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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.

scientific name	common name(s)	image gallery
Acer glabrum var. torreyi	Torrey Maple Torrey's Mountain Maple
Acer grandidentatum	Bigtooth Maple Big-toothed Maple Uvalde Bigtooth Maple Southwestern Bigtooth Maple Canyon Maple Sabinal Maple Western Sugar Maple	37 images
Acer grandidentatum var. grandidentatum	Bigtooth Maple Uvalde Bigtooth Maple
Acer grandidentatum var. sinuosum	Canyon Maple
Achnatherum hendersonii	Henderson's Needle Grass Henderson's Needlegrass
Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian Ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass	6 images
Aconitum infectum	Arizona Monkshood
Acacia koa	Koa	3 images
Acacia koaia	Koaoha Dwarf Koa Koaie Koai'e Koaia	1 images
Actaea laciniata	Cut-leaved Bugbane Mount Hood Bugbane Mt. Hood Bugbane
Achnatherum latiglume	Sierra Needlegrass Wide-glumed Needle Grass
Acer leucoderme	Chalk Maple Whitebark Maple	5 images
Acaciella leucothrix	Whitehair Acacia
Achnatherum lemmonii	Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lettermanii	Letterman's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii	Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii var. pubescens	Pubescent Lemmon's Needle Grass Pubescent Lemmon's Needlegrass
Acleisanthes longiflora	Angel's Trumpets Angel Trumpets	12 images
Achnatherum lobatum	Lobed Needlegrass Littleawn Needlegrass
Actaea ×ludovici	Baneberry Louis’s Baneberry
Acer macrophyllum	Bigleaf Maple Big-leaf Maple
Aconitum maximum	Kamchatka Aconite Kamchatka Monkshood
Achillea millefolium	Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil	57 images
Acourtia microcephala	Sacapellote
Achillea millefolium var. alpicola	Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium var. arenicola	Common Yarrow Northern Yarrow
Achillea millefolium var. borealis	Boreal Yarrow	10 images
Achillea millefolium var. californica	California Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. gigantea	Giant Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. litoralis	Coast Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. megacephala	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. nigrescens	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis	Western Yarrow Woolly Yarrow White Yarrow	21 images
Achillea millefolium var. pacifica	Pacific Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. puberula	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Acalypha monostachya	Round Copperleaf	5 images
Achyranthes mutica	Blunt Chaff Flower Blunt Chaff-flower
Acourtia nana	Dwarf Desertpeony	7 images
Achnatherum nevadense	Nevada Needle Grass Nevada Needlegrass
Acer negundo	Box Elder Box Elder Maple Ash-leaved Maple Ashleaf Maple Red River Maple Fresno De Guajuco	35 images
Achnatherum nelsonii	Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass
Acer negundo var. arizonicum	Arizona Box Elder Arizona Boxelder
Acer negundo var. californicum	California Box Elder California Boxelder
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei	Dore's Needlegrass Columbia Needlegrass
Acer negundo var. interius	Boxelder Boxelder Maple Ash-leaf Maple	20 images
Acer negundo var. negundo	Boxelder Ashleaf Maple Boxelder Maple Three-leaf Maple	10 images
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii	Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass
Acer negundo var. texanum	Boxelder Ashleaf Maple Boxelder Maple	1 images
Acer negundo var. violaceum	Box Elder Boxelder
Acer nigrum	Black Maple	15 images
scientific name	common name(s)	image gallery