[Cream Cups: The Genus Platystemon in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Creamcups, Cream Cups

Platystemon californicus

Synonyms: Platystemon californicus var. ciliatus; Platystemon californicus var. crinitus; Platystemon californicus var. horridulus; Platystemon californicus var. nutans; Platystemon californicus var. ornithopus; Platystemon californicus var. sphaerocarpus; Platystemon crinitus

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Cream cups blooming like crazy in a vacant lot along the Verde School Road in the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona.........March 20, 2015.

A large field of cream cups as seen near the mouth of Woods Canyon, just east of the Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station to the south of Oak Creek, Arizona.........March 20, 2015.

Cream cups in bud as seen in sandy soils near the start of the Long Canyon Trail to the northwest of Sedona, AZ.........March 19, 2015.

Paul Slichter