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Wildflowers of the Southwestern Desert
Many desert wildflowers are annuals that bloom in response to adequate rainfall and optimal temperatures. Some years few species bloom, while other years offer a plethora of desert wildflowers. The species included in this collection give a glimpse of some of the more prominent and abundant wildflowers of southwestern deserts.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold Showy desert marigold Paper daisy Desert baileya | |
| Calliandra eriophylla | Pink fairyduster Fairyduster Mesquitilla Mock mesquite | |
| Carnegiea gigantea | Saguaro | |
| Calochortus kennedyi | Desert mariposa lily Desert mariposa Red mariposa-lily Flame mariposa | |
| Calycoseris wrightii | White tackstem | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus | |
| Enceliopsis nudicaulis | Nakedstem sunray Sunray | |
| Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana | Mexican gold poppy California poppy | |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache plume Ponil | |
| Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo Devil’s walking stick Candlewood | |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Blanket flower Red dome blanketflower Red-dome blanket-flower Yellow gaillardia | |
| Glandularia gooddingii | Southwestern mock vervain Pink verbena Southwestern vervain Goodding's verbena Mojave verbena | |
| Hesperocallis undulata | Ajo lily Desert lily Desert-lily | |
| Hibiscus coulteri | Coulter hibiscus Desert rose-mallow Desert rosemallow | |
| Kallstroemia grandiflora | Arizona poppy Orange caltrop Desert poppy Summer poppy | |
| Layia glandulosa | White tidytips Whitedaisy tidytips | |
| Malacothrix glabrata | Desert-dandelion Smooth desertdandelion | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Mentzelia pumila | Dwarf mentzelia | |
| Oenothera deltoides | Birdcage evening-primrose Fragrant primrose Desert evening-primrose Birdcage primrose | |
| Penstemon parryi | Parry's beardtongue Parry's penstemon | |
| Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Desert penstemon Rosy desert beardtongue Canyon penstemon Mohave beard-tongue | |
| Phacelia crenulata | Cleft-leaf wild heliotrope Notchleaf phacelia | |
| Phlox tenuifolia | Santa Catalina Mountain phlox | |
| Psilostrophe cooperi | White-stem paper-flower Whitestem paperflower Yellow paper daisy | |
| Scabrethia scabra ssp. scabra | Badlands mule-ears | |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert globemallow Apricot globe-mallow Desert mallow Globe mallow Apricot mallow | |
| Tetraneuris acaulis var. acaulis | Butte marigold Stemless four-nerve daisy Stemless goldflower Stemless rubber weed | |
| Zinnia grandiflora | Rocky Mountain zinnia Little golden zinnia Yellow zinnia Plains zinnia Prairie zinnia | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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