[Illustration: Rafinesquia neomexicana]
Common Names: DESERT-DANDELION, GOATSBEARD
Arizona and Texas deserts. (_Rafinesquia neomexicana_). Bright white.
March-May.
California desert. (_Rafinesquia californica_). Dull white. April-May.
Sunflower family. Size: About a foot high.
In early springs that follow winters of more than average rainfall the
Desert-Dandelion is one of the conspicuous annuals helping to carpet the
deserts with a ground-cover of flowers.
Although much more delicate, longer stemmed, and less coarse and robust
than the common Dandelion, the flowers sufficiently resemble those of
the better-known yellow Dandelion to stimulate recognition.
Desert-Dandelion is found below 4,000 feet in desert situations from
western Texas to Lower California and northward to southern Utah.