Arizona Wildflowers - Mid March, 2008

These are just the flowers we happened to stumble across in a 4 day long weekend in Tucson and vicinity

 
Penstemon parryi
Parry's Penstemon

Lupinus spp.
One of 23 Lupine Species in Arizona

Arctostaphylos pungens
Pointleaf Manzanita
   
Erysimum capitatum
Western Wallflower
Lupinus spp.
Another of the 23 Lupine Species in Arizona
Chaenactis stevioides
Esteve's Pincushion
   
Eschscholtzia mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy
Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush
Phacelia spp
Arizona has 38 Phacelia species
   
Dichelostemma pulchellum (Brodiaea pulchella)
Blue Dicks
Orthocarpus purpurascens
Owl Clover
Justicia californica
Chuparosa
   
Streptanthus arizonicus
Arizona Jewell Flower
Lily of some sort or another
Calliandra eriophylla
Fairy Duster
   
Oenothera primiveris
Bottle Evening Primrose
Lotus spp
Arizona has 15 species of Lotus
Calycoseris wrightii
White Tackstem
   
   
Fouquieria splendens
Ocotillo
    

 


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