100 Desert Wildflowers in Natural Color

by Natt N. Dodge

Index

A
Adonis lupine	Lupinus excubitus	[34]
Agave	Agave scabra	[14]
Arizona-poppy	Kallstroemia grandiflora	[41]
B
Barrel cactus	Ferocactus wislizenii	[53]
Beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris	[55]
Bird-of-paradise-flower	Caesalpinia gilliesii	[32]
Bladderpod	Lesquerella gordonii	[24]
Blue palo-verde	Cercidium floridum	[31]
Brittle-bush	Encelia farinosa	[87]
Broom baccharis	Baccharis sarothroides	[85]
Buffalobur	Solanum rostratum	[68]
C
Canaigre	Rumex hymenosepalus	[17]
Catclaw-acacia	Acacia greggii	[27]
Ceniza	Leucophyllum frutescens	[72]
Chaenactis	Chaenactis fremontii	[94]
Claretcup echinocereus	Echinocereus triglochidiatus	[49]
Common reed	Phragmites communis	[2]
Coyote-melon	Cacurbita palmata	[80]
Creosotebush	Larrea tridentata	[40]
Crown-beard	Verbesina encelioides	[89]
D
Dalea	Dalea fremontii	[36]
Desert baileya	Baileya multiradiata	[92]
Desert beardtongue	Penstemon pseudospectabilis	[73]
Desert dandelion	Malacothryx glabrata	[97]
Desertlily	Hesperocallis undulata	[4]
Desert-mallow	Sphaeralcea ambigua	[42]
Desert mariposa	Calochortus kennedyi	[7]
Desertstar	Monoptilon bellioides	[82]
Desert-willow	Chilopsis linearis	[77]
Desert zinnia	Zinnia pumila	[86]
Douglas coreopsis	Coreopsis douglasii	[90]
Douglas groundsel	Senecio douglasii	[95]
E
Engelmann pricklypear	Opuntia engelmannii	[56]
Evening-primrose	Oenothera brevipes	[22]
Evening-primrose	Oenothera trichocalyx	[61]
F
False-mesquite	Calliandra eriophylla	[26]
Field bind-weed	Convolvulus arvensis	[63]
Fishhook cactus	Mammillaria microcarpa	[54]
Five-stamen tamarisk	Tamarix pentandra	[43]
Fleabane	Erigeron divergens	[84]
G
Giant yucca	Yucca carnerosana	[11]
Golden mariposa	Calochortus nuttalii aureus	[6]
Goldfields	Baeria chrysostoma	[93]
H
Heron-bill	Erodium cicutarium	[39]
Honey mesquite	Prosopis juliflora	[29]
J
Joshua-tree	Yucca brevifolia	[9]
Jumping cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	[57]
L
Lechuguilla	Agave lechuguilla	[16]
Longleaf ephedra	Ephedra trifurca	[1]
Louisiana broomrape	Orobanche ludoviciana	[79]
Lupine	Lupinus sparsiflorus	[33]
M
Malacothryx	Malacothryx fendleri	[98]
Mariposa	Calochortus flexuosus	[5]
Mescat-acacia	Acacia constricta	[28]
Mexican goldpoppy	Eschscholtzia mexicana	[20]
Mohave aster	Aster abatus	[83]
N
Nama	Nama demissum	[67]
New Mexico thistle	Cirsium neomexicanum	[96]
Night-blooming cereus	Peniocereus greggii	[46]
O
Ocotillo	Fouquieria splendens	[62]
Organpipe cactus	Lemaireocereus thurberi	[48]
Owl-clover	Orthocarpus purpurascens	[76]
P
Paintbrush	Castilleja angustifolia	[75]
Palmer penstemon	Penstemon palmeri	[74]
Paperflower	Psilostrophe cooperi	[91]
Parry agave	Agave parryi	[15]
Pencil cholla	Opuntia leptocaulis	[58]
Phacelia	Phacelia crenulata	[66]
Prairie spiderwort	Tradescantia occidentalis	[3]
Pricklepoppy	Argemone platyceras	[21]
Prickly sowthistle	Sonchus asper	[100]
R
Rainbow echinocereus	Echinocereus pectinatus	[51]
Rock-nettle	Eucnide urens	[45]
S
Sacahuista	Nolina microcarpa	[12]
Sacred datura	Datura meteloides	[70]
Saguaro	Carnegiea gigantea	[47]
Sand-verbena	Abronia villosa	[19]
Santa Fe phlox	Phlox nana	[64]
Senna	Cassia covesii	[30]
Silverleaf enceliopsis	Enceliopsis argophylla	[88]
Silverleaf nightshade	Solanum elaeagnifolium	[69]
Smoke-thorn	Dalea spinosa	[35]
Snake-weed	Gutierrezia lucida	[81]
Soaptree yucca	Yucca elata	[8]
Sotol	Dasylirion wheeleri	[13]
Spectaclepod	Dithyrea wislizenii	[23]
Starflower	Gilia longiflora	[65]
Strawberry echinocereus	Echinocereus engelmannii	[50]
T
Tesota	Olneya tesota	[37]
Torrey yucca	Yucca torreyi	[10]
Trailing-four-o’clock	Allionia incarnata	[18]
Tree tobacco	Nicotiana glauca	[71]
Trumpet-bush	Tecoma stans	[78]
W
Walkingstick cholla	Opuntia spinosior	[60]
Western-wallflower	Erysimum capitatum	[25]
Whipple cholla	Opuntia whipplei	[59]
White cupfruit	Calycoseris wrightii	[99]
Woolly loco	Astragalus mollissimus	[38]
Z
Yellow mentzelia	Mentzelia pumila	[44]
Yellow pitaya echinocereus	Echinocereus dasyacanthus	[52]

This booklet is published in cooperation with the National Park Service by the
SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION
which is a non-profit distributing organization pledged to aid in the preservation and interpretation of Southwestern features of outstanding national interest.

The Association lists for sale many interesting and excellent publications for adults and children and hundreds of color slides on Southwestern subjects. These make fine gifts for birthdays, parties, and special occasions, and many prove to be of value to children in their school work and hobbies.

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FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. Dodge and Janish. More than 140 of the most interesting and common desert plants beautifully drawn in 100 plates, with descriptive text. 112 pp., color cover, paper $1.00

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESAS. Patraw and Janish. Companion volume to the Desert flowers booklet, but covering the plants of the plateau country of the Southwest. 112 pp., color cover, paper $1.00

FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. Arnberger and Janish. Descriptions and illustrations of plants and trees of the southern Rocky Mountains and other Southwestern ranges above 7,000 feet elevation. 112 pp., color cover, paper $1.00

MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS (formerly Animals of the Southwest Deserts). Olin and Cannon. Handsome illustrations, full descriptions, and life habits of the 42 most interesting and common mammals, members of the strange animal population of the lower desert country of the Southwest below the 4,500-foot elevation. 112 pp., 60 illustrations, color cover, paper $1.00

MAMMALS OF SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND MESAS. Olin and Bierly. Companion volume to Mammals of Southwest Deserts. Fully illustrated in exquisitely done line and scratchboard drawings, and written in Olin’s masterfully lucid style. Gives descriptions, ranges, and life habits of the better known Southwestern mammals of the uplands. 1961.

Color cover, paper $2.00

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POISONOUS DWELLERS OF THE DESERT. Dodge. Invaluable handbook for any person living in the desert. Tells the facts about dangerous insects, snakes, etc., giving treatment for bites and stings and dispels myths about harmless creatures mistakenly believed poisonous. 48 pp. $0.60

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Mother Nature’s Cinderella story—flower-time in The desert—unfolds in this beautiful book. Captured by the magic of the color camera and described in lucid prose, 100 desert wildflowers are vividly portrayed here. Every color, from brilliant to delicate, is faithfully reproduced. This book will be a treasured photo album for those who have known the desert in bloom and a splendid introduction to the not yet initiated.

Natt N. Dodge, author of Poisonous Dwellers of The Desert, Flowers of the Southwest Desert, and co-author of The American Southwest, as well as contributor to Arizona Highways, New Mexico Magazine, Sunset, and many other national and regional periodicals, has parlayed an encyclopedic knowledge of the Southwest and years of photographic experience into this truly magnificent book.