1991 | Arroyo Seco del Diabolo, Anza-Borrego
Psorothamnus spinosus, one of several species known by this common name around the world, is easier to pronounce than to photograph. These, growing in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, the lower Colorado River basin, and in northern Mexico, are remarkable lacework in the hardness of the desert landscape.
I’m fond of photographing what is not quite there, and these trees provide opportunities to engage in that quiet practice. In proof of their special contrary nature, they bloom in the first bright heat of summer.