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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."

Contents 1 Amsinckia intermedia 2 Anemone tuberosa 3 Bahia absinthifolia 4 Brickellia coulteri 5 Carlowrightia arizonica 6 Centaurium calycosum 7 Cryptantha albida 8 Cryptantha angustifolia 9 Daucus pusillus 10 Datura meteloides 11 Dichelostemma capitatum 12 Encelia farinosa 13 Eriophyllum lanosum 14 Galium aparine 15 Geraea canescens 16 Glandularia gooddingii 17 Haplophyton crooksii 18 Isocoma tenuisecta 19 Justicia californica 20 Lesquerella purpurea 21 Machaeranthera gracilis 22 Malacothrix californica 23 Marina parryi 24 Melampodium leucanthum 25 Monoptilon bellioides 26 Nama demissum 27 Nicotiana obtusifolia 28 Penstemon parryi 29 Proboscidea parviflora 30 Rafinesquia neomexicana 31 Salvia columbariae var. columbariae 32 Senna covesii 33 Senna wislizeni 34 Silene antirrhina 35 Sphaeralcea ambigua 36 Trixis californica 37 References

[edit] Amsinckia intermedia

• Common names: Fiddleneck
• Flowers bloom March-May

[edit] Anemone tuberosa

• Common name: Desert anemone
• Flowers bloom February to April

[edit] Bahia absinthifolia

• Common Names: Hairyseed Bahia, Dealbata's Bahia
• Flowers bloom spring through fall

[edit] Brickellia coulteri

• Common name: Coulter's Brickellia
• Flowers bloom March to November

[edit] Carlowrightia arizonica

• Common name: Arizona wrightwort
• Flowers bloom in the spring

[edit] Centaurium calycosum

• Common name: Centaury
• Flowers bloom April to June

[edit] Cryptantha albida

• Common names: New Mexico Catseye, New Mexico Cryptantha
• Flowers bloom in early spring

[edit] Cryptantha angustifolia

• Common names: Bristlelobe Cryptantha, Narrowleaf Pick-me-not, Panamint Catseye
• Flowers bloom in early spring

[edit] Daucus pusillus

• Common name: American wild carrot
• Flowers bloom March to May

[edit] Datura meteloides

• Common name: Sacred Datura

[edit] Dichelostemma capitatum

• Common name: Bluedick
• Flowers bloom February to May

[edit] Encelia farinosa

• Common name: Brittlebush
• Flowers bloom in the spring

[edit] Eriophyllum lanosum

• Also known as Antheropeas lanosum
• Common name: White Woolly Daisy, White Easter Bonnets
• Flowers bloom February through May

[edit] Galium aparine

• Common name: Common Bedstraw, Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Catchweed, and Coachweed.
• flowers bloom in the spring

[edit] Geraea canescens

• Common names: desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold.

[edit] Glandularia gooddingii

• Common name: Gooding's Verbena, Southwestern Mock Vervain
• Flowers bloom winter, spring, and fall

[edit] Haplophyton crooksii

• Common names: cockroachplant
• Flowers bloom March to April and July to November

[edit] Isocoma tenuisecta

• Common names: burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, burrow goldenweed
• Flowers bloom in September through November

[edit] Justicia californica

• Common names: Beloperone, Chuparosa
• Flowers bloom in the spring

[edit] Lesquerella purpurea

• Common name: Purple Bladderpod
• Flowers bloom January to May

[edit] Machaeranthera gracilis

• Common name: Slender Goldenweed, Yellow Spiny Daisy
• Flowers bloom February to December

[edit] Malacothrix californica

• Common name: Desert Dandelion

[edit] Marina parryi

• Parry Dalea

[edit] Melampodium leucanthum

• Common name: Plains Blackfoot, Blackfoot Daisy
• Flowers bloom March through December

[edit] Monoptilon bellioides

• Common name: Mojave Desert Star

[edit] Nama demissum

• Common names: leafy nama, purple mat, and purplemat
• Flowers bloom from February to May

[edit] Nicotiana obtusifolia

• Common names: Desert Tobacco, Coyote Tobacco
• Flowers bloom spring to fall

[edit] Penstemon parryi

• Common names: Parry's penstemon
• Flowers bloom February to April

[edit] Proboscidea parviflora

• Common name: Devil's Claw

[edit] Rafinesquia neomexicana

• Common name: Desert Chicory, New Mexico plumeseed
• Flowers bloom mid-February to May

[edit] Salvia columbariae var. columbariae

• Common name: Chia, Golden Chia
• Flowers bloom March-May

[edit] Senna covesii

• Common names: Coues' Cassia, Coves' cassia, or Desert Senna
• Flowers bloom in spring and fall

[edit] Senna wislizeni

• Common names: Wislizenus Senna, Shrubby Cassia, or Shrubby Senna
• Flowers bloom in the mid to late summer

[edit] Silene antirrhina

• Common names: Sleepy Catchfly, Sleepy Silene
• Flowers bloom March to August

[edit] Sphaeralcea ambigua

• Common names: Desert Globemallow, Apricot Mallow
• Flowers bloom in the spring

[edit] Trixis californica

• Common names: American Threefold, Trixis
• Flowers after rains, most commonly in the spring

[edit] References

• Pima Community College. Common Wildflowers of Tucson.
• USDA Plants Database