[Members of the Sunflower Family with Shrub-like Growth in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Rough Sweetbush, Sweetbush

Bebbia juncea var. aspera

Flower head of Rough Sweetbush, Sweetbush: Bebbia juncea var. aspera - Rough Sweetbush, Sweetbush: Bebbia juncea var. aspera

A close-up of the flower head of sweetbush as seen at left in the sandy wash at the mouth of a small canyon located at the northwest corner of the Indian Head Ranch to the north of Borrego Springs, California.........March 24, 2011. The photo at right shows sweetbush in bloom in Mine Wash, several miles southeast of the junction of Highways 78 and S3, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 24, 2005.

Rough Sweetbush, Sweetbush: Bebbia juncea var. aspera

Sweetbush as seen in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park........March 24, 2010.
Paul Slichter