Cactus and succulent flowers
Desert plants that flower briefly and brightly.
CactusCactaceae
Succulent plants with spines, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Pelargonium
A diverse group of flowering plants often grown as garden and house plants
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Showy stonecropHylotelephium spectabile
A pink-flowered succulent from China, popular in gardens and bouquets
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Cape aloeAloe ferox
A tall, spiny aloe from southern Africa with orange-red flowers and medicinal uses
🇱🇸 Lesotho · Wildflower
Adenium boehmianum
A toxic succulent from arid parts of Namibia and Angola
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 more · Wildflower
Desert roseAdenium
A succulent with thick stems and bright flowers, grown as a bonsai and houseplant
🇳🇦 Namibia and 7 more · Wildflower
Ceropegia
A group of trailing or climbing plants with unusual, cage-like flowers
Ceropegia · Wildflower
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii
A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower
StonecropSedum
A group of succulent plants with star-shaped flowers and fleshy leaves
Sedum · Wildflower
SaguaroCarnegiea gigantea
The towering cactus of the Sonoran Desert with white flowers and red fruit
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Desert roseAdenium obesum
A succulent shrub with bright pink to red flowers and a swollen base
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 7 more · Wildflower
Lampranthus
A succulent with large, vivid flowers from southern Africa
🇳🇦 Namibia and 1 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Pelargonium: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lampranthus: Bilby, CC BY 3.0, source
- Showy stonecrop: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Cape aloe: iNaturalist.org (Di Turner) (Di%20Turner), CC0, source
- Cactus: G. Mütrel, Leipzig ; Berlin ; Wien : F.A. Brockhaus, Public domain, source
- Adenium boehmianum: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Desert rose: Xocolatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ceropegia: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stonecrop: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saguaro: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Desert rose: ZSM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source