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.
Amaranth Family, Four-Winged Saltbush, Atriplex canescens
Aster Family, Burnt-Orange Dandelion, Agerosis aurantiaca
Aster Family, Rag-Leaf Bahia, Amauriopsis dissecta
Aster Family, Leafy or Chamisso Arnica, Arnica chamissonis
Aster Family, Dragon Wormwood or Wild Tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus
Aster Family, Sand Sage, Artemisia filifolia
Aster Family, Desert Marigold, Baileya multiradiata
Aster Family, Woolly Desert Marigold, Baileya pleniradiata
Aster Family, Chocolate Flower, Berlandiera lyrata
Aster Family, Nodding Burr-Marigold, Bidens Cernua
Aster Family, California Brickellbush, Brickellia californica
Aster Family, False Boneset, Brickellia eupatorioides
Aster Family, Chamisa or Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus
Aster Family, Pallid Thistle, Cirsium parryi
Aster Family, Chamisa, Rabbitbrush, Ericameria
Aster Family, Western Goldentop, Euthamia occidentalis
Aster Family, Alkali Yellowtops, Flaveria campestris
Aster Family, Common Blanketflower, Gaillardia aristata
Aster Family, Red Dome Blanketflower, Gaillardia pinnatifida
Aster Family, Curly-Cup Gumweed, Grindelia nuda
Aster Family, Snakeweed, Gutierrezia
Aster Family, Annual Sunflower, Helianthus annuus
Aster Family, Maximilian Sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani
Aster Family, Parry's Nodding Sunflower, Helianthus quinquenervis
Aster Family, Showy Goldeneye, Heliomeris multiflora
Aster Family, Fine-Leaf Woollywhite, Hymenopappus filifolius
Aster Family, Pingue, Bitterweed, or Colorado Rubberweed, Hymenoxys
Aster Family, Prickly Lettuce, Lactuca serriola
Aster Family, Desert Dandelion, Malacothrix fendleri
Aster Family, Cotton Batting Plant, Pseudognaphalium stramineum (white outside, yellow disk)
Aster Family, Woolly Paperflower, Psilostrophe tagetina
Aster Family, Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat, Ratibida columnifera
Aster Family, Black-eyed Susan, Rudebeckia hirta
Aster Family, Vipergrass or False Salsify, Scorzonera lacinata
Aster Family, Nodding or Bigelow's Groundsel, Senecio bigelovii
Aster Family, Cutleaf Groundsel, Senecio eremophilus
Aster Family, Threadleaf Groundsel, Senecio flaccidus
Aster Family, Riddell's Ragwort, Senecio riddellii
Aster Family, Broom Groundsel, Senecio spartioides
Aster Family, Canada Goldenrod, Solidago canadensis
Aster Family, Goldenrod, Solidago sp.
Aster Family, Sow Thistle, Sonchus
Aster Family, Common Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
Aster Family, Perky Sue "and friends," Tetraneuris
Aster Family, Yellow Salsify, Tragopogon dubius
Aster Family, Golden Crownbeard, Verbesina encelioides
Aster Family, Annual Goldenweed(?), Xanthisma
Aster Family, Plains or Rocky Mountain Zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora
Broomrape Family, Bear Corn, Conopholis Alpina
Buttercup Family, Golden Columbine, Aquilegia chrysantha
Buttercup Family, Fanleaf Buttercup, Ranunculus Inamoenus
Cactus Family, Prickly Pear, Opuntia spp.
Caltrop Family, Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata
Caltrop Family, Goat's Head or Puncturevine, Tribulus terrestris
Evening Primrose Family, Short-Fruit Evening Primrose, Oenothera brachycarpa
Evening Primrose Family, Hooker's Evening Primrose, Oenothera hookeri
Figwort Family, Wooly Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Flax Family, Bristle Flax, Linum aristatum
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, Iris pseudacorus
Honeysuckle Family, Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica (can also be white)
Loasa Family, Whitestem Blazingstar, Mentzelia albicaulis
Mallow Family, Globemallow, Sphaeralcea (rarely pink)
Milkweed Family, Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
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, Black Medic, Medicago lupulina
Pea Family, Yellow Sweetclover, Melilotus officinalis
Pea Family, Golden Pea, Thermopsis montana
Poppy Family, California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica
Potato Family, Buffalobur Nightshade, Solanum rostratum
Purslane Family, Purslane, Portulaca oleracea
Rose Family, Beautiful Cinquefoil, Potentilla pulcherrima
Wood Sorrel Family, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Oxalis corniculata
Sumac Family, Three-Leaf Sumac or Skunkbush, Rhus trilobata