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Wildflower Quiz
Wildflower
Spotlights (81)
- Amsinckia
(Amsinckia intermedia)
- Anemone,
Desert (Anemone tuberosa)
- Bahia (Bahia absinthifolia)
- Bedstraw,
Common (Galium aparine)
- Bedstraw,
Desert (Galium stellatum)
- Bladderpod,
Purple (Lesquerella purpurea)
- Bluedick
(Dichelostemma pulchellum)
- Brickellia,
Coulter's (Brickellia coulteri)
- Carlowrightia
(Carlowrightia arizonica)
- Carrot,
Wild (Daucus pusillus)
- Catchfly,
Sleepy (Silene antirrhina)
- Centaury
(Centaurium calycosum)
- Chia
(Salvia columbariae)
- Chicory,
Desert (Rafinesquia neomexicana)
- Cockroach
Plant (Haplophyton crooksii)
- Cryptantha
(Cryptantha spp)
- Daisy,
Woolly (Eriophyllum lanosum)
- Daisy,
Yellow Spiny (Machaeranthera gracilis)
- Dalea,
Parry (Marina parryi)
- Dandelion,
Desert (Malacothrix californica)
- Datura,
Sacred (Datura meteloides)
- Desert
Star, Mojave (Monoptilon bellioides)
- Devil's
Claw (Proboscidea parviflora)
- Dyssodia
(Dyssodia acerosa)
- Eucrypta,
Small-Flowered (Eucrypta micrantha)
- Euphorbia
(Euphorbia spp)
- Evening
Primrose, Mustard (Camissonia californica)
- Filaree
(Erodium cicutarium)
- Flax, Western
Blue
(Linum lewisii)
- Fleabane
(Erigeron divergens)
- Four
O'Clock, Red (Mirabilis coccineus)
- Four O'Clock,
Trailing
(Allionia incarnata)
- Globemallow,
Desert (Sphaeralcea spp)
- Ground
Cherry, Sharpleaf (Physalis acutifolia)
- Groundsel,
Sand Wash (Senecio douglasii)
- Heliotrope,
Wild (Phacelia distans)
- Herissantia
(Herissantia crispa)
- Jewelflower,
Arizona (Streptanthus arizonicus)
- Lacepod
(Thysanocarpus curvipes)
- Larkspur,
Barestem (Delphinium scaposum)
- Lily,
Desert Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)
- Lizard-tail
(Gaura parviflora)
- Locoweed
(Astragalus spp)
- London
Rocket (Sisymbrium irio)
- Lotus,
Hill (Lotus humistratus)
- Lotus,
Wiry (Lotus rigidus)
- Lupine
(Lupinus sparsiflorus)
- Marigold,
Desert (Baileya multiradiata)
- Monkey
Flower, Common (Mimulus guttatus)
- Mustard,
Bladderpod (Lesquerella gordoni)
- Nightshade,
Silverleaf (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
- Odora
(Porophyllum gracile)
- Owl
Clover (Orthocarpus purpurascens)
- Paperflower,
Cooper's (Psilostrophe cooperi)
- Penstemon,
Parry's (Penstemon parryi)
- Peppergrass
(Lepidium spp)
- Phacelia,
Scalloped Leaf (Phacelia crenulata)
- Phlox,
Desert (Phlox tenuifolia)
- Phlox,
Slender (Microsteris gracilis)
- Pincushion,
Esteve's
(Chaenactis stevioides)
- Plantain,
Pursh (Plantago purshii)
- Poppy,
Arizona (Kallstroemia grandiflora)
- Poppy,
Mexican Gold (Eschscholtzia mexicana)
- Poppy,
Prickly (Argemone gracilenta)
- Primrose,
Bottle Evening
(Oenothera primiveris)
- Purple
Mat (Nama demissum)
- Russian
Thistle (Salsola australis)
- Sage,
Scarlet (Stachys coccinea)
- Senna,
Desert
(Senna covesii)
- Sida
(Sida abutifolia)
- Silver
Puffs (Microseris linearifolia)
- Skeleton
Weed (Eriogonum deflexum)
- Sowthistle,
Spiny (Sonchus asper)
- Stork's
bill, Largeflower (Erodium texanum)
- Tackstem,
White (Calycoseris wrightii)
- Thistle,
New Mexico (Cirsium neomexicanum)
- Thread
Plant (Nemacladus glanduliferus)
- Toadflax,
Blue (Linaria texana)
- Tobacco,
Desert (Nicotiana trigonophylla)
- Wishbone
Bush, Desert (Mirabilis bigelovii)
- Verbena,
Gooding's (Glandularia gooddingii)
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 Wildflowers are one of Tucson's major
attractions. Sometimes the wildflower show is dramatic, sometimes the show
is less than dramatic (the amount and timing of rainfall are critical).
Whether dramatic or not, we have flowers blooming year-round. some
wildflowers take advantage of our spring rains, some our monsoon summer
rains, and some can bloom any time of the year. Our wildflowers may be
annual, surviving as a seed between seasons (see adaptations),
or perennials, often surviving only as a stump of their former self
between seasons (drought deciduous). Here are just a few of the common
wildflowers you can expect to see here in
Tucson. |
