Welcome to the yellow edition of desert flowers... Just too many for one post, therefore I have decided to see if sorting them out by colors works out best. So far, not so good. I have way too many yellow flowers already but lets see what happens.
First in our list of yellow beauties, I give you the delicate yellow Desert Rock Nettle.
Desert Rock Nettle (Eucnide Urens)
Sun Ball Flower! This flower is bright yellow, as bright and yellow as yellow gets.
Craspedia (Drumstick Flower)
These Australian and New Zealand natives are far away from home here in the Arizona desert, and how glad I am that we can find these here!
These flowers are also known as billy buttons and woollyheads.
Gordon's Bladderpod, yellow flower (Lesquerella Gordonii)
Encelia Farinosa
Also commonly known as: Brittlebush, Goldenhills, Incienso.
This flower is a favorite amongst butterflies, specially during times when other flowers are scarce.
When this plant is mature, you can break the stems to collect the gum like substance that comes out of it. It's actually edible and was used as gum in the past.
The gum can be used as chewing gum but it can also be burned and used as incense, hence the plant's Spanish name "Incienso" which means incense in Spanish.
Mojave Gold Poppy
Also known as Desert Golden Poppy.
I have to admit that I had fun with these flowers. The seed pods which are the long stem looking upper ends of the flowers, actually pop when touched. I suppose it's either the moisture from my hands or the friction; either way, I ended up with poppy seeds all over myself.
Creosote Bush (Larrea Tridentata)
AKA Gobernadora in Mexico. The smoke that comes off of burning creosote can be used to cleanse one's body if water and soap are scarce.
Velvet Mesquite Tree Flowers
Parish Goldeneye
The Parish Goldeneye is particularly beautiful after the flower dries up. I will be posting the dried version of these flowers in a post to come.
Cylindropuntia Versicolor best known as Staghorn Cholla
Chollas get the "versicolor" part of their name because they can come in many colors and variations. These ones for example, some are more yellow and some could be consider almost orange in color or a mixture of both.
There are so many more photos I want to share with you. I have been working on these as much as I can and truly hoping that you enjoy them. Thank you for visiting! Cheers!!
Mexican Paloverde
