
California Wildflower Superbloom 2017 (28 images)
The 2017 wildflower season in California was a superbloom. Following 5 years of drought, the California deserts and grasslands exploded across the entire state. This gallery contains examples from three locations, Anza Borrego State Park in the Sonoran Desert, Carrizo Plain National Grassland, and Los Padres National Forest near Fort Hunter Liggett.
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Larrea tridentata, Creosote Bush, crowning a...
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Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush flowering shrub...
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Natural desert garden - Echinocereus...
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Cylindropuntia bigelovii, the teddy bear cholla...
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Desert Sunflower, Geraea canescens, wildflowers...
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Nature's garden in Sonoran Desert spring...
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Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush flowering shrub...
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Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush flowering shrub...
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Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris, Beavertail...
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California desert spring wildflower superbloom...
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Beloperone californica or Justicia californica...
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Cholla cactus, Ocatillo, Brittlebush on the...
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Nature's Garden - Shrub border Bushmint (Condea...
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Castilleja exserta (formerly Orthocarpus...
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California spring wildflower superbloom...
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California spring wildflower superbloom,...
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Streptanthus inflatus or Caulanthus inflatus,...
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Wildflower meadow with Streptanthus inflatus or...
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Caulanthus inflatus, Desert candle; California...
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California hillsides wildflower superbloom with...