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Cacti are nature's soldier's. They often come with a reminder that all that is beautiful is not easy to come by without effort and some hurt. Not all desert plants are cactus. Some find a small geographic and seasonal niche that allows them to survive the hot and dry summers. Many have adapted in special ways to deal with the lack of water and shade. Celebrate natures' diversity.
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Plains Blackfoot (Melampodium leucanthum ) is a daisy like desert white flower, with purple striations on the backside of its petals growing in clumps. This specimen has 8 white petals, with irregular edges. Golden disk flowers are in the center. The flowers are on a plant with leathery and opposite elongate leaves. Found on the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, April 1, 2012.
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Plains Blackfoot (Melampodium leucanthum ) is a daisy like desert white flower, with purple striations on the backside of its petals growing in clumps. This specimen has 8 white petals, with irregular edges. Golden disk flowers are in the center. The flowers are on a plant with leathery and opposite elongate leaves. Found on the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, April 1, 2012.

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  • These buds belong to the previous plant known as Purple-nerve Spring Parsley (Cymopterus multinervatus), a vascular plant which is a member of the carrot family, found along the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012.
  • Beautiful purple and white blooms from an unidentified plant. It has the shape of a locoweed. Found along the nature trail at the Verde Valley Thousand Trails, near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012. It has the flowers of the pea family, like a lupine, and pinnately compound leaves like the locoweed.
  • Insert at upper left are the blooms from this unidentified plant that appears to come from the pea family. It has the shape of a locoweed. Found along the nature trail at the Verde Valley Thousand Trails, near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012.
  • These leaves belong to the locoweed type plants (previous photo). Cottonwood, AZ April 1, 2012.
  • These are the pollen sacs of a leafless Ephedra bush. Found along the trail of the Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012.
  • These are the pollen sacs of a leafless Ephedra bush. Found along the trail of the Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012.
  • Plains Blackfoot (Melampodium leucanthum ) is a daisy like desert white flower, with purple veins on the backside of its petals. Found on the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, April 1, 2012.
  • Plains Blackfoot (Melampodium leucanthum ) is a daisy like desert white flower, with purple veins on the backside of its petals. Found on the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, April 1, 2012.
  • Plains Blackfoot (Melampodium leucanthum ) is a daisy like desert white flower, with purple striations on the backside of its petals growing in clumps. This specimen has 8 white petals, with irregular edges. Golden disk flowers are in the center. The flowers are on a plant with leathery and opposite elongate leaves. Found on the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground, April 1, 2012.
  • Red Barberry (Mahonia haematocarpa) along nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. April 1, 2012.
  • Red Barberry (Mahonia haematocarpa) along nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. April 3, 2012.
  • Goodding's Verbena (Glandularia gooddingii) showing a florescence of purple flowers along the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. On a rocky and sandy slope. April 3, 2012.
  • Cliffrose (Purshia stansburyana) along nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground on April 3, 2012.
  • This Spreading Fleabane (Erigeron divergens) multi-rayed white flower was found along the nature trail at the Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground on April 3, 2012. The flower is slightly larger than a penny.
  • A very tiny flower on some version of Cryptantha. Along trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground. April 3, 2012. near Cottonwood, AZ
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  • Goodding's Verbena (Glandularia gooddingii) showing a florescence of purple flowers along the nature trail at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground near Cottonwood, AZ. On a rocky and sandy slope. April 3, 2012.
  • Desert Marigold (Baileyea multiradiata) has layers of yellow/gold ray flowers surrounding a little disc of flowers in the center. These are from the desert surrounding Cottonwood, AZ. April 2, 2012.
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