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Here's one of the many yellow flowers that inhabit the Kelso Mountains area: Cooper Dyssodia (Adenophyllum cooperi)

3513-orange.jpg I start seeing the occasional Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in flowerThumbnailsLooking behind me past a patch of indigo bush toward the Beale Mountains on the other side of Kelbaker RoadI start seeing the occasional Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in flowerThumbnailsLooking behind me past a patch of indigo bush toward the Beale Mountains on the other side of Kelbaker RoadI start seeing the occasional Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in flowerThumbnailsLooking behind me past a patch of indigo bush toward the Beale Mountains on the other side of Kelbaker RoadI start seeing the occasional Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in flowerThumbnailsLooking behind me past a patch of indigo bush toward the Beale Mountains on the other side of Kelbaker RoadI start seeing the occasional Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) in flowerThumbnailsLooking behind me past a patch of indigo bush toward the Beale Mountains on the other side of Kelbaker Road

Apparently this plant doesn't smell very good, but I didn't brush up against it to notice.