Jack Dykinga / Carpet of yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) punctuated by orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Mo...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with gilia intermixed. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve,...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Mo...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Mo...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Floris van Breugel / Goldfields (Lasthenia californica) emerging from around a decaying Sage plant, Golden Valley, Death Valley National Park, Southern California, USA, March 2010

Doug Wechsler / Aerial view of dry vernal pool in spring with Goldfields + Dowingia plants. Grand valley grasslands SP, California, USA

Doug Wechsler / Dry vernal pool in spring with Barley, Goldfields + Downingia plants. California, USA Grand