List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers

The wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, some after the summer "monsoons."

=Amsinckia intermedia=
*Common names: Fiddleneck
*Flowers bloom March-May

=Anemone tuberosa=
*Common name: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANTU Desert anemone]
*Flowers bloom February to April

=Bahia absinthifolia=
*Common Names: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BAAB Hairyseed Bahia] , Dealbata's Bahia
*Flowers bloom spring through fall

=Brickellia coulteri=
*Common name: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BRCO Coulter's Brickellia]
*Flowers bloom March to November

=Carlowrightia arizonica=
*Common name: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch Arizona wrightwort]
*Flowers bloom in the spring

=Centaurium calycosum=
*Common name: Centaury
*Flowers bloom April to June

=Cryptantha albida=
*Common names: New Mexico Catseye, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CRAL New Mexico Cryptantha]
*Flowers bloom in early spring

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

=Daucus pusillus=
*Common name: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch American wild carrot]
*Flowers bloom March to May

=Datura meteloides=
*Common name: Sacred Datura

=Dichelostemma capitatum=
*Common name: Bluedick
*Flowers bloom February to May

=Encelia farinosa=
*Common name: Brittlebush
*Flowers bloom in the spring

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

=Galium aparine=
*Common name: Common Bedstraw, Cleavers, Clivers, Goosegrass, Stickywilly, Stickyweed, Catchweed, and Coachweed.
*flowers bloom in the spring

=Geraea canescens=
*Common names: desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold.

=Glandularia gooddingii=
*Common name: Gooding's Verbena, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=GLGO&display=31 Southwestern Mock Vervain]
*Flowers bloom winter, spring, and fall

=Haplophyton crooksii=
*Common names: cockroachplant
*Flowers bloom March to April and July to November

=Isocoma tenuisecta=
*Common names: burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, burrow goldenweed
*Flowers bloom in September through November

=Justicia californica=
*Common names: Beloperone, Chuparosa
*Flowers bloom in the spring

=Lesquerella purpurea=
*Common name: Purple Bladderpod
*Flowers bloom January to May

=Machaeranthera gracilis=
*Common name: Slender Goldenweed, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=Machaeranthera+gracilis&mode=sciname&submit.x=15&submit.y=8 Yellow Spiny Daisy]
*Flowers bloom February to December

=Malacothrix californica=
*Common name: Desert Dandelion

=Marina parryi=
*Parry Dalea

=Melampodium leucanthum=
*Common name: Plains Blackfoot, Blackfoot Daisy
*Flowers bloom March through December

=Monoptilon bellioides=
*Common name: Mojave Desert Star

=Nama demissum=
*Common names: leafy nama, purple mat, and purplemat
*Flowers bloom from February to May

=Nicotiana obtusifolia=
*Common names: Desert Tobacco, Coyote Tobacco
*Flowers bloom spring to fall

=Penstemon parryi=
*Common names: Parry's penstemon
*Flowers bloom February to April

=Proboscidea parviflora=
*Common name: Devil's Claw

=Rafinesquia neomexicana=
*Common name: Desert Chicory, New Mexico plumeseed
*Flowers bloom mid-February to May

=Salvia columbariae var. columbariae=
*Common name: Chia, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SACO6 Golden Chia]
*Flowers bloom March-May

=Senna covesii=
*Common names: Coues' Cassia, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SECO10 Coves' cassia] , or Desert Senna
*Flowers bloom in spring and fall

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

=Silene antirrhina=
*Common names: Sleepy Catchfly, [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch Sleepy Silene]
*Flowers bloom March to August

=Sphaeralcea ambigua=
*Common names: Desert Globemallow, Apricot Mallow
*Flowers bloom in the spring

=Trixis californica=
*Common names: American Threefold, Trixis
* Flowers after rains, most commonly in the spring

=References=
* [http://wc.pima.edu/~bfiero/tucsonecology/plants/wflowers.htm Pima Community College. Common Wildflowers of Tucson.]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/index.html USDA Plants Database]