Botanizing%20in%20Baja%20California

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Botanizing in Baja California
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Day 1 crossed at Sonoyta, proceeded west on MX 2
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Day 1 we carefully avoided Mexicali and
started down the east side of Baja
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Dust storms may exist.
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Day 2 we camped near Valle de los Sahuaros
(actually they were cardon), south of San
Felipe, took some photos in the morning
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Day 2 we stopped at a gas station in Puertecitos
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Hoffmannseggia microphylla (rush-pea)
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Day 2 we continued down the coast the road
is rough, slow going here
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Atriplex hymenelytra (desert holly)
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Atriplex hymenelytra (desert holly)
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Chamaesyce pediculifera var. pediculifera
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Chamaesyce pediculifera var. pediculifera
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Solanum hindsianum (Hinds nightshade)
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Day 3 morning, camping near Punta Bufeo
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Boerhavia coulteri (Coulters spiderling)
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Boerhavia coulteri (Coulters spiderling)
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Boerhavia wrightii (Wrights spiderling)
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Boerhavia wrightii (Wrights spiderling)
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Kallstroemia californica (California caltrop)
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Kallstroemia californica (California caltrop)
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Pachycormus discolor (Elephant tree)
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Pachycormus discolor (Elephant tree)
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Drymaria holosteoides
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Drymaria holosteoides
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Proboscidea althaeifolia (devils claw)
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Day 3 we stopped at a gas station in San
Luis Gonzaga
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Day 3 we continued down the rough gravel
road looking for good campsites, and stopped on
the way at a site with some of the first boojums
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Acalypha californica (California copperleaf)
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Acalypha californica (California copperleaf)
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Errazurizia megacarpa (dunebroom)
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Errazurizia megacarpa
Errazurizia megacarpa (dunebroom)
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Errazurizia megacarpa (dunebroom)
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Physalis crassifolia var. infundibularis
(ground-cherry)
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Day 4 next morning... instead of a good
campsite, somehow we ended up in a gravel pit
just off of MX Hwy 1
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scenic campground...
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Day 4 we continued up to Cataviña, stopped
at another gas station...
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Al
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Keith
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Susan
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Rich
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Chamaesyce tomentulosa
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Chamaesyce tomentulosa
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Asclepias subulata (desert milkweed)
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Asclepias subulata (desert milkweed)
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Calliandra californica (baja fairy duster)
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Calliandra californica (baja fairy duster)
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Fouquieria columnaris (boojum)
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Fouquieria columnaris (boojum)
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Fouquieria columnaris (boojum)
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Fouquieria columnaris (boojum)
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Day 5 morning at Cataviña
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Fouquieria columnaris (boojum)
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Pachycereus pringlei (cardon)
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Day 5 then we drove down towards Bahia de
los Angeles
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south of Cataviña
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Yucca valida (datilillo)
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Tillandsia recurvata (ball moss) on Fouquieria
columnaris
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west of Bahia de los Angeles
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Abronia villosa var. aurita (sand verbena)
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Abronia villosa var. aurita (sand verbena)
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Its a hard life.
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Day 6 camping at Bahia de los Angeles
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Boerhavia xantii (spiderling)
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Boerhavia xantii (spiderling)
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Cuscuta leptantha (dodder)
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Cuscuta leptantha (dodder)
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Chamaesyce petrina (golondrina)
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Chamaesyce petrina (golondrina)
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Chamaesyce polycarpa (smallseed sandmat)
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Euphorbia misera (cliff spurge)
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Euphorbia misera (cliff spurge)
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Jatropha cardiophylla (sangre de cristo,
limberbush)
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Jatropha cardiophylla (sangre de cristo,
limberbush)
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Cenchrus palmeri (sandbur)
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Cenchrus palmeri (sandbur)
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Datura discolor (thorn-apple)
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Datura discolor (thorn-apple)
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Nicolletia trifida
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Nicolletia trifida
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Nicolletia trifida
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Fouquierii (back F. columnaris right F.
diguetii left F. splendens)
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Fouquieria diguetii (palo adan)
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Fouquieria diguetii (palo adan)
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Al, Bahia de los Angeles
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not a plant
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sunset at Bahia de los Angeles
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Day 7 morning at Bahia de los Angeles
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Phrygilanthus sonorae
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Phrygilanthus sonorae
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Day 7 off to the Pacific coast
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Pedilanthus macrocarpus (slipper plant)
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Pedilanthus macrocarpus (slipper plant)
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church in Santa Rosalillita
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near Santa Rosalillita
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Xylonagra arborescens
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Xylonagra arborescens
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Euphorbia misera (cliff spurge)
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Cardiospermum corindum (balloon-vine)
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Cardiospermum corindum (balloon-vine)
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fun with beach trash
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plant ID on the beach
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sunset
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Day 8 light rain in the morning we start back
to Santa Rosalia, on the gulf coast
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Rich Keith with Fouquieria
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church at San Ignacio
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Santa Rosalia wet
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Day 9 stuck in Santa Rosalia
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Hotel El Morro, Santa Rosalia
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charming Santa Rosalia
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Day 10 botanizing in the morning day trip to
Mulegé environs
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Sesuvium verrucosum (sea-purslane)
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Jacquemontia abutiloides
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Porophyllum crassifolium
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Porophyllum crassifolium
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looking across Bahia Concepción, south of Mulegé
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Fouquieria burragei
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Fouquieria burragei
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Aeschynomene nivea
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Passiflora palmeri (passionflower)
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Ruellia californica (wild petunia)
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not a plant
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the long journey home...
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leaving Santa Rosalia
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whose idea was this?
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San Carlos
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Abronia maritima (sand-verbena)
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Chamaesyce pediculifera var. linearifolia
(sand-mat)
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Chamaesyce capitellata (sand-mat), San Marcos
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still not a plant
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Universidad de Sonora with Alejandro Castellanos
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