Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography

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Gossamer blossoms of pink farewell-to-spring flutter on slopes of the Carrizo Plain National Monument where wildflowers flourish amid remnants of California’s original grasslands.

Copyright

MELISSA FARLOW

Image Size

6000x4032 / 15.8MB

Keywords

carrizo plain, endangered, flowers, foliage, geography, Gossamer flowers, grasses, grasslands, habitats and ecosystems, landscapes, pink (color), plants, rare, scenes and views, threatened plants, valleys, wildflowers

Contained in galleries

The Big Open_Public Lands_National Geographic magazine and book 8/2001