A variety of wildflowers growing on the side of a hill in the Temblor Range begin to catch the first light of day during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. This patch of wildflowers primarily consists of yellow hillside daisies (Monolopia lanceolata), San Joaquin blazingstar (Mentzelia pectinata), and desert candle (Caulanthus inflatus). During superbloom years, an unusually high number of wildflowers blossom at the same time, usually the result of wet winter and spring weather. The seeds may have been dormant for years in the more typically dry desert soil.
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