- Abutilon incanum – Pelotazo
- Acacia angustissima – Prairie Acacia
- Acacia greggii – Catclaw Acacia
- Allionia choisyi – Annual Windmills
- Almutaster pauciflorus – Alkali Marsh Aster
- Anagallis arvensis – Scarlet Pimpernel
- Anaphalis margaritacea – Western Pearly Everlasting
- Anemone tuberosa – Tuber Anemone
- Anemopsis californica – Yerba Mansa
- Anoda cristata – Crested Anoda
- Antheropeas lanosum – White Easterbonnets
- Arctostaphylos pungens – Pointleaf Manzanita
- Argemone pleiacantha – Southwestern Pricklypoppy
- Arida arizonica – Arid Tansyaster
- Asclepias angustifolia – Arizona Milkweed
- Asclepias linaria – Pineneedle Milkweed
- Baccharis salicifolia – Mule-fat
- Baccharis sarothroides – Desertbroom
- Bidens aurea – Arizona Beggarticks
- Calandrinia ciliata – Fringed Redmaids
- Calliandra eriophylla – Fairyduster
- Calochortus ambiguus – Doubting Mariposa Lily
- Calycoseris wrightii – White Tackstem
- Capsella bursa-pastoris – Shepherd's Purse
- Carlowrightia arizonica – Arizona Wrightwort
- Carnegiea gigantea – Saguaro
- Carphochaete bigelovii – Bigelow's Bristlehead
- Ceanothus fendleri – Fendler's Ceanothus
- Ceanothus greggii – Desert Ceanothus
- Cephalanthus occidentalis – Common Buttonbush
- Chaenactis stevioides – Esteve's Pincushion
- Chamaesyce florida – Chiricahua Mountain Sandmat
- Chamaesyce polycarpa – Smallseed Sandmat
- Chamaesyce setiloba – Yuma Sandmat
- Cirsium neomexicanum – New Mexico Thistle
- Cirsium ochrocentrum – Yellowspine Thistle
- Clarkia epilobioides – Canyon Clarkia
- Claytonia perfoliata – Miner's Lettuce
- Clematis drummondii – Drummond's Clematis
- Cnidoscolus angustidens – Mala Mujer
- Comandra umbellata – Bastard Toadflax
- Commelina erecta – Whitemouth Dayflower
- Convolvulus arvensis – Field Bindweed
- Cosmos parviflorus – Southwestern Cosmos
- Crossosoma bigelovii – Ragged Rockflower
- Cryptantha pterocarya – Wingnut Cryptantha
- Cryptantha spp. – Cryptantha
- Cuscuta spp. – Dodder
- Dalea albiflora – Whiteflower Prairie Clover
- Dalea candida – White Prairie Clover
- Dalea pulchra – Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
- Datura discolor – Desert Thorn-apple
- Datura wrightii – Sacred Thorn-apple
- Daucus pusillus – American Wild Carrot
- Dichelostemma capitatum – Bluedicks
- Dieteria canescens – Hoary Tansyaster
- Dimorphotheca sinuata – Glandular Cape Marigold
- Draba cuneifolia – Wedgeleaf Draba
- Dryopetalon runcinatum – Rockmustard
- Echinopepon wrightii – Wild Balsam Apple
- Eriastrum diffusum – Miniature Woollystar
- Erigeron divergens – Spreading Fleabane
- Eriogonum fasciculatum – Eastern Mojave Buckwheat
- Eriogonum polycladon – Sorrel Buckwheat
- Erysimum capitatum – Sanddune Wallflower
- Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana – California Poppy
- Eucrypta micrantha – Dainty Desert Hideseed
- Euphorbia radians – Sun Spurge
- Fallugia paradoxa – Apache Plume
- Fendlera wrightii – Wright's Fendlerbush
- Froelichia arizonica – Arizona Snakecotton
- Funastrum cynanchoides – Fringed Twinevine
- Galium aparine – Stickywilly
- Gaura coccinea – Scarlet Beeblossom
- Geranium caespitosum – Pineywoods Geranium
- Geranium richardsonii – Richardson's Geranium
- Glandularia bipinnatifida – Dakota Mock Vervain
- Gomphrena caespitosa – Tufted Globe Amaranth
- Gomphrena sonorae – Sonoran Globe Amaranth
- Gossypium thurberi – Thurber's Cotton
- Guardiola platyphylla – Apache Plant
- Guilleminea densa – Small Matweed
- Guillenia lasiophylla – California Mustard
- Heracleum maximum – Common Cowparsnip
- Herissantia crispa – Bladdermallow
- Hibiscus coulteri – Desert Rosemallow
- Hibiscus denudatus – Paleface
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides – Floating Marshpennywort
- Hymenoclea salsola – Burrobrush
- Hymenothrix wrightii – Wright's Thimblehead
- Ipomoea barbatisepala – Canyon Morning-glory
- Ipomoea hederacea – Ivyleaf Morning-glory
- Ipomoea ternifolia – Tripleleaf Morning-glory
- Ipomopsis longiflora – Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
- Jacquemontia pringlei – Pringle's Clustervine
- Jatropha cardiophylla – Sangre de Cristo
- Jatropha macrorhiza – Ragged Nettlespurge
- Justicia longii – Longflower Tube Tongue
- Lappula occidentalis – Flatspine Stickseed
- Lesquerella purpurea – Rose Bladderpod
- Linaria maroccana – Moroccan Toadflax
- Linum lewisii – Lewis Flax
- Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinalflower
- Lupinus bicolor – Miniature Lupine
- Lupinus sparsiflorus – Coulter's Lupine
- Lupinus succulentus – Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
- Lycium pallidum – Pale Desert-thorn
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia – Tanseyleaf Tansyaster
- Macrosiphonia brachysiphon – Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet
- Malacothrix glabrata – Smooth Desertdandelion
- Malva parviflora – Cheeseweed Mallow
- Mammillaria heyderi var. macdougalii – Macdougal's Nipple Cactus
- Marah gilensis – Gila Manroot
- Marrubium vulgare – Horehound
- Matthiola longipetala – Night Scented Stock
- Matthiola parviflora
- Melampodium leucanthum – Plains Blackfoot
- Melilotus officinalis – Yellow Sweetclover
- Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera – Catclaw Mimosa
- Mirabilis laevis – Desert Wishbone-bush
- Mirabilis longiflora – Sweet Four O'Clock
- Monoptilon bellioides – Mojave Desertstar
- Mortonia scabrella – Rio Grande Saddlebush
- Nama hispidum – Bristly Nama
- Nasturtium officinale – Watercress
- Nemacladus glanduliferus – Glandular Threadplant
- Nerium oleander – Oleander
- Nicotiana obtusifolia – Desert Tobacco
- Nolina microcarpa – Sacahuista
- Nothoscordum bivalve – Crowpoison
- Oenothera caespitosa – Tufted Evening Primrose
- Papaver somniferum – Opium Poppy
- Parthenium incanum – Mariola
- Passiflora caerulea – Bluecrown Passionflower
- Passiflora foetida var. arizonica – Arizona Passionflower
- Peniocereus greggii – Nightblooming Cereus
- Phacelia affinis – Limestone Phacelia
- Phacelia arizonica – Arizona Phacelia
- Phacelia distans – Distant Phacelia
- Phlox tenuifolia – Santa Catalina Mountain Phlox
- Physalis acutifolia – Sharpleaf Groundcherry
- Plagiobothrys arizonicus – Arizona Popcornflower
- Platystemon californicus – Creamcups
- Plumbago scandens – Doctorbush
- Polanisia dodecandra – Redwhisker Clammyweed
- Polygala alba – White Milkwort
- Polygala scoparioides – Broom Milkwort
- Porophyllum gracile – Slender Poreleaf
- Proboscidea louisianica – Ram's Horn
- Purshia stansburiana – Stansbury Cliffrose
- Rafinesquia neomexicana – New Mexico Plumeseed
- Rivina humilis – Rougeplant
- Robinia neomexicana – New Mexico Locust
- Salvia columbariae – Chia
- Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis – American Black Elderberry
- Sapindus saponaria – Wingleaf Soapberry
- Sedum cockerellii – Cockerell's Stonecrop
- Sida abutifolia – Spreading Fanpetals
- Silene antirrhina – Sleepy Silene
- Silene scouleri – Simple Campion
- Sisyrinchium demissum – Stiff Blue-eyed Grass
- Solanum americanum – American Black Nightshade
- Solanum elaeagnifolium – Silverleaf Nightshade
- Solanum fendleri – Fendler's Horsenettle
- Sphaeralcea ambigua – Desert Globemallow
- Streptanthus carinatus – Lyreleaf Jewelflower
- Tamarix spp. – Tamarisk
- Tetraclea coulteri – Coulter's Wrinklefruit
- Tetramerium nervosum – Hairy Fournwort
- Thysanocarpus curvipes – Sand Fringepod
- Tiquilia canescens – Woody Crinklemat
- Vauquelinia californica – Arizona Rosewood
- Vinca major – Bigleaf Periwinkle
- Viola canadensis – Canadian White Violet
- Yucca baccata – Banana Yucca
- Yucca elata – Soaptree Yucca
- Yucca madrensis – Sierra Madre Yucca
- Zinnia acerosa – Desert Zinnia
White Arizona Flowers
Listed here are some of the southeastern Arizona wildflowers with conspicuous white, whitish, or cream-colored flowers. Note: Some of the wildflowers listed below do not yet have images available in this color.
Plants with white flowers are very common here in southeastern Arizona, and even plants that normally have colored flowers can sometimes be seen with white or cream-colored flowers because of a color mutation.
White flowers that are pollinated by daytime insects like butterflies and bees will frequently have a yellow or yellowish center to attract insects. Night-blooming flowers are often pollinated by moths, and they are usually white so that they can be seen at night, fragrant so that they can attract moths by scent, and tubular in shape to better hold their sweet nectar supply.
To browse through images of white, whitish, or cream-colored wildflowers, check out the White Flowers page.