Trees or woody bushes
Ocotillo	Blue Paloverde	Jojoba Not flashy (short tree or large bush) Flower of male tree Fruit of female tree
Smoketree (to be added June '10)	Desert Ironwood (to be added June '10)	Mesquite Mesquites generally bloom April - June and are buzzing with bees when in full bloom
Catclaw Also called the "Wait-a-minute plant". Often blocks way of trails. Caution should be used when brushing by this bush.	Desert Plum (to be added later)	Desert Apricot (to be added later)
Juniper Junipers can be found at the edge of the foothills as low as 1200' elevation.	Washingtonia Palm (to be added later)	Elephant Tree (to be added later)
Indigo Bush Inconspicuous except when flowers cover it after a particularly wet season	Creosote Common
Less Woody Bushes
Cheesebush Moderately common Generally not too flashy	Desert Lavender Moderately common Not flashy Bee on desert lavender flower Apr 2009	Fagonia Not too uncommon Usually not too many flowers Apr 2009 Little green clumps on hillside are Fagonias
Galleta grass Not uncommon in some areas Not flashy	Burrobush Not uncommon in some areas Not flashy, and medium nasty burr-seeds	Chuparosa Not uncommon in some areas Can be flashy Photo by Harriet S., Apr 2010 Apr 2006
Brittlebush Common - can be found in large clusters, but most common on rocky hillsides below 3500' Apr 2009	Mitra Usually not many flowers, resembles tumbleweed	Sandpaper plant, Apricot Mallow, Trixis, and others will be added later
Unidentified Small unremarkable flowers, bushes can get over 2' tall	Sweetbush Small flowers, moderately inconspicuous	Krameria Inconspicuous shrub, except in wet years when many blooms occur
Desert Senna Medium common - can cluster Very aromatic when blooming Also called Cassia	Desert Hibiscus, Apr 2009 Fairly rare	Agave, Mar 2006
Desert Wishbone, Mar 2008 Moderately common in rocky washes	Prickly poppy, Feb 2006 rare	Trumpet Eriogonum, Feb 2006 Common
Borrego Aster, Feb 2006 Moderately rare	Desert fir, Feb 2006 Moderately rare	Coachwhip, Feb 2006 Moderately rare Jul 2006
Unknown - similar to chia flower, but bush looks like small indigo plant
Vines
Coyote Melon	Climbing Milkweed (to be added later)
Field flowers
Brown-eyed primrose Common - can be seen in fields early in season Moderately photogenic when seen in quantity Looks like a small insect in lower left bloom	Desert sunflower, Mar 2010 Common in places -- can dominate entire areas	Verbena (foreground), Mar 2010 Fairly common -- very colourful and large displays possible Mar 2009
Desert Dandelions, Mar 2009 Very common -- dazzling displays	Poppy Moderately common -- can make colourful patches
Belly flowers
Popcorn flowers Common - can be found in quantity in fields, somewhat noticeable, but muted	Desert Star Rare - can be seen in moderate quantity in places	Bottlebrush plant Rare - rarely seen in quantity
Yellowhead Rare - rarely seen in quantity	Unidentified yellow flower Rare	Spurge Member of Eriogonum family
Chia Rarely flashy, as usually only a few blooms on sphere at a time Can appear in clusters	Desert Chicory Scattered -- rarely in dense clusters	Ghost Flower Rare - seldom in clusters Cluster of Ghost Flowers, side canyon of Borrego Spur
Whispering Bells Not so common - rarely in clusters	Bristly Gilia Rare - can be seen in moderate quantity in places	Rock daisy Common - can cluster over large areas
Blue phacaelia Common - often grows inside bushes Can make colourful displays	Desert Monkey flower - moderately rare, but can cluster in washes Apr 2009	Unknown Moderately rare Velvet something, Apr 2009
Desert Lilly, Mar 2010 Somewhat rare Mar 2009	Lupine, Mar 2010 Moderately common - can make colourful displays	Fremont Pincushion (foreground), Mar 2010 Common - can make moderately colourful displays White flower is Fremont Pincushion
Micropoppy, Apr 2009	Broomrape, Feb 2006 A parasite that grows from roots of other plants, usually creosote Rare	Sand Blazing Star, Feb 2006 Moderately rare
California Evening Primrose These flowers can range in height to over 3'. The blooms are fairly small and often closed in the middle of the day.	Fillery also called "Goathead" because of seedpods with 1 long spike	Common Gilia Can occur in colourful patches
Cactus flowers
Buckhorn cholla Apr 2006	Barrel cactus Feb 2006	Beavertail
Hedgehog Cactus, Apr 2006