This groundcover actually had little white blooms on it, sorry it's not a great picture. I haven't figured out how to get good flora pics on my phone; maybe get closer. GL wants to ID it as Zinnia but this is that one I couldn't be sure of last spring. It's all over the mountain.
This is what I settled on the last time: Woolly Tidestromia

http://southwestdesertflora.com/Website ... romia.html

https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/ ... &clid=3056