Click Here for More Images from iStock- 15% off with coupon 15FREEIMAGES 
The strange looking Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) is a member of the Agave family that typically grows in the Mojave Desert. Legend has it that Mormon pioneers named the tree after the biblical figure Joshua, seeing the limbs of the tree as outstretched arms. The Joshua Tree doesn't bloom every year which may have something to do with the amount of rainfall received. This Joshua Tree blossom was photographed at the Split Rock area in Joshua Tree National Park, California.
Close up of blooming desert plant in left down corner at sunset light in america , usa
Joshua Tree National Park, California.  Photo by Bob Gwaltney.
Sprint Yucca Blooming in rocks.
Photo of Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park with rock formation, out of focus, in the background.
Extreme red rock formations; strange looking; desert getaway; remote outing
desert bush to the right of the photograph and space for text. Creosote bushes of the Mojave desert.
This is a color photograph of a flowering Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert at the national park in California during springtime.
Flower in the Wadi Rum desert, Jordan
Plant in Etosha National Park at Kunene Region, Namibia
A tree in bloom with mountain backdrop at Joshua Tree National Park, California.  Photo by Bob Gwaltney.
During a superbloom, a close-up of the joshua tree flower
Close up of Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) plant about to bloom, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Yucca trees and rocks under blue sky, Joshua Tree National Park
A desert flower blooms amidst bushes. High Desert, California
Flowering bush in the desert of the Egyptian Sinai
Day trip through Joshua Tree, California, USA
This is a photograph of a flowering Joshua tree growing in the desert landscape of the California national park in spring.
a wildflower plant in the morning on a rock formation
Late spring in Joshua Tree National Park California USA
Photo taken in Joshua Tree, United States
Joshua Tree National Park California United States Part of a Series Desert Landscapes Late Winter (Shot with Canon 5DS 50.6mp photos professionally retouched - Lightroom / Photoshop - original size 5792 x 8688 downsampled as needed for clarity and select focus used for dramatic effect)
Close up detail of tiny cholla cactus flowers and thorns in Joshua Tree California
Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California
The beautiful, vibrant orange, illuminates the Sonoran Desert. The Desert Globe Mallow, in full bloom, in late-March.
This is a photograph of a blooming cactus in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, USA on a spring day.
Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) blooming in Joshua Tree National Park, California
\
Desert vegetation at Joshua Tree Park. in Joshua Tree, California, United States
A Cholla Cactus in the American SouthWest
Free Images: "bestof:plants flowers joshua tree national park joshuatreenationalpark deesert outdoor depth of field foliage leaf plant flower White-stemmed blazing star Explore"
Fremont_Cottonwood_Leaf,_Populus_fremontii,_Cottonwood_Spring,_Joshua_Tree_National_Park,_California.jpg
Desert_Globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Indian_Paintbrush.jpg
Ladybug_on_paloverde_flower.jpg
Beautiful_rockcress_(Boechera_pulchra).jpg
Blackbush_(Coleogyne_ramosissima).jpg
Creosote_bush_(Larrea_tridentata).jpg
Joshua_Tree_Poppies;_Eschscholzia_androuxii.jpg
Joshua_Tree_Poppies;_Eschscholzia_androuxii.jpg
Honeybee_(Apis)_on_desert_mistletoe_(Phoradendron_californicum).jpg
Chylismia_brevipes.jpg
Indian_Paintbrush.jpg
Chylismia_brevipes.jpg
Globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Mojave_yucca_(Yucca_schidigera).jpg
Fiddleneck_(Amsinckia_tessellata).jpg
Milkweed.jpg
Canterbury_Bells_(Phacelia_campanularia).jpg
Genus_Porophyllum.jpg
Asteraceae.jpg
Sand_blazing_star_(Mentzelia_involucrata);_Old_Dale_Mining_District.jpg
Sand_blazing_star_(Mentzelia_involucrata);_Old_Dale_Mining_District.jpg
Blackbush_(Coleogyne_ramosissima).jpg
Desert_globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Ladybug_on_paperbag_bush.jpg
Mojave_woodyaster_(Xylorhiza_tortifolia);_Indian_Cove_Campground.jpg
Paperbag_bush_(Scutellaria_mexicana).jpg
California_carpenter_bee.jpg
Distant_phacelia_(Phacelia_distans);_Sheep_Hole_Pass.jpg
Distant_phacilia_(Phacelia_distans);_Sheep_Hole_Pass.jpg
Desert_indianwheat_(Plantago_Ovata).jpg
Desert_fiddleneck_(Amsinckia_tessellata);_Pinto_Basin.jpg
Desert_fiddleneck_(Amsinckia_tessellata);_Pine_City_Trail.jpg
Desert_palafox_(Palafoxia_arida);_Pinto_Basin.jpg
Blossom-tree-over-nature-background.jpg
Mojave_woodyaster_(Xylorhiza_tortifolia);_Cleghorn_Wilderness.jpg
Parish's_poppy_(Eschscholzia_parishii);_Cleghorn_Wilderness.jpg
Mesquite_mistletoe_(Phoradendron_californicum)_berries.jpg
desert_mistletoe_(Phoradendron_californicum)_blooms.jpg
Eastern_Mojave_buckwheat_(Eriogonum_fasciculatum);_Hidden_Valley_Trail.jpg
New_Mexico_plumeseed_(Rafinesquia_neomexicana);_Pinto_Basin.jpg
Desert_almond_(Prunus_fasciculata)_flowers;_February_2015.jpg
Jones'_Blazing_Star_(Mentzelia_jonesii).jpg
Honeybee.jpg
Paloverde_Flower_(Parkinsonia_florida).jpg
Ladybug_on_paloverde_flower.jpg
Joshua_Trees_and_Clouds.jpg
Flowers_near_Coxcomb_Mountains.jpg
Daisy_desertstar_(Monoptilon_bellidiforme).jpg
Paloverde_Flower_(Parkinsonia_florida).jpg
Inflated_beetle_(Cysteodemus_armatus).jpg
Desert_globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Carpet_of_Wildflowers.jpg
Night_Snake,_Joshua_Tree_NP,_CA_2.jpg
Oak_leaf_gall;_Keys_(Desert_Queen)_Ranch.jpg
Northwesten_Indian_paintbrush_(Catilleja_angustifolia);_Desert_Queen_Mine.jpg
Northwestern_Indian_paintbrush_(Castilleja_angustifolia);_Desert_Queen_Mine.jpg
Northwesten_Indian_paintbrush_(Catilleja_angustifolia);_Desert_Queen_Mine.jpg
Pencil_cholla_(Cylindropuntia_ramosissima);_Indian_Cove_Campground.jpg
Sacred_datura_(Datura_wrightii).jpg
Brittlebush_(Encelia_farinosa)_flower.jpg
Oasis_of_Mara;_Twentynine_Palms,_CA.jpg
Single-leaf_pine_(Pinus_monophylla)_cones;_Split_Rock_Loop_Trail.jpg
Canterbury_Bell,_Matodon_Peak_Trail,_Joshua_Tree_Naitonal_ParkCalifornia_1.jpg
Chickory,_Matodon_Peak_Trail,_Joshua_Tree_Naitonal_ParkCalifornia_1.jpg
Annual_toothleaf_(Stillingia_spinulosa);_Pinto_Basin.jpg
Sacred_datura_(Datura_wrightii).jpg
New_Mexico_plumeseed_(Rafinesquia_neomexicana);_Pinto_Basin.jpg
Autumn_Walk.jpg
Catclaw_acacia_(Acacia_greggii);_Wonderland_of_Rocks.jpg
Exotic_Invasive_Cheatgrass_(Bromus_tectorum);_Hidden_Valley.jpg
Coulter's_Lupine,_Matodon_Peak_Trail,_Joshua_Tree_Naitonal_ParkCalifornia.jpg
flowers-spring-plant-bush-flora-1483821.jpg
Silver_cholla_(Cylindropuntia_echinocarpa).jpg
Bladderpod_(Peritoma_arborea)_blooming_in_Wilson_Canyon,_January_2015.jpg
Cactus_wren_(Campylorhynchus_brunneicapillus)_building_a_nest.jpg
Night_Snake,_Joshua_Tree_NP,_CA_3.jpg
Cactus_wren_(Campylorhynchus_brunneicapillus)_building_a_nest.jpg
Eastern_Mojave_buckwheat_(Eriogonum_fasciculatum);_Hidden_Valley_Trail.jpg
Apricot_globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua);_Cleghorn_Wilderness.jpg
Side-winder,_Bajada,_Joshua_Tree_Naitonal_ParkCalifornia.jpg
Emory's_rockdaisy_(Perityle_emoryi);_Old_Dale_Mining_District.jpg
Aged.jpg
Bladderpod_(Peritoma_arborea)_with_honeybee_at_Rattlesnake_Canyon;_February_2015.jpg
Bladderpod_(Peritoma_arborea)_with_honeybee_at_Rattlesnake_Canyon;_February,_2015.jpg
Indian_Paintbrush.jpg
Cholla.jpg
Red-spotted_Toad.jpg
Berries.jpg
Lizard.jpg
Oak_leaves.jpg
Desert_Globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Desert_Globemallow_(Sphaeralcea_ambigua).jpg
Lizard.jpg
Great_Basin_Collared_Lizard.jpg
California_carpenter_bee.jpg
Speckled_Rattlesnake_(Crotalus_mitchellii).jpg
Western_Side-blotched_Lizard_(Uta_stansburiana_elegans).jpg
Desert_willow_(Chilopsis_linearis).jpg
Oak_tree;_Live_Oak_picnic_area.jpg
Terms of Use   Search of the Day