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Wildflower Field 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 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.

Color Key Index

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

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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