Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jack Dykinga / Mass wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia (Monolopia lanceolata) Great Valley phacelia (Phacelia civiliata) and purple Lemmon's mustard, (Caulanthus anceps) The Temblor Range in evening light in th...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2 Great Valley phacelia 1+Phacelia civiliata+2 and purple Lemmon's mustard 1+Caulanthus anceps+2 The Temblor Range in evening...

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the backg...

Floris van Breugel / Aerial view of spring wildflower displays, Phacelia (purple) San Joaquin Blazing Star (orange) and Coreopsis (yellow) Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, USA, April 2010

Floris van Breugel / Aerial view of spring wildflower displays, Phacelia (purple) San Joaquin Blazing Star (orange) and Coreopsis (yellow) Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, USA, April 2010

Jeff Foott / Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) and Hillside Daisy (Monolopia lanceolata) flowers, super bloom, Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / Hillside Daisy (Monolopia lanceolata) and Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) and Goldfield (Lasthenia californica) flowers, super bloom, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Jeff Foott / Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) in defensive posture, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California