Dan Violette photography - Fine Art Nature Photography
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions.  This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with coast prickly pear cactus (Opunita sp.), California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions.  This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) flowers are two-to-three inches across with fern-like leaves clustered on tall fleshy stalks. These drought-tolerant perennial asters are among Spring's earliest wildflowers brightening exposed coastal dunes and rocky slopes from Baja California and the Channel Islands to Central Southern California.  With their wild grass and prickly pear cactus companions, these were photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park as an early morning fog lifts. The tall stalks on the left are dried yucca flower spikes from the prior year's bloom.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) flowers are two-to-three inches across with fern-like leaves clustered on tall fleshy stalks. These drought-tolerant perennial asters are among Spring's earliest wildflowers brightening exposed coastal dunes and rocky slopes from Baja California and the Channel Islands to Central Southern California.  With their wild grass companions, this arrangement of natives was photographed in the Santa Monica Mountains against the deep blue sky of the breezy Malibu coast.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions. This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions.  This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) share this exposed coastal slope with California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) and wild grass companions. This early Spring bloom was photographed at the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains near Point Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California.
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