Desert Marigold

colorful annuals on pale reddish quartz sands of an outlier of low semi-stabilized dunes, north of the active dune field in the Mdanos de Samalayuca Natural Protected Area.

colorful annuals on pale reddish quartz sands of an outlier of low semi-stabilized dunes, north of the active dune field in the Mdanos de Samalayuca Natural Protected Area.

colorful annuals on pale reddish quartz sands of an outlier of low semi-stabilized dunes, north of the active dune field in the Mdanos de Samalayuca Natural Protected Area.

on coarse limestone soils of roadside crossing gently sloping out-wash plain

on coarse limestone soils at roadside, crossing gently sloping out-wash plain

on coarse limestone soils at roadside, crossing gently sloping out-wash plain

on coarse limestone soils at roadside, crossing gently sloping out-wash plain

among dense cover of winter ephemerals (Lupine, Nama, Perityle) on mixed volcanic gravels and sand of large arroyo drainage entering Rio Grande River

among dense cover of winter ephemerals (Lupinus, Nama, Perityle) on mixed volcanic gravels and sand of large arroyo drainage entering Rio Grande River

on low gravelly limestone slope

NOTE: rays often uniformly reflex downward after anthesis and can dry in that position

flat badland plain with desert pavement of accumulated mixed gravels over calcareous silty/sandy substrate

flat badland plain with desert pavement of accumulated mixed gravels over calcareous silty/sandy substrate

flat badland plain with desert pavement of accumulated mixed gravels over calcareous silty/sandy substrate

flat badland plain with desert pavement of accumulated mixed gravels over calcareous silty/sandy substrate