List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers
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The wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, some after the summer "monsoons."
Anemone tuberosa
Cryptantha angustifolia
Daucus pusillus
Eriophyllum lanosum
Galium aparine
Glandularia gooddingii
Isocoma tenuisecta
Machaeranthera gracilis
Malacothrix
Nama demissum
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Salvia columbariae
Senna covesii
Senna wislizeni
Silene antirrhina
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Trixis californica
Anemone tuberosaAnemone tuberosaAnemone tuberosa is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. Plants grow 10 to 30, sometimes 40 cm tall, from a woody-like tuber shaped like a caudex. Plants with 1 to 3 basal leaves that are 1 or 2 times ternate...
- Common name: Desert anemone
- Flowers bloom February to April
Bahia absinthifolia
- Common Names: Hairyseed Bahia, Dealbata's Bahia
- Flowers bloom spring through fall
Brickellia coulteri
- Common name: Coulter's Brickellia
- Flowers bloom March to November
Carlowrightia arizonica
- Common name: Arizona wrightwort
- Flowers bloom in the spring
Cryptantha albida
- Common names: New Mexico Catseye, New Mexico Cryptantha
- Flowers bloom in early spring
Cryptantha angustifoliaCryptantha angustifoliaCryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha...
- Common names: Bristlelobe Cryptantha, Narrowleaf Pick-me-not, Panamint Catseye
- Flowers bloom in early spring
Daucus pusillusDaucus pusillusDaucus pusillus is a species of wild carrot known by the common names American wild carrot and rattlesnake weed. It is similar in appearance to other species and subspecies of wild carrot, with umbels of white or pinkish flowers....
- Common name: American wild carrot
- Flowers bloom March to May
Eriophyllum lanosumWhite woolly daisyThe White woolly daisy , is a spring wildflower found in the eastern Mojave Desert, the California Desert and the Sonoran Desert in the United States. It usually grows to a height of less than four inches. The plant, part of the Sunflower Family, is often unnoticed because it blends in with gravel...
- Also known as Antheropeas lanosum
- Common name: White Woolly Daisy, White Easter Bonnets
- Flowers bloom February through May
Galium aparineGalium aparineGalium aparine is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae. It is native to North America and Eurasia. It has several common names, including Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyjack, Stickyweed, Stickyleaf, Catchweed, Robin-run-the-hedge and Coachweed.-Growth:The long stems...
- Common name: Common Bedstraw, Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Catchweed, and Coachweed.
- flowers bloom in the spring
Glandularia gooddingiiGlandularia gooddingiiGlandularia gooddingii is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common name southwestern mock vervain. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in sandy and rocky desert habitat. It is a perennial herb producing several hairy,...
- Common name: Gooding's Verbena, Southwestern Mock Vervain
- Flowers bloom winter, spring, and fall
Haplophyton crooksii
- Common names: cockroachplant
- Flowers bloom March to April and July to November
Isocoma tenuisectaIsocoma tenuisectaIsocoma tenuisecta, commonly called burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, or burrow goldenweed is a small, flowering perennial herb, native to the Sonoran Desert. It grows 1 to 3 feet tall, and has small yellow flowers growing at the top of woody stems. It flowers in September through November. The...
- Common names: burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, burrow goldenweed
- Flowers bloom in September through November
Machaeranthera gracilisMachaeranthera gracilisMachaeranthera gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names slender goldenweed and annual bristleweed. It is native the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in the deserts and plateaus. It is a bristly annual herb growing erect up...
- Common name: Slender Goldenweed, Yellow Spiny Daisy
- Flowers bloom February to December
MalacothrixMalacothrix (plant)Malacothrix is a genus of flowering plants related to daisies. They are known generally as desert dandelions or desertdandelions. Most are found in North America and a few have been introduced to South America...
californicaMalacothrix californicaMalacothrix californica is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name California desertdandelion. It is native to California and Baja California, where it can be found in many types of dry mountain, desert, and valley habitat. It is an annual herb producing a...
- Common name: Desert Dandelion
Melampodium leucanthum
- Common name: Plains Blackfoot, Blackfoot Daisy
- Flowers bloom March through December
Nama demissumNama demissumNama demissum is an annual flowering plant. It is known by the common name purplemat, or Purple mat.-Distribution:Purple mat, Nama demissum, grows in the American desert southwest, such as the Mojave Desert, and parts of Mexico on dry sandy or gravelly flats from 2000' to 5500' in creosote bush...
- Common names: leafy nama, purple mat, and purplemat
- Flowers bloom from February to May
Nicotiana obtusifoliaNicotiana obtusifoliaNicotiana obtusifolia, or desert tobacco, is a plant native to the southwestern United States and Mexico....
- Common names: Desert Tobacco, Coyote Tobacco
- Flowers bloom spring to fall
Rafinesquia neomexicanaRafinesquia neomexicanaRafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. Common names include Desert Chicory, Plumeseed or New Mexico Plumeseed....
- Common name: Desert Chicory, New Mexico plumeseed
- Flowers bloom mid-February to May
Salvia columbariaeSalvia columbariaeSalvia columbariae is an annual plant of the Lamiaceae family. It is commonly called chia, golden chia and desert chia because its seeds are used in the same manner as Salvia hispanica . It grows in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Baja California and was formerly an important...
var. columbariae
- Common name: Chia, Golden Chia
- Flowers bloom March–May
Senna covesiiSenna covesiiSenna covesii is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and Arizona in the United States, and northern Baja California in Mexico...
- Common names: Coues' Cassia, Coves' cassia, or Desert Senna
- Flowers bloom in spring and fall
Senna wislizeniSenna wislizeniSenna wislizeni is commonly called Wislizenus' Senna or Shrubby Senna...
- Common names: Wislizenus Senna, Shrubby Cassia, or Shrubby Senna
- Flowers bloom in the mid to late summer
Silene antirrhinaSilene antirrhinaSilene antirrhina is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name sleepy catchfly. It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread throughout North America and parts of South America. It is known in Europe as an introduced species. It can be found in a wide range of...
- Common names: Sleepy Catchfly, Sleepy Silene
- Flowers bloom March to August
Sphaeralcea ambiguaSphaeralcea ambiguaSphaeralcea ambigua, commonly known as Desert Globemallow or Apricot Mallow, is a member of the genus Sphaeralcea in the mallow family ....
- Common names: Desert Globemallow, Apricot Mallow
- Flowers bloom in the spring
Trixis californicaTrixis californicaTrixis californica , , is a perennial shrub or subshrub of the Asteraceae family, the sunflower, aster, daisy family...
- Common names: American Threefold, Trixis
- Flowers after rains, most commonly in the spring