Yellow to orange flowers: not the Aster Family
So many of the Albuquerque area yellow flowers are members of the Aster Family that I had to give them their own preview page. You can find that here.
Flowers are shown in alphabetical order by English family name, genus, and species. Click on a link to reach the family page and find additional photos of a species, plus comments. Those additional pages are bandwidth-intensive and best used with a high speed connection.
Please don't take my IDs as authoritative. These pages of nature photos represent one person's voyage of discovery, not the studies of a trained expert. If you see something I've misidentified,
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Amaranth Family, Four-Winged Saltbush, Atriplex canescens
Asparagus Family, Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) (branch shown)
Barberry Family, Oregon Grape, Berberis aquifolia or Berberis repens
Barberry Family, Barberry or Algerita, Berberis fremontii
Bignonias Family, Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans
Borage Family, Fringed Puccoon, Lithospermum incisum
Borage Family, Wayside Gromwell, Lithospermum multiflorum
Borage Family, Oreocarya flava
Broomrape Family, Yellow Owl-Clover, Orthocarpus luteus
Broomrape Family, Bear Corn, Conopholis Alpina
Buttercup Family, Golden Columbine, Aquilegia chrysantha
Buttercup Family, Fanleaf Buttercup, Ranunculus Inamoenus
Cactus Family, Club or Dagger Cholla, Corynopuntia clavata
Cactus Family, Prickly Pear, Opuntia spp.
Caltrop Family, Caltrops, Kallstroemia
Caltrop Family, Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata
Caltrop Family, Goat's Head or Puncturevine, Tribulus terrestris
Evening Primrose Family, yellow evening primroses, Oenothera or Calylophus
Figwort Family, Wooly Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Flax Family, Bristle Flax, Linum aristatum
Flax Family, Southern Flax, Linum australe
Flax Family, Plains Flax, Linum puberulum
Fumatory Family, Golden Corydalis, Golden Smoke, Scrambled Eggs, Corydalis aurea
Gooseberry Family, Golden Currant, Ribes aureum
Gourd Family, Buffalo Gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima
Iris Family, Pale Yellow Iris or Yellow Flag, Iris pseudacorus
Honeysuckle Family, Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica (can also be white)
Loasa Family, Whitestem Blazingstar, Mentzelia albicaulis
Mallow Family, Globemallow, Sphaeralcea (rarely pink)
Dogbane Family, Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
Mustard Family, Tansy-Mustard, Descurainia
Mustard Family, Draba or Whitlow-Grass, Draba
Mustard Family, Western Wallflower, Erysimum capitatum
Mustard Family, Bladderpod, Physaria
Mustard Family, Jim Hill Mustard or Tall Tumblemustard, Sisymbrium altissimum
Mustard Family, London Rocket, Sisymbrium irio
Oleaster Family, Russian Olive or Oleaster, Elaeagnus angustifolia
Olive Family, Stretchberry, Forestiera pubescens
Parsley Family, Fendler's Biscuitroot or Fendler's Spring Parsley, Cymopterus glomeratus
Parsley Family, Mountain Parsley, Pseudocymopterus montanus
Pea Family, Bird of Paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii
Pea Family, Bladder-Senna, Colutea arborescens
Pea Family, Camote de Ratón or Hog Potato, Hoffmannseggia glauca
Pea Family, Black Medic, Medicago lupulina
Pea Family, Yellow Sweetclover, Melilotus officinalis
Pea Family, Golden Pea, Thermopsis montana
Plantain Family, Dalmatian Toadflax, Linaria dalmatica
Poppy Family, California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica
Potato Family, Ivy-Leaf Ground Cherry (Physalis hederifolia)
Potato Family, Buffalobur Nightshade, Solanum rostratum
Purslane Family, Purslane, Portulaca oleracea
Rose Family, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Dasiphora fruticosa
Rose Family, Beautiful Cinquefoil, Potentilla pulcherrima
Rose Family, Bitterbush, Purshia tridentata
Sedge Family, Emory's Sedge, Carex emoryi
Sumac Family, Three-Leaf Sumac or Skunkbush, Rhus trilobata
Wood Sorrel Family, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Oxalis