Big Bend National Park in Full Bloom (Part 2: Wildflowers and Shrubs)

Continued from Big Bend National Park in Full Bloom (Part 1: Succulents)

In April 2014, we camped in Big Bend National Park after some heavy spring rains. Those April showers made everything bloom! On impulse we picked up a field guide, Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert by Jennete Jurado, and went hunting for flowers. In this post are the blooming wildflowers and shrubs/trees that we found (non-succulents).

Behold! Every blooming flower/shrub/tree we could find!

Left: Threadleaf phlox Phlox mesoleuca Right: Mock vervain Glandularia bipinnatifida — Left: **Threadleaf phlox**
*Phlox mesoleuca*
Right: **Mock vervain**
*Glandularia bipinnatifida*

Left: Damianita Crysactinia mexicana Right: Desert evening primrose Oenothera primiveris — Left: **Damianita**
*Crysactinia mexicana*
Right: **Desert evening primrose**
*Oenothera primiveris*

Left: Antelope horn milkweed Asclepias asperula Right: Indian wheat — Left: **Antelope horn milkweed**
*Asclepias asperula*
Right: **Indian wheat**
*Plantago helleri*

Big Bend Bluebonnet Lupinus havardii — **Big Bend Bluebonnet**
*Lupinus havardii*

Left: **Havard penstemon**
*Penstemon havardii*
Right: **Wooly loco**
*Astragalus mollissimus*

Left: Prickly poppy Argemone spp. Right: Yellow thistle — Left: **Prickly poppy**
*Argemone spp.*
Right: **Yellow thistle**
*Cirsium horridulum*

Left: **Canyon grape**
*Vitis arizonica*
Right: **Yellow trumpet flower**
*Tecoma stans*

Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens — **Ocotillo**
*Fouquieria splendens*

Left: Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Right: Huisache Acacia farnesiana — Left: **Honey mesquite**
*Prosopis glandulosa*
Right: **Huisache**
*Acacia farnesiana*

Left: **Tree tobacco**
*Nicotiana glauca*
Right: **Retama**
*Parkinsonia aculeata*

Left: **Catclaw acacia**
*Acacia berlandieri*
Right: **Feather plume**
*Dalea formosa*

Creosote Larrea tridentata — **Creosote**
*Larrea tridentata*

Until next time…

For Dana

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