wildflowers It takes a wet winter for Arizona's wildflowers to put on a show. 2005 was a relatively wet winter so our mid-April camping trip to Tortilla campground, in the Tonto National Forest, included a nice array of desert wildflowers. Here are a few. I think they are correctly identified. One trait they all seemed to share was delicate petals that would move in the slightiest breeze. Click on a thumbnail to load the full image.

brittlebush_tortillacg	brittlebush_wcholla	calif_poppy_tortillacg	cholla	desert_chicory
desert_globemallow	fairy_duster_tortillacg	indian_paint_brush	mesquite_tree_inbloom	popcorn_flower
prickly_pear_catcus

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