What's flowering for honey bees near Tucson, AZ (Sonoran Desert - Tucson Basin / Santa Cruz Valley), month by month — 36 local nectar and pollen sources.
Open the interactive, printable calendar →| Plant | Scientific name | Category | Bloom months | Forage value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Acacia (Huisache) | Vachellia farnesiana | Trees | FebâApr | medium |
| Fairyduster | Calliandra eriophylla | Shrubs & Vines | FebâApr | medium |
| Wolfberry (Desert Thorn) | Lycium spp. | Shrubs & Vines | FebâApr | medium |
| Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Shrubs & Vines | FebâMay | low |
| Arizona Lupine | Lupinus arizonicus | Clover & Legumes | FebâApr | medium |
| Bur Clover | Medicago polymorpha | Clover & Legumes | FebâApr | low |
| Globemallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Wildflowers & Weeds | FebâMay | medium |
| Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Wildflowers & Weeds | FebâApr | medium |
| Fiddleneck | Amsinckia intermedia | Wildflowers & Weeds | FebâApr | low |
| Owl Clover | Castilleja exserta | Wildflowers & Weeds | FebâApr | low |
| Blue Palo Verde | Parkinsonia florida | Trees | MarâMay | high |
| Netleaf Hackberry | Celtis reticulata | Trees | MarâApr | low |
| Arizona Ash | Fraxinus velutina | Trees | MarâApr | low |
| Cat's Claw Vine | Dolichandra unguis-cati | Shrubs & Vines | MarâMay | low |
| Creosote Bush | Larrea tridentata | Shrubs & Vines | MarâMay | medium |
| Scarlet Locoweed | Astragalus coccineus | Clover & Legumes | MarâMay | low |
| Deer Vetch | Lotus rigidus | Clover & Legumes | MarâMay | low |
| Desert Marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Wildflowers & Weeds | MarâOct | low |
| Velvet Mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Trees | AprâJun | high |
| Foothill (Yellow) Palo Verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Trees | AprâMay | high |
| Ironwood | Olneya tesota | Trees | AprâJun | medium |
| Catclaw Acacia | Senegalia greggii | Trees | AprâJun | high |
| Whitethorn Acacia | Vachellia constricta | Shrubs & Vines | AprâSep | medium |
| Range Ratany | Krameria erecta | Shrubs & Vines | AprâJun | low |
| White Sweetclover | Melilotus albus | Clover & Legumes | AprâJun | medium |
| Desert Ironwood understory - Indigo Bush | Psorothamnus fremontii | Clover & Legumes | AprâMay | low |
| Desert Willow | Chilopsis linearis | Trees | MayâSep | medium |
| Devil's Claw | Proboscidea parviflora | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | low |
| Arizona Poppy | Kallstroemia grandiflora | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Careless Weed (Amaranth) | Amaranthus palmeri | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâOct | medium |
| Sunflower (Desert) | Helianthus annuus | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâOct | medium |
| Desert Broom | Baccharis sarothroides | Shrubs & Vines | SepâNov | medium |
| Threadleaf Snakeweed | Gutierrezia microcephala | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâOct | low |
| Rabbitbrush | Ericameria nauseosa | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâNov | medium |
| Burroweed | Isocoma tenuisecta | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâNov | medium |
| Arizona Cottontop / Desert Aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Wildflowers & Weeds | SepâNov | low |