Description: Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata), Aster family (Asteraceae). North of Springdale, Zion Nat. Park, Utah. Source: 2017.04.14_08.18.20_IMG_0038. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Baileya multiradiata only occurs in Utah in Washington County (where it is commonly seen at lower elevations) and barely into western Kane Co. Note the fairly large green insects at center/top and at the bottom right near the centers of those flowers.May 2, 2004, Washington County, Utah, at approx. 2,780 ft. elev. near the UT-AZ border.
