A
Abronia 96
Acacia 28, 33
Acknowledgement 8
Agave 19, 21, 22, 61
Ajamente 105
Ajo 13
Alfilaria 80
Algerita 43
Allionia 67
Allthorn 106
Amole 19
Amsinckia 46
Amaryllis family 61
Aplopappus 55
Apricot-mallow 68
Arizona Desert 5
Arizona-poppy 38, 39
Argemone 12
Arundo 24
Arrowweed 17, 88
Artemisia 4
Asclepias 105
Ashplant 79
Aster 17, 82
Astragalus 86
B
Baccharis 25
Baeria 50
Balleya 54
Barberry 43
Barberry family 43
Barrel cactus 60
Barometerbush 79
Basketgrass 20
Bead-pod 44
Beardtongue 83
Beargrass 20, 22
Beavertail cactus 59, 60
Bedstraw milkweed 105
Bellflower family 16
Berberis 43
Bignonia family 73
Bird-of-paradise flower 58
Bisnaga 60
Bisnagre 60
Bladderpod 44, 96
Bluebonnet 84
Bluedicks 98
BLUE flowers 98-102
Blue paloverde 36
Boerhaavia 92
Borage family 46
Box family 104
Brickellbush 31
Brickellia 31
Brigham-tea 34
Brittlebush 53
Broadleaf yucca 19
Broom baccharis 25
Broomrape 85
Broomrape family 85
Buckhorn cholla 94
Buckwheat family 70, 103
Buffalo-bur 87
Buffalo gourd 44
Bullhead 38
Bullnettle 87
Bullthistle 95
Burnut 38
Burrobrush 17, 40
Burrobush 40, 65
Burroweed 107
Burroweed strangler 85
Bur-sage 40, 85, 107
Button cactus 75
C
Cactus family 9, 10, 26, 59, 60, 74, 75, 94, 97
Caesalpinia 58
Calabazilla 44
Caliandra, 69
Calico cactus 97
California Desert 6
California-poppy 63
Calochortus 62
Calycoseris 30
Caltrop 39
Caltrop family 38, 39, 40
Camphor-weed 35
Canaigre 103
Cancer-root 85
Canatilla 34
Candelilla 34
Candlewood 66
Canotia 107
Caper family 37, 41
Cane cactus 94
Carnegiea 9
Carrizo 24
Cassia 57
Catclaw 28, 33
Cat’s-claw 33
Ceniza 79
Century plant 22, 61, 62
Cercidium 36
Carnegiea 6, 9
Cheesewood 65
Chia 100
Chicolote 12
Chihuahuan Desert 5
Chili Coyote 44
Chilopsis 73
Chinese pusley 88
Cholla 26, 94
Christmas cholla 26
Cirsium 95
Clammyweed 37
Clematis 23
Cleome 37
Coachwhip 66
Coffeeberry 104
Colorado-Mohave Desert 6
Common reed 24
Compass cactus 60
Convolvulus family 17, 99
COPPERY flower 64
Copra-de-oro 63
Corkseed cactus 75
Corona-de-Cristo 106
Cottonwood 28
Covena 98
Coyote-melon 44
CREAM-colored flowers 19-25
Creosotebush 17, 38, 39, 40, 91
Crowfoot family 23, 101
Crownbeard 54
Crown-of-thorns 106
Crucifixion-thorn 106
Curcurbita 44
Cuscuta 17
D
Dalea 102
Darningneedle cactus 26
Dasylirion 19, 21, 22
Datil 19
Datura 11
Deernut 104
Delphinium 101
Desert, Arizona 5
Desert, California 6
Desert, Chihuahuan 5
Desert, Colorado-Mohave 6
Desert, Great Basin 6
Desert, Sonoran 5
Desert, Texas 5
Desert, Mohave-Colorado 6
Desert aster 82
Desert brickellia 31
Desert-broom 25
Desert-buckwheat 70
Desert-catalpa 73
Desert-dandelion 14
Desert Gold 52
Desert-hyacinth 98
Desert-ironwood 81
Desertlily 13
Desertmallow 68
Desert-marigold 54
Desert-mariposa 62
Desert-milkweed 105
Desert-mistletoe 28
Desert-phlox 72
Desert Plants 7
Desertpoppy 63
Deserts, Location of 2, 5
Deserts, What Are They? 5
Desert-sage 100
Desert-senna 57
Desert Spoon 21
Desert-sunflower 52
Desert-sunshine 52
Desert-thorn 78
Desert-tobacco 29
Desertwillow 73
Devilsclaw 33, 63
Devilshead Cactus 60
Diamond Cactus 26
Dichelostemma 98
Dock 103
Dodder 17
Dogbane family 15
E
Echinocactus 60
Echinocereus 97
Elephanttusks 63
Encelia 53
Enceliopsis 51
Ephedra 34
Eriogonum 70
Erodium 80
Eschscholtzia 63
Escobita 93
Evening-primrose 42
Evening-primrose family 42
Evolvulus 99
F
Fairyduster 69
False-mesquite 69
Ferocactus 60
Fiddleneck 46
Figwort family 79, 83, 90, 93
Fileree 80
Fishhook Cactus 75
Flamingsword 66
Flourensia 47
Fouquieria 66
Four-o’clock 67
Four o’clock family 67, 92, 96
Franseria 107
Fremont screwbean 48
G
Geraea 52
Geranium family 80
Giant cactus 9
Giant-dagger 19
Giant-jimson 11
Giant Joshua 18
Giantreed 24
Gilia 76
Globemallow 68
Goatnut 104
Goatsbeard 14
Goldenbush 55
Goldenweed 55
Goldfields 50
Goldpoppy 39, 63, 93
Goosefoot family 108
Grass family 24
Grassnuts 98
Gourd 44
Gourd family 44
Great Basin Desert 6
Greasewood 40
GREEN flowers 103-108
Groundcherry 87
H
Hairy-leaved Calliandra 69
Hairy-headed sunflower 52
Haplopappus 55
Hedgehog cactus 97
Hediondilla 40
Heliotropium 88
Heronbill 80
Hesperocallis 13
Heterotheca 35
Hierba-del-pasmo 25
Holacantha 106
Hollygrape 43
Holycross 26
Honey-mesquite 48, 49
Horsenettle 87
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Hymenoclea 65
I
Incienso 53
Indianwheat 25
Indigobush 102
Inkweed 108
Iodinebush 108
Ipomoea 99
Ironwood 28, 81
J
Jackass-clover 37, 41
Jimmyweed 55
Jimson 11
Jimsonweed 11
Jointfir family 34
Jojoba 104
Joshua-tree 5, 6, 18, 61
Jumping cactus 26
Junco family 106
K
Kallstroemia 39
Koeberlinia 106
L
Larkspur 101
Larrea 40
LAVENDER flowers 72-76
Leatherflower 23
Lechuguilla 5, 6, 61
Lemaireocereus 74
Lesquerella 44
Leucophyllum 79
Lily Family 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 61, 98
Little-stinker 40
Locoweed 86
Lophocereus 74
Lupine 63, 84, 93
Lupinus 84
Lycium 78
M
Mahonia 43
Mal-de-ojos 43
Mallow family 68
Mammillaria 75
Marigold 54
Mariposa 62
Marsh-fleabane 88
Martynia 63
Martynia family 63
Mescal 61, 62
Mesquite 28, 49, 81
Mesquitilla 69
Mexican-poppy 63
Mexican-tobacco 29
Milkvetch 86
Milkweed 105
Milkweed family 105
Mimulus 90
Mint family 100
Mistletoe 28, 81
Mistletoe family 28
Mohave-aster 82
Mohave Desert 6
Mohave-Thorn 107
Monkeyflower 90
Mormon-tea 34
Mustard family 44
N
Nama 91
Narrowleaf Yucca 22
National Monuments 6
National Parks 6
Nemacladus 16
Nerium 15
Nicotiana 29
Nightblooming Cereus 10
Nipple cactus 75
Nolina 20, 21
O
Ocotillo 66
Ocotillo family 66
Odostemon 43
Oenothera 42
Oleander 15
Olneya 81
Opuntia 26, 27, 59, 94
ORANGE flowers 62-63
Organpipe cactus 74
Orobanche 85
Orthocarpus 93
Our-Lord’s-candle 22
Owlclover 63, 93
P
Pachaba 31
Palmilla 22
Palo-de-hierro 81
Paloverde 36, 81
Papagolily 98
Paperdaisy 54
Paperflower 32, 66
Peabush 102
Pea family 33, 36, 48, 49, 57, 58, 69, 81, 84, 86, 102
Pencil-joint cholla 26
Peniocereus 10
Pentstemon 83, 90
Phacelia 77, 88
Phlox 72
Phlox family 72, 76
Phoradendron 28
Phragmites 24
Pincushion cactus 75
PINK flowers 67-71
Pink three-flower 67
Pitaya 97
Pitahaya dulce 74
Plantain 25
Plantain family 25
Plantago 25
Plantas-muy-malas 68
Plant names 4
Pluchea 88
Polanisia 37
Popotilla 34
Poppy family 12, 63
Potato family 11, 29, 78, 87
Pricklepoppy 12
Pricklypear 59, 60
Prosopis 48, 49
Psilostrophe 32, 56
Puncturevine 38, 39
PURPLE flowers 83-97
Purplemat 91
Purple-nightshade 87
Purple roll-leaf 91
Q
Quailplant 88
Queen-of-the-night 10
Quelite-salado 108
R
Rabbit-thorn 78
Rafinesquia 14
Rainbow cactus 98
Rattleweed 57, 86
Rayless-goldenrod 55
RED flowers 65-66
References 109
Reina-de-la-noche 10
Rivercane 24
Rosinbush 25
Rumex 103
Russian thistle 65
S
Sacahuiste 21
Sacred datura 11
Sage 100
Sagebrush 5
Saguaro 5, 6, 9, 61
Saltcedar 71
Salvia 100
Sandverbena 96
Scorpionweed 77
Screwbean 48, 49
Screw-pod mesquite 48
Seepweed 108
Seepwillow 17, 25
Sego-lily 62
Senita 74
Seniza 79
Simaruba family 106
Simmondsia 104
Skeletonweed 70
Slimwood 66
Smoketree 102
Soapweed 19, 22
Soaptree Yucca 22
Solanum 87
Sonoran Desert 5
Sore-eye-poppy 68
Sorrel 103
Sotol 20, 21, 22
Spanish-bayonet 19, 22
Spanish-dagger 22
Sphaeralcea 68
Spiderling 92
Spoonplant 21
Squawberry 78
Squaw-thorn 78
Starflower 76
Strawberry cactus 97
Strombocarpa 49
Suaeda 108
Sundrops 42
Sunflower family 14, 25, 30, 31, 32, 35, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
56, 65, 82, 88, 95, 107
Sunray 51
T
Tackstem 30
Tamarisk 71
Tamarix 71
Tansy aster 82
Tarbush 47
Tasajillo 26
Tearblanket 33
Teddybear cholla 26
Telegraph-plant 35
Teposote 34
Tesajo 26
Tesota 81
Texas Desert 5
Thistle 95
Thistlepoppy 12
Thornapple 11
Threadplant 16
Tomatillo 78
Tornillo 48
Torrito 38
Trailing four-o’clock 67
Tree-cholla 94
Tree-tobacco 29
Tree-yucca 18
Tribulus 38
Trompillo 87
Tuna 59
U
Unicornplant 63
V
Varnishbush 47
VIOLET flowers 77-82
W
Wait-a-minute 33
Walkingstick cholla 94
Waterleaf family 77, 91
Watermotie 25
Waterwally 25
Waterwillow 25
Wavy-thistle 95
Western-jimson 11
West Indian boerhaavia 92
Whisker cactus 74
WHITE flowers 9-18
Wild-delphinium 101
Wild-hazel 104
Wild-heliotrope 77, 88
Wild-lilac 79
Wild morningglory 99
Wild-potato 87
Wild rhubarb 103
Wild-zinnia 32
Windmills 67
Wislizenia 37, 41
Wolfberry 78
Woolly-marigold 54
Woolly-loco 86
Woolly plantain 25
Y
YELLOW flowers 26-61
Yellowcups 42
Yellowpad 59
Yellow paloverde 36
Yellow-wood 43
Yucca 6, 18, 19, 21, 22
Z
Zinnia 32
The traveling public is becoming increasingly aware of the National
Monuments, which have received less publicity than the great,
well-known National Parks, yet which possess extremely
interesting features.
Many of these are in the Southwest; we hope you will take the
opportunity to visit one or more of them on your trip.
_Administered as a group by the General Superintendent, Southwestern
National Monuments, Box 1562, Gila Pueblo, Globe, Arizona_
IN UTAH:
Arches National Monument, Moab
Natural Bridges National Monument (care of Arches)
Rainbow Bridge National Monument (care of Navajo)
IN NEW MEXICO:
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec
Capulin Mountain National Monument, Capulin
Chaco Canyon National Monument, Bloomfield
El Morro National Monument, El Morro
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (care of General Supt.)
Gran Quivira National Monument, Gran Quivira
IN ARIZONA:
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Chinle
Casa Grande National Monument, Coolidge
Chiricahua National Monument, Dos Cabezas
Coronado National Memorial (care of Tumacacori)
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde
Navajo National Monument, Tonalea
Sunset Crater National Monument (care of Wupatki)
Tonto National Monument, Roosevelt
Tumacacori National Monument, Tumacacori
Tuzigoot National Monument, Clarkdale
Walnut Canyon National Monument, Rt. 1, Box 790, Flagstaff
Wupatki National Monument, Tuba Star Route, Flagstaff
_Other areas administered by the National Park Service in the Southwest
follow:_
IN ARIZONA:
Grand Canyon National Monument, Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo
Petrified Forest National Monument, Holbrook
Pipe Spring National Monument, Moccasin
Saguaro National Monument, Rt. 8, Box 520, Tucson
IN COLORADO:
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (care of Colorado
National Monument)
Colorado National Monument, Fruita
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Box 60, Alamosa
Mesa Verde National Park
IN NEVADA:
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City
Lehman Caves National Monument, Baker
IN NEW MEXICO:
Bandelier National Monument, Santa Fe
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad
White Sands National Monument, Box 231, Alamogordo
IN OKLAHOMA:
Platt National Park, Sulphur
IN TEXAS:
Big Bend National Park
IN UTAH:
Bryce Canyon National Park, Springdale
Capitol Reef National Monument, Torrey
Cedar Breaks National Monument (care of Zion)
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Pleasant Grove
Zion National Monument (care of Zion)
Zion National Park, Springdale
This booklet is published by the
SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION
which is a non-profit distributing organization pledged to aid in the
preservation and interpretation of Southwestern features of outstanding
national interest.
The Association lists for sale interesting and excellent publications
for adults and children and very many color slides on Southwestern
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****3. ARIZONA’S NATIONAL MONUMENTS. King, ed. Comprehensive $3.00
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***60. FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESAS. Patraw and Janish. $1.00
Companion volume to the Deserts flower booklet, but
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***61. FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. Arnberger and Janish. $1.00
Descriptions and illustrations of plants and trees of the
southern Rocky Mountains and other Southwestern ranges
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triad. 112 pp., color cover, paper
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handbook for any person living in the desert. Tells the
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***67. ANIMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. Olin and Cannon. $1.00
Handsome illustrations, full descriptions, and life
habits of the 42 most interesting and common species
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desert country of the Southwest below the 4,500-foot
elevation. 112 pp., 60 illus., color cover, paper
**107. TUMACACORI’S YESTERDAYS. Jackson. The interestingly $0.75
written story of the 18th and early 19th century Indian
and Spanish life in southern Arizona and Sonora as
reflected in the history of the mission of San Jose de
Tumacacori, now Tumacacori National Monument. 96 pp.,
color paper cover, 53 excellent illus.
**131. NALAKIHU. King. Thorough and concise reports on an $4.00
interesting pueblo in Wupatki National Monument.
Technical but has interesting summaries and discussions.
183 pp., 81 plates, 17 tables
**650. FOR THE DEAN. Reed and King, eds. Handsome volume of $6.00
anthropological essays by 23 of his former students in
honor of the noted Dr. Byron Cummings of the U. of
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McGregor, Hawley, Wedel, Willey, Spicer, etc., and
subjects cover wide field: Pueblo witchcraft, Cocopah
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For the complete list of almost 100 publications and 1700 color slides
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