Blue and Purple Desert Wildflowers
Purple & Blue Flowers | Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide
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 Desert Lavender Scientific Name Hyptis emoryi Region Deserts Mojave |
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Common Name Indigo Bush Scientific Name Psorothamnus fremontii Region Deserts Mojave |
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Common Name Canterbury Bell 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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Bigelow's Monkey Flower Scientific Name Mimulus bigelovii Region Deserts Mojave |
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Purple & Blue Flowers | Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide
New Wildflower ebook for your Kindle, iPad or Smart Phone - now you can identify wildflowers while in the desert with our wildflowers field guide.
This ebook is designed to help you identify desert wildflowers by color, scientific name, region and common name. Click on a color listed to view pictures of wildflowers in that color range. You will easily be able to identify wildflowers while in the desert. Now available at Amazon and iTunes. $4.99
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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
Yuccas—March and April
Annuals—February, March, and April
Cacti—March, April, and May
Higher Elevations: 3,000 – 5,000 feet
Joshua Trees and Yuccas—March and April
Annuals—March, April, and May
Cacti—April, May, and June
Other DesertUSA Resources
Desert Plant & Wildflower Index
Wildflower Update: What's in Bloom This Week?
When Will the Wildflowers Bloom?
Curious Wildflower Names
Organ Pipe National Monument
Saguaro National Park
Death Valley National Park
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Wildflower Hot Lines
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The Saguaro Video
The Saguaro often begins life in the shelter of a "nurse" tree or shrub which can provide a shaded, moister habitat for the germination of life. The Saguaro grows very slowly -- perhaps an inch a year -- but to a great height, 15 to 50 feet.
Desert Food Chain Video
A food chain constitutes a complex network of organisms, from plants to animals, through which energy, derived from the sun, flows in the form of organic matter and dissipates in the form of waste heat.
Prickly pear cactus Video
Prickly pear cactus are found in all of the deserts of the American Southwest. Most prickly pears have large spines on their stems and vary in height from less than a foot to 6 or 7 feet.
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