A bloodflower is any of a group of bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
The theme in the Bloodflower short story is alienation
Milkweed & bloodflower
Buffalo grass; Benson; Bisbee; Buckeye;; Bullhead City; button brittlebush; burroweed; barrell cactus; beavertail cactus; bloodflower milkweed; bark scorpians; black-tailed gnatcatcher; black-chinned hummingbird; bobcat; big horn sheep; black-tailed jackrabbit; blue palo verde (State tree).
Aconitum Adonis Anthurium Angel's trumpet Asclepias (Milkweed) Azalea Belladonna Bloodflower Bloodroot Brugmansia Buttercups Blue cohosh Calla lily Caladium Century plant Clematis Crown vetch Colchicum Datura Digitalis Dogbane Duranta erecta Euphorbia False indigo Foxglove Frangipani Gloriosa lily Goldenseal Grevillea Henbane Hyacinth Horse nettle Horse-chestnut Hydrangea Iris Laceflower Larkspur Lantana Lily of the Valley Lobelia Lords and ladies Maikoa Moleplant Monkshood Mountain laurel Nightshade Oleander Opium Philodendron Pittosporum Poison hemlock Poinsettia Pokeweed Pulsatilla Ranunculus Rhododendron Scotch broom Stramonium Sweetpea Toloache Wisteria Yellow bell Yellow jessamine etc.
The monarch butterfly can be found living in eastern North America. They migrate to the warmer states, such as California, when the eastern states get colder.