Wildflowers of the Southwest Playing Cards

Play Cards and Learn to Identify Wildflowers in the Southwestern United States!

Anyone who enjoys nature, plants, and gardening will love these cards for playing your favorite games or to use as flash cards. Inspired by the popular Adventure Quick Guides, this gorgeous deck of playing cards by Nora and Rick Bowers features professional photographs of 54 of the most notable wildflower species in the Southwestern states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, as well as Southern California and Western Texas. Each card depicts full-color photographs of such wildflowers as the California Poppy, Desert Lily, Rocky Mountain Iris, and more--so you can begin to learn what 54 different species look like.

Card Features

• 54 of the most notable wildflower species


• Beautiful photograph on every card


• Ideal for card games or as flash cards

Play games like blackjack, poker, rummy, and solitaire while learning more about wildflowers. Get Wildflowers of the Southwest Playing Cards for yourself, and you can also give this deck of cards as a fun and thoughtful gift.

Nora Mays Bowers is a writer and nature photographer. She likes being in nature and looking at birds, wildlife, and plants. Long ago, she earned a Master of Science degree in Ecology from the University of Arizona. She is the primary author of such titles as Wildflowers of Arizona, Wildflowers of Texas, Cacti of Arizona, Cactus of Texas, Cactus of the Southwest, and Kaufman Focus Guides: Mammals of North America. Most of the photographs in all of these guides were taken by her and her husband, Rick Bowers.

Rick Bowers began birding at age 10 while living on Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. In less than a year he was leading birders to the specialty birds of southeastern Arizona. During high school and college, he led individuals and groups on tours in southeastern Arizona. For 16 years after college Rick led birdwatching tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. Now when not working on books or photography, Rick leads photography and birding tours around the world through his company, Bowers Birding & Photo Safaris.