course there were other days, other locations, and other flowers, as you can see by visiting the other pages in this series.