Blue Dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum
Desert Lily
Hesperocallis undulata
Clusters of blue-lilac flowers atop tall slender peduncles. Blooms early on spring on rocky slopes in the Sonoran Desert. Common. Detailed Description
Large white flowers on stems about ½ m tall. Gray-green leaves have wavy edges. Low desert flats especially in sandy soil. Detailed Description
Parish's Desert Onion
Allium parishii
Blue Sand Lily
Triteleiopsis palmeri
Grass-like leaves are mostly withered away when bright red-pink flowers appear in mid spring. Mojave Desert. Detailed Description
Impossibly blue six-petaled flowers on tall stalk arising from whithering leaves out of the desert sand. Detailed Description
Desert Mariposa Lily
Calochortus kennedyi
Doubting Mariposa Lily
Mariposa ambiguus
Mariposa Lily
On gently, rocky slopes, mostly higher in elevation than the true Sonoran Desert. Mid spring bloomer and closing by early afternoon. Bright yellow also. More ...
Mariposa Lily
Low growing, herbaceous, with large showy flowers. Three white petals. Rocky slopes in southeast Arizona, mostly higher in elevation than typical Sonoran Desert. More ...