Wildflower Field Guide

Purple & Blue Blooms

Common Name

Desert Lupine

Coulter's Lupine

Scientific Name

Lupinus sparsiflorus

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran
Great Basin

Common Name

Sand Verbena

Scientific Name

Abronia villosa

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

Common Name

Mojave Aster

Scientific Name

Xylorhiza tortifolia

Region Deserts

Sonoran
Mojave

Common Name

Desert Willow

Scientific Name

Chilopsis linearis

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

Common Name

Blue Phacelia

Wild Heliotrope
Scorpionweed

Scientific Name

Phacelia distans

Region Deserts

Chihuahuan
Mojave - Sonoran

 

Common Name

Desert Lavender

Scientific Name

Hyptis emoryi

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

 

Common Name

Indigo Bush

Scientific Name

Psorothamnus fremontii

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran
Great Basin

Common Name

Canterbury Bell

Scientific Name

Phacelia campanularia ssp vasiformis

Region Deserts

Mojave

Common Name

Spanish Needles

Scientific Name

Palafoxia arida

(Palafoxia linearis)

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

Common Name

Chia

Scientific Name

Salvia columbariae 

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran
Chihuahuan

Common Name

Filaree Storksbill

Scientific Name

Erodium cicutarium

Region Deserts

Great Basin
Mojave
Sonoran
Chihuahuan

Common Name

Bigelow's Monkey Flower

Scientific Name

Mimulus bigelovii

Region Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran
Great Basin





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