unusual bark of the creosote plant

alive arizona bark barrel beauty black bloom blooming blossom blossoms botany brings brittle brittlebrush brittlebush cactaceae cacti cactus cholla close closeup color colorful comes daisy desert detail flora floral flower flowering fruit garden golden green growth leaf macro marigold mohave mojave mountain mountains natural nature nectar pattern pear petal petals pistil plant pollen prickly purple sharp single southwest spike spine spines spiny spring springtime stamen stem sticker stripe striped stripes succulent sunflower thorn thorns thorny western yellow creosote