Carpets of many different kinds of flowers can be found in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park at this time. This post will be updated with the latest flower photos. At the bottom of the page there are links to a selection of news articles and media coverage that the research center and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park got as a result of the superbloom. Click on the photos to enjoy an enlarged version.

Carpets of Desert dandelions cover the desert floor with Indianhead peak in the background (Photo: Sicco Rood)

Visitors flocking to see the flower fields, like the visitors with this beautiful ’57 Chevy car (Photo: Sicco Rood)
The Henderson Canyon flower fields are filled with color even after the sun has long gone behind the mountains (Photo: Sicco Rood)

California White primrose growing out of the mud of a recently dried wash in the Anza-Borrego badlands, oenothera californica (Photos: Sicco Rood)

Desert sunflowers and carpets of Notch leaf phacelia, Phacelia crenulata ambigua’s all over the Borrego badlands (Photos: Sicco Rood)

Desert sunflowers growing next to a mudflow that is still partially wet, part drying up and curling.(Photo: Sicco Rood).

Western Jimson Weed, Datura wrightii growing between the rocks in Anza-Borrego desert (Photo: Sicco Rood)

Whole mountain sides are bright yellow with Parish’s poppy, Eschscholzia parishii (Photo: Sicco Rood)

Desert sunflower field in Ocotillo Wells recreational vehicle area right before the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park boundary (Photos: Sicco Rood)
News and Media Coverage
- Southern California desert sees “superbloom” after winter of heavy rains (CBS Evening news, Mar 13, 2017)
- The desert is in super bloom at Anza-Borrego state park (LA Times Mar 13, 2017)
- Spectacular ‘Super Bloom’ Is Just Days Away In This California Desert (Huffington Post, March 4, 2017)
- California desert transforms during wildflower ‘super bloom’ (March 9, 2017)
- California is about to explode with a spectacular wildflower display (SFGATE website of the San Francisco Chronicle March 11, 2017)
- Super bloom looms in county desert (San Diego Union Tribune, Mar 13, 2017)
- California’s Desert Has Become a “Super Bloom” (MSN video, Mar 9, 2017)
- Spectacular bloom expected at Anza Borrego Desert State Park (Anza Valley Outlook, Mar 10, 2017)
- See rare “Super Bloom” of wildflowers has carpeted Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (The Inquisitr News, Mar 10, 2017)
- Get Ready For A ‘Super Bloom’ Of Wildflowers In The Anza-Borrego Desert (LAist is a website about Los Angeles, Mar 3, 2017)
Other articles that mention the Anza-Borrego Desert flower bloom
- This California Desert Is Exploding With Wildflowers (Woman’s Journal, March 10, 2017)
- California desert’s wildflower ‘super bloom’ delights nature lovers (CNN, March 9, 2017)
- California Today: Awaiting a Wildflower Explosion (New York Times, March 7, 2017)
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/california-desert-transforms-during-wildflower-super-bloom/98944548/
- http://anzavalleyoutlook.com/local/spectacular-bloom-expected-anza-borrego-desert-state-park/
- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/california-desert-anza-borrego-super-bloom/
- http://www.mensjournal.com/travel/articles/a-super-bloom-is-hitting-the-california-desert-heres-how-to-take-advantage-w471284
- http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/mar/02/super-bloom-wildflowers-days-away-anza-borrego-des/
- https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/a-breathtaking-look-at-southern-california-super-bloom-death-valley-anza-borrego-desert/80161
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-desert-wildflower-superbloom-anza-borrego-state-park-a7619746.html
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-desert-wildflowers-bloom_us_58bb0fc6e4b0b9989417ffcb
- http://www.startribune.com/a-desert-in-southwest-is-experiencing-rare-wildflower-superbloom/415780734/
- http://www.univision.com/noticias/planeta/las-historicas-lluvias-de-este-invierno-prometen-hacer-florecer-hasta-el-desierto-en-california
- http://www.cntraveler.com/story/california-desert-sees-rare-wildflower-super-bloom
- http://roadtreking.com/loving-desert-season/
- http://mentalfloss.com/article/93167/rare-super-bloom-brightens-deserts-california
- http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/03/13/southwestern-super-bloom
- http://la.curbed.com/2017/3/12/14900734/wildflowers-california-where-to-find-los-angeles
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/a-rare-super-bloom-of-wildflowers-is-underway-in-the-desert?utm_term=.nw6wnjebk#.yoVNPQrLv
- http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-anza-borrego-desert-super-bloom-20170313-htmlstory.html
- http://www.thedesertreview.com/anza-borrego-desert-flaunts-spectacular-flower-show-after-rains/
- http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/stunning-wildflower-super-bloom-illuminates-california-desert/70001090
- http://www.metro.us/news/california-s-desert-blooms-as-drought-comes-to-an-end/jZzqcn—V6AOdS9Ah_LZF3GdKWbRSg
- http://nypost.com/2017/03/14/california-enjoys-flower-geddon-as-noreaster-pounds-east-coast/
- https://www.wired.com/2017/03/super-bloom-2017-california/
- http://www.ocregister.com/2017/03/16/wildflowers-color-the-landscape-in-anza-borrego-desert-state-park/
- http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-borrego-crowds-20170314-story.html
- http://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/520496783/california-deserts-in-super-bloom-thanks-to-a-wet-winter?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170317
- http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Winter-2017/How-to-Avoid-Wildflower-Crowds-in-the-Desert-This-Weekend/
- http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Your-Corner-Winter-Rain-Sets-Up-Historic-Super-Bloom-416432873.html
- http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/visuals/photography/sd-crowds-borrego-20170316-photogallery.html
- http://www.cbs8.com/story/34945622/big-crowds-in-search-of-borrego-springs-bloom-prompts-traffic-advisory
- http://erniesoutdoors.blogspot.com/
- https://modernhiker.com/anza-borrego-superbloom-2017
- http://www.hcn.org/articles/superbloom-in-california
- http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Hawks-swarming-Anza-Borrego-state-park-11018226.php#photo-12589172
- http://eastcountymagazine.org/photos-week-borrego-super-blooms
- http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/sd-oe-letters-0326-story.html
- https://sciencefriday.com/segments/superblooms-are-a-smorgasbord-for-bees/
- http://abc7.com/news/wildflowers-dormant-for-years-bloom-across-california/1827912/
- (National Geographic video) https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/10154493960143951/?hc_location=ufi
- http://www.voanews.com/a/california-desert-super-bloom-attracts-thousands/3790540.html
- http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2017-03-31/Nation%7CWorld/Wildflowers_dormant_for_years_now_blooming_across_.html
- http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackson_hole_daily/our_world_people/our_world/wildflowers-dormant-for-years-bloom-across-california/article_1ef3fa81-e8c1-5f65-959e-1375bc960d08.html
- http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20170330/FEATURES/170339982
- http://www.pe.com/2017/04/05/fans-of-anza-borrego-desert-state-park-fight-two-invasive-plants-threatening-wildflowers/
- http://www.livescience.com/58305-stunning-images-of-a-california-superbloom.html
- https://www.science-et-vie.com/ (In their print magazine for kids)
- http://www.ecowatch.com/super-bloom-anza-borrego-desert-2347756612.html
- http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/green-life/welcome-superbloomland
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-california-wildflowers-20170331-story.html
- https://soundcloud.com/soundslikerstin/remembering-steve-bier
- http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/mar/02/super-bloom-wildflowers-days-away-anza-borrego-des/