Smooth Malacothrix, Smooth Desertdandelion, Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Synonyms: Malacothrix californica, Malacothrix californica var. glabrata
A mass of smooth desertdandelion blooming on sandy soils around Hawk Canyon in the Anza Borrego State Park in southern California..............March 29, 2010.
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Smooth desertdandelion as seen at Henderson Canyon in Anza Borrego State Park, southern California..................March 24, 2011.
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Close-up images of the flower head and involucral bracts of what appears to be smooth desertdandelion as seen along the Borrego Palm Canyon in Anza Borrego State Park in southern California...............March, 2006.
Paul Slichter