Pictures of Flowers

Flower Power - Flowers and Plants Anza Borrego Wildflowers Blue Flowers Edible Flowers Flowering Shrubs Flowering Vines Hummingbird Plants Iris Plants Mountain Flowers Poisonous Flowers Red Flowers Redwood Flowers Rio Grande Valley Flowers Types of Cactus Types of Daisies Types of Lilies Types of Orchids Types of Roses Types of Mushrooms

The native flowers and plants of the Western United States grow in seasons, starting in February with many blooms beginning to show themselves in Southern California and the desert Southwest.

As the days lengthen and the weather warms, March flowers become more visible on the valley floors up and down the coast. By April, the valley floor blooming season moves into high gear.

During May, the fields and forests come alive with color, and this traditional flower season, lasts through June in most lowland areas.

July marks the start of brilliant blooms in the mountains, which tapers off at the end of August, leads to the start of the mushroom season.

In total the gallery hosts over two hundred native flowering plants, shrubs and fungi. The links in the box on the right point to already established themes, with a heavy emphasis on flower families or flower colors. Both types of organizing tools are intended to help with species identification.

The box on the bottom point to approximately fifty different flower species or genera not yet fitted to a specific theme. They cover twenty different plant families. Please click on a link to read more.

Native Flowers Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) Five Petals Columbia Windflower False Bugbane False Rue Anemone Golden Columbine Orange Larkspur Southern Oregon Buttercup Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae) Four Petals Beach Primrose Fireweed Fringed Willowherb Pink Evening Primrose Mint Family (Lamiaceae) Hedge Nettle Selfheal Phlox Family (Polemoniaceae) Grand Collomia Midget Phlox Spreading Phlox Woodland Phlox Primrose Family (Primulaceae) Desert Shooting Star Henderson's Shooting Star Jeffrey's Shooting Star Poet's Shooting-Star Western Starflower Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae) Fringecup Piggyback Plant Prairie Star Western Saxifrage Yellow Paintbrush Snapdragons or Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) Four Petals Monkeyflowers Marsh Speedwell Water Speedwell

Native Flowers Barberry Family (Berberidaceae) Inside-out flower Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae) Broomrape Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) Shasta Sulphur Carrot Family (Apiaceae) Columbia Desert Parsley Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae) Twinflower Indian Pipe family (Monotropaceae) Woodland Pinedrops Leadwort Family (Plumbaginaceae) Seapink Mallow Family (Malvaceae) Checker Mallow Mustard Family (Brassicaceae) Four Petals Nuttall's Toothwort Rockcress Wallflowers Pea Family (Fabaceae) Big-head Clover Poppy Family (Papaveraceae) California Poppy Stonecrop Family (Crassulaceae) Broadleaf Stonecrop Violet Family (Violaceae) Pioneer Violet Western Dog Violet Yellow Prairie Violet Waterleaf Family (Hydrophyllaceae) Ballhead Waterleaf Dwarf Hesperochiron Pacific Waterleaf

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