Yellow and Gold Wildflowers

This page is designed to help you identify desert wildflowers by color, scientific name, region and common name. The pictures are sized to work on the iPod, iPhone and similar devices. With your iPod you will easily be able to identify wildflowers while in the desert. Links for downloads are on the bottom of this page.

Purple & Blue Flowers | Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide | Flowers by Name

Yellow and Gold Wildflowers
Common Name

Creosote Bush

Scientific Name

Larrea tridentata

Region/
Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran
Chihuahuan
Great Basin

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Common Name

Brittlebush

Scientific Name

Encelia farinosa

Region/
Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

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Common Name

Paloverde

Scientific Name

Cercidium microphyllum

Regions/Deserts

Sonoran

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Common Name

Desert Sunflower

Mojave
Sonoran

Scientific Name

Gerea canescens

Region/
Deserts

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Common Name

Dune Sunflower

Scientific Name

Helianthus niveus

Region/
Deserts

Sonoran Desert

 

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Common Name

Mexican Gold Poppy

Scientific Name

Eschscholtzia mexicana

Region/
Deserts

Sonoran
Chihuahuan  

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Common Name

Desert Primrose
Yellow Cups

Scientific Name

Camissonia brevipes

(Oenothera brevipes)

Region/
Deserts

Mojave - Sonoran

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Common Name

Wooly Daisy

Scientific Name

Eriophyllum wallacei

Region/
Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

 

Common Name

Barrel Cactus

Scientific Name

Ferocactus acanthodes

Region/
Deserts

Mojave
Sonoran

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Common Name

Englemann's Prickly Pear

Scientific Name

Opuntia phaeacantha

Region/
Deserts

Chihuahuan
Sonoran

 

Common Name

Desert Dandelion

Scientific Name

Malacothrix glabrata

Region/
Deserts
Great Basin
Mojave
Sonoran

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Common Name

Parry's Century Plant

Scientific Name
Agave parryi

Region/
Deserts

Higher Elevations of Sonoran and Chihuahuan

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Common Name

Bladderpod

Scientific Name
Isomeris arborea

Region/
Deserts

Great Basin
Chihuahuan
Sonoran
Mojave

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Purple & Blue Flowers
| Pink, Red, & Orange Flowers
Yellow & Gold Flowers | White Flowers | Guide

Downloads for iPod and similar devices

If you want to download the wildflowers guide pictures to your computer, iPod or iPhone click on the links below.

Click here to download the White Wildflowers.

Click here to download the Purple and Blue Wildflowers.

Click here to download the Yellow and Gold Wildflowers.

Click here to download the Pink, Red and Orange Wildflowers.

 

 

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 do not change the automatic generated subject line on your E-mail to us. We use this subject to make sure we are able to spot your E-mail.

In our wildflower guide we have added some new pictures. Some of the pictures are sized to work on the IPod and similar devices. With your IPod you will easily be able to identify wildflowers while in the desert. Click Here for more information.


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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Wildflower Season - Videos
click on link below

2009 Wildflowers video

2008 Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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Arizona Wildflowers
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Mojave Desert and Southern California
Nevada and Utah Wildflowers

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