Featured in Desert Wildflowers:
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENPapago Park, on Galvin Parkway between Van Buren & McDowell Rd.
Cultivated desert flowers and cactuses from around the world
Handicapped accessible
BOYCE THOMPSON SOUTHWEST ARBORETUMUS Highway 60, 3 miles west of Superior
Native wildflowers & cactus garden
Picnic area and hiking trails
PHOENIX SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARKPhoenix city park - main entrance on Central Avenue, south of Baseline Rd.
Brittlebush, Mexican poppies, scorpion weed, lupine, desert chicory, creosote, filaree, fiddleneck, desert tobacco, desert lavender, ocotillo, cholla, hedgehog, saguaro, palo verde, ironwood
Numerous paved roads, hiking trails and picnic ramadas
SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINSLost Dutchman State Park
State Route 88, 5 miles northeast of Apache Junction
Brittlebush, Mexican poppies, lupine, globemallow, chuparosa
Campground, nature trail and hiking trails
Peralta Canyon
US Highway 60, east of Apache Junction to Peralta Road, north 10 miles on good dirt road
Brittlebush, lupine, globemallow, star flowers, desert chicory, brodiaea, thistle, Mariposa lily, Indian paintbrush, hedgehog, ocotillo, cholla, prickly pear, saguaro
U.S. Forest Service wilderness area with several hiking trails
HIGHWAY WILDFLOWERSBeeline Highway
State Route 87, northeast of Fountain Hills
Brittlebush, desert marigold, Mexican poppies, prickly poppies, pincushion, scorpion weed, owl clover, blackfoot daisies, lupine, ocotillo, cholla, saguaro
Apache Trail
State Route 88, 5 miles northeast of Apache Junction
Brittlebush, desert marigold, lupine, globemallow, thistle, fairyduster, scorpion weed, owl clover, blackfoot daisies, hedgehog, ocotillo, cholla, saguaro
Carefree Highway
Highway 74, west of Interstate 17
Brittlebush, lupine, globemallow, brodiaea, scorpion weed, owl clover, rock daisies, Mexican poppies, blackfoot daisies, rattlesnake weed, saguaro
TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT30 miles northwest of Globe on US Highway 88, just east of Roosevelt Lake
Brittlebush, lupine, Mexican poppies, thistle, owl clover, fleabane daisies, desert chicory, Indian paintbrush, saguaro
Hiking trails to cliff dwellings, Visitors Center and picnic area
WICKENBURG AREAUS Highway 60, 60 miles west of Phoenix
Constellation Road
Graded dirt road north of Wickenburg
Mexican poppies, lupine, scorpion weed, brodiaea, fairyduster, firecracker penstemon, chia, Indian paintbrush, Mariposa lily, paperflower, palo verde, saguaro
Hassayampa River Preserve
Nature Conservancy Preserve just east of Wickenburg
Fleabane daisies, desert marigold, desert bluebell, Mexican poppies,lupine
Walking trails and picnic area
Joshua Tree National Forest
Highway 93 north of Wickenburg
Joshua trees, paperflower, rock daisies
PICACHO PARK STATE PARKInterstate 10 midway between Phoenix and Tucson
Mexican poppies, desert marigold, brittlebush, lupine, globemallow, filaree, fiddleneck weed, saguaro, palo verde
Campground, picnic areas and hiking trails
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENTState Route 85, 35 miles south of Ajo
Mexican poppies, owl clover, brittlebush, desert chicory, hedgehog, cholla, saguaro, organ pipe cactus Visitors Center, campground, graded dirt roads and hiking trails
SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK/WESTInterstate 10, west of Tucson at Grant Road exit
Mexican poppies, hedgehog, prickly pear, saguaro, palo verde
Visitors Center, campground, graded dirt roads and hiking trails
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