100 Desert Wildflowers
in natural color
Photography & Text
Natt N. Dodge
SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION
Copyright 1963 by the Southwestern Monuments Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-13471
First Printing, 1963—20,000
Second Printing, 1965—20,000
Third Printing, (revised) 1967—20,000
Printed in the United States of America
W. A. Krueger Co., Tyler Div. · Phoenix, Arizona
Contents
[Hints for Flower Photographers] 1 [Introduction] 1 [The Desert] 1 [Why and When Do Deserts Bloom?] 1 [Identifying Desert Wildflowers] 3 [Spring gives an Evening Party] 4 [1. Longleaf ephedra] 5 [2. Common reed] 5 [3. Prairie spiderwort] 6 [4. Desertlily] 6 [5. Mariposa] 7 [6. Golden mariposa] 7 [7. Desert mariposa] 8 [8. Soaptree yucca] 8 [9. Joshua-tree] 9 [10. Torrey yucca] 9 [11. Giant yucca] 10 [12. Sacahuista] 10 [13. Sotol] 11 [14. Agave] 11 [15. Parry agave] 12 [16. Lechuguilla] 12 [17. Canaigre] 13 [18. Trailing-four-o’clock] 13 [19. Sand-verbena] 14 [20. Mexican goldpoppy] 14 [21. Pricklepoppy] 15 [22. Evening-primrose] 15 [23. Spectaclepod] 16 [24. Bladderpod] 16 [25. Western-wallflower] 17 [26. False-mesquite] 17 [27. Catclaw-acacia] 18 [28. Mescat-acacia] 18 [29. Honey mesquite] 19 [30. Senna] 19 [31. Blue palo-verde] 20 [32. Bird-of-Paradise-flower] 20 [33. Lupine] 21 [34. Adonis lupine] 21 [35. Smoke-thorn] 22 [36. Dalea] 22 [37. Tesota] 23 [38. Woolly loco] 23 [39. Heron-bill] 24 [40. Creosotebush] 24 [41. Arizona-poppy] 25 [42. Desert-mallow] 25 [43. Five-stamen tamarisk] 26 [44. Yellow mentzelia] 26 [45. Rock-nettle] 27 [46. Night-blooming cereus] 27 [47. Saguaro] 28 [48. Organpipe cactus] 28 [49. Claretcup echinocereus] 29 [50. Strawberry echinocereus] 29 [51. Rainbow echinocereus] 30 [52. Yellow pitaya echinocereus] 30 [53. Barrel cactus] 31 [54. Fishhook cactus] 31 [55. Beavertail cactus] 32 [56. Engelmann pricklypear] 32 [57. Jumping cholla] 33 [58. Pencil cholla] 33 [59. Whipple cholla] 34 [60. Walkingstick cholla] 34 [61. Evening-primrose] 35 [62. Ocotillo] 35 [63. Field bind-weed] 36 [64. Santa Fe phlox] 36 [65. Starflower] 37 [66. Phacelia] 37 [67. Nama] 38 [68. Buffalobur] 38 [69. Silverleaf nightshade] 39 [70. Sacred datura] 39 [71. Tree tobacco] 40 [72. Ceniza] 40 [73. Desert beardtongue] 41 [74. Palmer penstemon] 41 [75. Paintbrush] 42 [76. Owl-clover] 42 [77. Desert-willow] 43 [78. Trumpet-bush] 43 [79. Louisiana broomrape] 44 [80. Coyote-melon] 44 [81. Snake-weed] 45 [82. Desertstar] 45 [83. Mohave aster] 46 [84. Fleabane] 46 [85. Broom baccharis] 47 [86. Desert zinnia] 47 [87. Brittle-bush] 48 [88. Silverleaf enceliopsis] 48 [89. Crown-beard] 49 [90. Douglas coreopsis] 49 [91. Paperflower] 50 [92. Desert baileya] 50 [93. Goldfields] 51 [94. Chaenactis] 51 [95. Douglas groundsel] 52 [96. New Mexico thistle] 52 [97. Desert dandelion] 53 [98. Malacothryx] 53 [99. White cupfruit] 54 [100. Prickly sowthistle] 54 [Suggestions for Additional Reading] 56 [Index] 58