Bristly Fiddleneck at Sunrise, Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Backlit by the rising sun, patches of bristly fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata) at the tops of rolling dunes seem to glow during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California. 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. Bristly fiddleneck is also known as tessellate fiddleneck, checker fiddleneck, and devil's lettuce, and is native to dry regions of western North America.

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Backlit by the rising sun, patches of bristly fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata) at the tops of rolling dunes seem to glow during a superbloom in the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California. 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. Bristly fiddleneck is also known as tessellate fiddleneck, checker fiddleneck, and devil's lettuce, and is native to dry regions of western North America.