EARTH WITNESS PHOTOGRAPHY

Arizona Wildflowers

While deserts are sometimes imagined as only dry and hot, in the spring of a good, wet year, flowers light up the landscapes. Here is an assortment of the flowers we saw.

Arizona Blue Eyes • Evolvulus arizonicus
Arizona Blue Eyes • Evolvulus arizonicus
Arroyo Lupine • Lupinus sparsiflorus
Arroyo Lupine • Lupinus sparsiflorus
Aster
Aster
Barrel Cactus
Barrel Cactus
Unknown
Unknown
White Easter Bonnet • Eriophyllum lanosum
White Easter Bonnet • Eriophyllum lanosum
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Brittlebush • Encelia farinosa
Desert Chicory • Rafinesquia neomexicana
Desert Chicory • Rafinesquia neomexicana
Chilean Palo Verde
Chilean Palo Verde
Chilean Palo Verde
Chilean Palo Verde
Chilean Palo Verde
Chilean Palo Verde
Cream Cup • Platystemon californicus
Cream Cup • Platystemon californicus
Creosote • Larrea tridentata
Creosote • Larrea tridentata
Crimson Monkeyflower • Mimulus cardinalis
Crimson Monkeyflower • Mimulus cardinalis
Desert Dandelion • Malacothrix glabrata
Desert Dandelion • Malacothrix glabrata
Desert Rose Mallow • Hibiscus coulteri
Desert Rose Mallow • Hibiscus coulteri
Desert Rose Mallow • Hibiscus coulteri
Desert Rose Mallow • Hibiscus coulteri
White Zinnia • Zinnia acerosa
White Zinnia • Zinnia acerosa
Eaton's Firecracker • Penstemon eatonii ssp exertus
Eaton's Firecracker • Penstemon eatonii ssp exertus
Tufted Evening Primrose • Oenothera caespitosa
Tufted Evening Primrose • Oenothera caespitosa
Fairy Duster • Calliandra eriophylla
Fairy Duster • Calliandra eriophylla
Fiddle Neck • Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
Fiddle Neck • Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Goodding's Verbena • Verbena gooddingii
Goodding's Verbena • Verbena gooddingii
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa Lily • Calochortus kennedyi
Hairy Prairie-Clover • Dalea mollis
Hairy Prairie-Clover • Dalea mollis
Pink-Flower Hedgehog Cactus • Echinocereus fendleri var. fasciculatus
Pink-Flower Hedgehog Cactus • Echinocereus fendleri var. fasciculatus
Desert Marigold • Baileya multiradiata
Desert Marigold • Baileya multiradiata
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Miniature Woolstar • Eriastrum diffusum
Miniature Woolstar • Eriastrum diffusum
Mormon Tea • Ephedra viridis
Mormon Tea • Ephedra viridis
Graham's Fishhook Cactus • Mammillaria grahamii
Graham's Fishhook Cactus • Mammillaria grahamii
Parry' s Penstemon • Penstemon parryi
Parry' s Penstemon • Penstemon parryi
Scorpion-weed • Phacelia sp.
Scorpion-weed • Phacelia sp.
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Globe Mallow • Sphaeralcea ambigua
Unknown
Unknown
Purple Owl Clover • Castilleja exserta
Purple Owl Clover • Castilleja exserta
Rattlesnake Weed • Chamaesyce albomarginata
Rattlesnake Weed • Chamaesyce albomarginata
Unknown
Unknown
Spreading Fleabane • Erigeron divergens
Spreading Fleabane • Erigeron divergens
Superstition Mallow • Abutilon palmeri
Superstition Mallow • Abutilon palmeri
Desert Chicory • Rafinesquia neomexicana
Desert Chicory • Rafinesquia neomexicana
Trailing Four O'Clock • Allionia incarnata var villosa
Trailing Four O'Clock • Allionia incarnata var villosa
White Easter Bonnet • Eriophyllum lanosum
White Easter Bonnet • Eriophyllum lanosum
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
White Mexican Gold Poppy • Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana
Unknown
Unknown