Blue and Purple Desert Wildflowers
Purple & Blue Flowers | Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide
What Blooming Now
This page is designed to help you identify desert wildflowers by color, scientific name, region and common name. Click on the color listed below, to view the wildflower pictures sorted by color. The pictures are sized to work on the iPod, iPhone, iPad and similar devices. You will easily be able to identify wildflowers while in the desert. Links for downloads are on the bottom of this page
Blue and Purple Wildflowers
Common Name Coulter's Lupine Scientific Name Lupinus sparsiflorus Region Deserts Mojave |
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Scientific Name Abronia villosa Region Deserts Mojave |
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Scientific Name Xylorhiza tortifolia Region Deserts Sonoran |
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Scientific Name Chilopsis linearis Region Deserts Mojave |
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Common Name Wild Heliotrope Scientific Name Phacelia distans Region Deserts Chihuahuan |
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Common Name Scientific Name Hyptis emoryi Region Deserts Mojave |
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Common Name Scientific Name Psorothamnus fremontii Region Deserts Mojave |
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Common Name Scientific Name Phacelia campanularia ssp vasiformis Region Deserts Mojave |
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Scientific Name Palafoxia arida (Palafoxia linearis) Region Deserts Mojave |
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Scientific Name Salvia columbariae Region Deserts Mojave |
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Scientific Name Erodium cicutarium Region Deserts Great Basin |
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Scientific Name Mimulus bigelovii Region Deserts Mojave |
Purple & Blue Flowers | Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide
What Blooming Now
When will the wildflowers bloom? To plan your visit to coincide with the peak of the bloom, keep up to date with DesertUSA's Wildflower Reports. Be sure to bookmark this page for weekly updates.
We'd like to see your pictures too. Send your pictures and reports to Jim@desertusa.com. We will post them on the wildflower reports site so that everyone can enjoy the wildflowers. Please use Wildflowers in the subject line on your E-mail to us. We use this subject to make sure we are able to spot your E-mail.
Spring Blooming Periods
Lower Elevations: 1,000 3,000 feet
YuccasMarch and April
AnnualsFebruary, March, and April
CactiMarch, April, and May
Higher Elevations: 3,000 5,000 feet
Joshua Trees and YuccasMarch and April
AnnualsMarch, April, and May
CactiApril, May, and June
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