Flowers of the Southwest Deserts
By Natt N. Dodge Drawings by Jeanne R. Janish
SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION POPULAR SERIES NO. 4
Globe, Arizona 1954
Copyright 1951, 1952, 1954 by the Southwestern Monuments Association
U. S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Southwestern National Monuments Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona
This booklet is published by the Southwestern Monuments Association in keeping with one of its objectives, to provide accurate and authentic information about the Southwest.
Other numbers of the Popular Series now in print are: (2) “Arizona’s National Monuments,” 1946; (3) “Poisonous Dwellers of the Desert,” in its fourth printing, 1951; (5) “Flowers of the Southwest Mesas,” 1951; (6) “Tumacacori’s Yesterdays,” 1951; (7) “Flowers of the Southwest Mountains,” 1952; and (8) “Animals of the Southwest Deserts,” April, 1954.
A Technical Series will embody results of research accomplished by the staff and friends of Southwestern National Monuments.
Notification of publications by the Association will be given upon date of release to such persons or institutions as submit their names to the Executive Secretary for this purpose.
Dale Stuart King, Executive Secretary Harry B. Boatright, Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John M. Davis, General Superintendent, Southwestern National Monuments, National Park Service, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona, Chairman Horace M. Albright, New York City. Adrey E. Borell, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. Harold S. Colton, Flagstaff, Arizona. Dr. Emil W. Haury, Tucson, Arizona. Rev. Victor R. Stoner, Victoria, Texas. Alexander V. Wasson, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Executive Secretary and Treasurer, ex-officio
Natt N. Dodge
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FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOKLET
THE DESERT—WHAT AND WHERE IS IT?
DESERT PLANTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Carnegiea gigantea
Peniocereus greggi
Datura meteloides
Argemone
Hesperocallis undulata
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Nerium oleander
Nemacladus glanduliferus
Cuscuta indecora
Yucca brevifolia
Phragmites communis
Baccharis glutinosa
Plantago purshi
Phoradendron californicum
Zinnia pumila
Acacia greggi
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Polanisia trachysperma
Tribulus terrestris
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Larrea tridentata
Wislizenia refracta
Lesquerella gordoni
Amsinckia tessellata
Flourensia cernua
Baeria chrysostoma variety gracilis
Enceliopsis argophylla
Geraea canescens
Encelia farinosa
Baileya multiradiata
Psilostrophe cooperi
Caesalpinia gilliesi
Ferocactus wislizeni
Agave lechuguilla
Eschscholtzia mexicana
Martynia arenaria
Hymenoclea monogyra
Fouquieria splendens
Allionia incarnata
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Calliandra eriophylla
Eriogonum deflexum
Tamarix pentandra
Chilopsis linearis
Mammillaria microcarpa
Phacelia crenulata
Leucophyllum frutescens
Olneya tesota
Orobanche ludoviciana
Astragalus mollissimus
Heliotropium curassavicum
Pluchea sericea
Mimulus bigelovi
Nama demissum
Boerhaavia caribaea
Orthocarpus purpurascens
Abronia villosa
Dichelostemma pulchellum
Evolvulus arizonicus
Rumex hymenosepalus
Simmondsia chinensis
Franseria dumosa
Suaeda torreyana
REFERENCES
INDEX
Transcriber’s Notes