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The pinkish-white buckwheat flowers dominate the Walking Box Ranch Road area, but they are not the only showy plants

6150-walking-box-ranch-road.jpg The plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sunThumbnailsThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sunThumbnailsThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sunThumbnailsThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sunThumbnailsThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National PreserveThe plateau at the top of Malpais Spring Road and a few old stretches of range fence receive the orange glow of end-of-day sunThumbnailsThe pale buckwheat flowers look pinker in the blush of sunset near Malpais Spring, Mojave National Preserve

The white fluffies in the foreground look like a winterfat bush, and many pale yellow flowers (matchweed?) also dot this area.