Evening Snow (Linanthus dichotomus)
Family: Phlox (Polemoniaceae)
It's easy to miss Evening Snow, a notorious night owl, in the daytime, when it's curled up in repose and blends in with the landscape. Around sunset, though, it unfurls its petals and turns entire hillsides white - an effect that's multiplied because it tends to grow in vast colonies in sandy soils where other plants don't compete with it. It grows mostly in the foothills, but also shows up in a few spots in Yosemite's lower elevations; I've seen it blooming along the Wawona Meadow trail.
Blooms: April - June
This Photo: Above the Fresno River near Oakhurst, late April. If you like this photo, you can use it as your desktop wallpaper - see the Yosemite Wallpapers page for larger versions.
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