Finding the Flowers

By DIANA MARCUM

March 16, 1998 12 AM PT

Here are some hotlines and World Wide Web sites that offer information on desert wildflowers:

* Living Desert Wildflower Hotline in the Palm Springs/Coachella Valley area, (760) 340-4954. Also: www.livingdesert.org

* Joshua Tree National Park: www.nps.gov/jotr

* Anza Borrego Desert State Park, wildflower hotline, (760) 767-4684

* Death Valley National Park: www.nps.gov/deva

* Mojave Desert Information Center, (760) 733-4040

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Diana Marcum

Former staff writer Diana Marcum wrote about life in the small towns and rural areas of California for the Los Angeles Times. In 2015, she won the Pulitzer Prize for narrative portraits of farm workers, farmers and others in California’s drought-stricken Central Valley. She is the author of “The Fallen Stones: Chasing Butterflies, Discovering Mayan Secrets and Looking For Hope Along the Way” and “The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty and Unexpected Love in the Azores.” Marcum died Aug. 9, 2023.

Finding the Flowers

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