Rafinesquia neomexicana (I think) - Flickr - brewbooks

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Summary[edit] Description: Rafinesquia neomexicana A. Gray (desert chicory) Named for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: ".. , who in the mid-1830s had written about the emergence of new species at a time when most naturalists (including Darwin initially) accepted the biblical story of creation and assumed the immutability of species. Rafinesque discovered and named thousands of new plants and animals in his American travels.. Darwin learned of Rafinesque and his views on species" See Darwin's historical sketch - an American predecessor: C.S. Rafinesque. by C T Ambrose www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21137582 Driving from south to north through Death Valley on a cloudy (and eventually rainy) March day. jtz 186. Date: 23 March 2011, 17:37. Source: Rafinesquia neomexicana (I think). Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location35° 42′ 54.69″ N, 116° 23′ 19.28″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 35.715193; -116.388688.