Tucson Arizona Wildflowers --My collection

Charmaesyce polycarpa

Smallseed Sandmat

Have also seen this called Rattlesnake plant

Found on The Romero Canyon Trail 3-14-10

Streptanthus carinatus

Lyreleaf Jewelflower

Romero Canyon Trail

3-17-10

Calycoseris wrightii

White Tackstem

Romero Canyon Trail

3-17-10

Claytonia perfoliata

Miner's Lettuce

Romero Canyon Trail

3-14-10

Lotus rigidus

Shrubby Deervetch

Romero Canyon Trail

3-14-10

   Amsinckia (Amsinckia intermedia)

Also known as Fiddleneck. ( I had someone ID this for me)
found on Romero Canyon Trail

3-17-10

Phacelia distans

Distant Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope

Romero Canyon Trail

3-14-10

Lupinus sparsiflorus

                                       Mojave Lupine, Coulter's Lupine
                                             Romero Canyon Trail
                                                         3-17010

                                   GREEN MOSS in a little mountain stream
                                           running into the Romero wash.  All
                                               decked out for St. Paddys!
                                                           3-17-10

Poppies galore...

Romero Canyon Trail

3-17-10

New growth...no, not flowers yet. Prickly pears don't usually bloom this early.

Also along the Romero Canyon trail

3-17-10