The Arizona Wildflower Companion

The definitive, fully illustrated field guide to the wildflowers of Arizona and where to find them. The mountain and desert terrains of Arizona are frequently abloom with beautiful, distinctive wildflowers in reds, golds, pinks, and blues—some of which can be found nowhere else! Written by a renowned expert on Western wildflowers, this color-coded compendium is a fun, engaging, and authoritative guide to the state’s wildflowers. Laird Blackwell’s The Arizona Wildflower Companion combines a comprehensive field guide with playful limericks to help you remember the nearly 300 flowering species it describes. Scientific and common descriptions, straightforward discussion of their characteristics, and stunning photos make this an essential take-along for any Arizona hike. More than just a field guide, The Arizona Wildflower Companion is also a location guide, with descriptions of hikes, trails, altitude ranges, and sectors of the state where you can find flowers in their most advantageous locations, as well as notes on the best time of the year to see each spectacular wildflower.

Laird Blackwell is an emeritus professor of social science and biology at Sierra Nevada College and the author of 7 wildflower field guides, including Wildflowers of California. He lives in Cornville, Arizona.