B
Baccharis 25
Baeria 50
Balleya 54
Barberry 43
Barberry family 43
Barrel cactus 60
Barometerbush 79
Basketgrass 20
Bead-pod 44
Beardtongue 83
Beargrass 20, 22
Beavertail cactus 59, 60
Bedstraw milkweed 105
Bellflower family 16
Berberis 43
Bignonia family 73
Bird-of-paradise flower 58
Bisnaga 60
Bisnagre 60
Bladderpod 44, 96
Bluebonnet 84
Bluedicks 98
BLUE flowers 98-102
Blue paloverde 36
Boerhaavia 92
Borage family 46
Box family 104
Brickellbush 31
Brickellia 31
Brigham-tea 34
Brittlebush 53
Broadleaf yucca 19
Broom baccharis 25
Broomrape 85
Broomrape family 85
Buckhorn cholla 94
Buckwheat family 70, 103
Buffalo-bur 87
Buffalo gourd 44
Bullhead 38
Bullnettle 87
Bullthistle 95
Burnut 38
Burrobrush 17, 40
Burrobush 40, 65
Burroweed 107
Burroweed strangler 85
Bur-sage 40, 85, 107
Button cactus 75
C
Cactus family 9, 10, 26, 59, 60, 74, 75, 94, 97
Caesalpinia 58
Calabazilla 44
Caliandra, 69
Calico cactus 97
California Desert 6
California-poppy 63
Calochortus 62
Calycoseris 30
Caltrop 39
Caltrop family 38, 39, 40
Camphor-weed 35
Canaigre 103
Cancer-root 85
Canatilla 34
Candelilla 34
Candlewood 66
Canotia 107
Caper family 37, 41
Cane cactus 94
Carnegiea 9
Carrizo 24
Cassia 57
Catclaw 28, 33
Cat’s-claw 33
Ceniza 79
Century plant 22, 61, 62
Cercidium 36
Carnegiea 6, 9
Cheesewood 65
Chia 100
Chicolote 12
Chihuahuan Desert 5
Chili Coyote 44
Chilopsis 73
Chinese pusley 88
Cholla 26, 94
Christmas cholla 26
Cirsium 95
Clammyweed 37
Clematis 23
Cleome 37
Coachwhip 66
Coffeeberry 104
Colorado-Mohave Desert 6
Common reed 24
Compass cactus 60
Convolvulus family 17, 99
COPPERY flower 64
Copra-de-oro 63
Corkseed cactus 75
Corona-de-Cristo 106
Cottonwood 28
Covena 98
Coyote-melon 44
CREAM-colored flowers 19-25
Creosotebush 17, 38, 39, 40, 91
Crowfoot family 23, 101
Crownbeard 54
Crown-of-thorns 106
Crucifixion-thorn 106
Curcurbita 44
Cuscuta 17
D
Dalea 102
Darningneedle cactus 26
Dasylirion 19, 21, 22
Datil 19
Datura 11
Deernut 104
Delphinium 101
Desert, Arizona 5
Desert, California 6
Desert, Chihuahuan 5
Desert, Colorado-Mohave 6
Desert, Great Basin 6
Desert, Sonoran 5
Desert, Texas 5
Desert, Mohave-Colorado 6
Desert aster 82
Desert brickellia 31
Desert-broom 25
Desert-buckwheat 70
Desert-catalpa 73
Desert-dandelion 14
Desert Gold 52
Desert-hyacinth 98
Desert-ironwood 81
Desertlily 13
Desertmallow 68
Desert-marigold 54
Desert-mariposa 62
Desert-milkweed 105
Desert-mistletoe 28
Desert-phlox 72
Desert Plants 7
Desertpoppy 63
Deserts, Location of 2, 5
Deserts, What Are They? 5
Desert-sage 100
Desert-senna 57
Desert Spoon 21
Desert-sunflower 52
Desert-sunshine 52
Desert-thorn 78
Desert-tobacco 29
Desertwillow 73
Devilsclaw 33, 63
Devilshead Cactus 60
Diamond Cactus 26
Dichelostemma 98
Dock 103
Dodder 17
Dogbane family 15
E
Echinocactus 60
Echinocereus 97
Elephanttusks 63
Encelia 53
Enceliopsis 51
Ephedra 34
Eriogonum 70
Erodium 80
Eschscholtzia 63
Escobita 93
Evening-primrose 42
Evening-primrose family 42
Evolvulus 99
F
Fairyduster 69
False-mesquite 69
Ferocactus 60
Fiddleneck 46
Figwort family 79, 83, 90, 93
Fileree 80
Fishhook Cactus 75
Flamingsword 66
Flourensia 47
Fouquieria 66
Four-o’clock 67
Four o’clock family 67, 92, 96
Franseria 107
Fremont screwbean 48
G
Geraea 52
Geranium family 80
Giant cactus 9
Giant-dagger 19
Giant-jimson 11
Giant Joshua 18
Giantreed 24
Gilia 76
Globemallow 68
Goatnut 104
Goatsbeard 14
Goldenbush 55
Goldenweed 55
Goldfields 50
Goldpoppy 39, 63, 93
Goosefoot family 108
Grass family 24
Grassnuts 98
Gourd 44
Gourd family 44
Great Basin Desert 6
Greasewood 40
GREEN flowers 103-108
Groundcherry 87
H
Hairy-leaved Calliandra 69
Hairy-headed sunflower 52
Haplopappus 55
Hedgehog cactus 97
Hediondilla 40
Heliotropium 88
Heronbill 80
Hesperocallis 13
Heterotheca 35
Hierba-del-pasmo 25
Holacantha 106
Hollygrape 43
Holycross 26
Honey-mesquite 48, 49
Horsenettle 87
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Hymenoclea 65
I
Incienso 53
Indianwheat 25
Indigobush 102
Inkweed 108
Iodinebush 108
Ipomoea 99
Ironwood 28, 81
J
Jackass-clover 37, 41
Jimmyweed 55
Jimson 11
Jimsonweed 11
Jointfir family 34
Jojoba 104
Joshua-tree 5, 6, 18, 61
Jumping cactus 26
Junco family 106
K
Kallstroemia 39
Koeberlinia 106
L
Larkspur 101
Larrea 40
LAVENDER flowers 72-76
Leatherflower 23
Lechuguilla 5, 6, 61
Lemaireocereus 74
Lesquerella 44
Leucophyllum 79
Lily Family 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 61, 98
Little-stinker 40
Locoweed 86
Lophocereus 74
Lupine 63, 84, 93
Lupinus 84
Lycium 78
M
Mahonia 43
Mal-de-ojos 43
Mallow family 68
Mammillaria 75
Marigold 54
Mariposa 62
Marsh-fleabane 88
Martynia 63
Martynia family 63
Mescal 61, 62
Mesquite 28, 49, 81
Mesquitilla 69
Mexican-poppy 63
Mexican-tobacco 29
Milkvetch 86
Milkweed 105
Milkweed family 105
Mimulus 90
Mint family 100
Mistletoe 28, 81
Mistletoe family 28
Mohave-aster 82
Mohave Desert 6
Mohave-Thorn 107
Monkeyflower 90
Mormon-tea 34
Mustard family 44
N
Nama 91
Narrowleaf Yucca 22
National Monuments 6
National Parks 6
Nemacladus 16
Nerium 15
Nicotiana 29
Nightblooming Cereus 10
Nipple cactus 75
Nolina 20, 21
O
Ocotillo 66
Ocotillo family 66
Odostemon 43
Oenothera 42
Oleander 15
Olneya 81
Opuntia 26, 27, 59, 94
ORANGE flowers 62-63
Organpipe cactus 74
Orobanche 85
Orthocarpus 93
Our-Lord’s-candle 22
Owlclover 63, 93