Blue and Purple 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.
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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
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
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