The wildflowers of the Sonoran Desert typically appear after a rain, some after the winter rains, and some after the summer "monsoons."
Amsinckia menziesii Common name: common fiddleneck Flowers bloom March through May
Anemone tuberosa Common name: desert anemone Flowers bloom February to April
Bahia absinthifolia Common name: hairyseed bahia, silverleaf bahia Flowers bloom spring through fall
Brickellia coulteri Common name: Coulter's brickellbush Flowers bloom March to November
Carlowrightia arizonica Common name: Arizona wrightwort Flowers bloom in the spring
Cryptantha albida Common name: New Mexico catseye, New Mexico cryptantha Flowers bloom in early spring
Cryptantha angustifolia Common name: Panamint catseye, bristlelobe cryptantha Flowers bloom in early spring
Daucus pusillus Common name: American wild carrot Flowers bloom March to May
Datura innoxia Common name: pricklyburr
Dipterostemon capitatus Common name: bluedicks Flowers bloom February to May
Encelia farinosa Common name: brittlebush Flowers bloom in the spring
Eriophyllum lanosum Common name: white woolly daisy Flowers bloom February through May
Galium aparine Common name: common bedstraw, cleavers, stickywilly Flowers bloom in the spring
Geraea canescens Common name: desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, desert gold
Glandularia gooddingii Common name: Gooding's verbena, southwestern mock vervain Flowers bloom winter, spring, and fall
Haplophyton crooksii Common name: cockroachplant Flowers bloom March to April and July to November
Isocoma tenuisecta Common name: burroweed, shrine jimmyweed, burrow goldenweed Flowers bloom in September through November
Justicia californica Common name: beloperone, chuparosa Flowers bloom in the spring
Machaeranthera gracilis Common name: slender goldenweed, yellow spiny daisy Flowers bloom February to December
Malacothrix californica Common name: California desertdandelion
Marina parryi Common name: Parry's false prairie-clover
Melampodium leucanthum Common name: plains blackfoot, blackfoot daisy Flowers bloom March through December
Monoptilon bellioides Common name: Mojave desert star
Nama demissa Common name: purplemat Flowers bloom from February to May
Nicotiana obtusifolia Common name: desert tobacco, coyote tobacco Flowers bloom spring to fall
Penstemon parryi Common name: Parry's penstemon Flowers bloom February to April
Physaria purpurea Common name: rose bladderpod Flowers bloom January to May
Proboscidea parviflora Common name: doubleclaw
Rafinesquia neomexicana Common name: desert chicory, New Mexico plumeseed Flowers bloom mid-February to May
Salvia columbariae Common name: chia Flowers bloom March–May
Senna covesii Common name: Coues' senna Flowers bloom in spring and fall
Senna wislizeni Common name: Wislizenus' senna, shrubby senna Flowers bloom in the mid to late summer
Silene antirrhina Common name: sleepy catchfly, sleepy silene Flowers bloom March to August
Sphaeralcea ambigua Common name: desert globemallow, apricot mallow Flowers bloom in the spring
Trixis californica Common name: American threefold Flowers after rains, most commonly in the spring
Zeltnera calycosa Common name: Arizona centaury Flowers bloom April to June
See also
List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name Index: Flora of the Sonoran Deserts List of southern LCRV flora by region — Lower Colorado River Valley.
References
Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: Flora of the Sonoran Desert Region U.S. Wildflowers Reference List: Arizona — Reference List of websites for Arizona Wildflower Identification. Pima Community College. Common Wildflowers of Tucson. Floras - Arizona Native Plant Society USDA Plants Database — plant profiles search engine, by common or botanical names, or by U.S. state.
External links Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: Desert Wildflower Blooms — homepage, with focus article links. Arizona—Sonora Desert Museum: The Desert in Bloom Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program — homepage: botanical illustrations. Desert USA: Desert Wildflower Field Guide — Wildflower pictures sorted by Color.