Family | Genus | Species | A Common Name | Origin |
Acanthaceae | Anisacanthus | thurberi | Desert Honeysuckle | native |
Justicia | californica* | Chuparosa | native | |
Carlowrightia | arizonica | Arizona Carlowrightia | native | |
Agavaceae | Agave | palmeri* | Palmer's Agave | native |
Agave | schottii | Amole, Shindagger | native | |
Yucca | baccata* (arizonica) | Banana Yucca | native | |
Yucca | elata* | Soaptree | native | |
Aizoaceae | Trianthema | Portulacastrum* | Horse-purslane | exotic |
Amaranthaceae | Amaranthus | palmeri* | Palmer's Amaranth | native |
Tidestromia | lanuginosa | Doveweed | native | |
Anacardiaceae | Rhus | trilobota* | Lemonade Berry | native |
Asclepiadaceae | Sarcostemma | hirtellum* | Rambling Milkweed | native |
Asteraceae | Acourtia | nana | Desert Holly | native |
Acourtia | wrightii | Perezia | native | |
Ambrosia | confertiflora* | Ragweed | native | |
Artemesia | ludoviciana | Artemisia | native | |
Baccharis | salicifolia | Seep Willow | native | |
Baccharis | sarothroides | Desert Broom | native | |
Bahia | absinthifolia | Bahia | native | |
Baileya | multiradiata | Desert Marigold | native | |
Brickellia | californica | California Brickell bush | native | |
Brickellia | atractyloides | Holly Brickell bush | native | |
Brickellia | coulteri | Coulter Brickell bush | native | |
Calycoseris | wrightii | White Tackstem | native | |
Encelia | farinosa | Brittlebush | native | |
Encelia | frutescens | Green brittlebush | native | |
Eriophyllum | lanosum | Wooly-daisy | native | |
Gnaphalium | leucocephalum | White Cudweed | native | |
Gutierrezia | sarothrae | Snakeweed | native | |
Helianthus | annus* | Common Sunflower | native | |
Hymenoclea | monogyra | Burrobush | native | |
Hymenoclea | salsola | Burrobush | native | |
Hymenothrix | Wislizeni | Golden Beeflower | native | |
Isocoma | tenuisecta | Burro Weed | native | |
Machaeranthera | sp. | Purple Aster | native | |
Malacothrix | Californica, var. glabrata | Desert Dandelion | native | |
Parthenium | incanum | Mariola | native | |
Pectis | papposa* | Chinchweed | native | |
Psilostrophe | cooperi | Paper Flower | native | |
Rafinesquia | neomexicana | Desert Chicory | native | |
Senecio | monoensis | Comb Butterweed | native | |
Stephanomeria | pauciflora | Desert Straw | native | |
Verbesina | encelioides | Cowpen Daisy | exotic | |
Xanthisma (Machaeranthera) | spinulosa | Yellow Spiny Aster | native | |
Xanthium | strumarium | Common Cocklebur | native | |
Zinnia | acerosa | Desert Zinnia | native | |
Bignoniaceae | Chilopsis | linearis | Desert Willow | native |
Boraginaceae | Amsinckia | intermedia | Fiddleneck | native |
Cryptantha | aarbigera | Bearded Cat's Eye | native | |
Cryptantha | angustifolia | Narrow Popcorn flower | native | |
Cryptantha | sp. | Cryptantha | native | |
Cryptantha | pterocarya | Cryptantha | native | |
Lappula | occidentalis | Desert Stick-weed | native | |
Pectocarya | recurvata | Pectocarya | native | |
Brassicaceae | Caulanthus | lasiophyllus | Caulanthus | native |
Chorispora | tunella | Purple Cross Flower | exotic | |
Descurainia | pinnata* | Yellow Tansy Mustard | native | |
Draba | cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf Draba | native | |
Lepidium | thurberi* | Thurber's Peppergrass | native | |
Lepidium | Virginicum (mediun)* | Poorman's Pepperwort Virginia Pepperweed | native | |
Lesquerella | purpurea | Purple Bladderpod | native | |
Lesquerella | gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | ||
Rorippa | nasturtium* | White Watercress | exotic | |
Sisymbrium | irio | London Rocket | exotic | |
Streptanthus | arizonicus | Arizona Jewelflower | native | |
Thysanocarpus | hookeri | Lace Pod | native | |
Cactaceae | Carnegiea | gigantea* | Saguaro | native |
Cylindropuntia | leptocaulis* | Desert Christmas Cactus | native | |
Cylindropuntia | spinosior* | Cane Cholla | native | |
Echinocereus | fasciculatus | Cockscomb Hedgehog | native | |
Echinomastus | erectocentrus | Woven Pineapple Cactus | native | |
Ferocactus | wislizenii* | Barrel Cactus | native | |
Mammillaria | gummifera | Pancake Cactus | native | |
Mammillaria | grahmi (microcarpa) | Pincushion Cactus | native | |
Opuntia | engelmannii* | Engelmann Prickly Pear | native | |
Opuntia | violaceae* | Purple Prickly Pear | native | |
Peniocereus | greggii* | Night-blooming Cereus | native | |
Capparidaceae | Polanisia | trachysperma | Clammyweed | native |
Caprifoliaceae | Sambucus | mexicana | Mexican Elder | native |
Chenopodiaceae | Atriplex | canescens | Four-wing Saltbush | native |
Atriplex | wrightii* | Saltbush | native | |
Chenopodium | album* | Lamb's Quarter | exotic | |
Salsola | tregus (Kali) | Tumbleweed | exotic | |
Convolvulaceae | Ipomoea | coccinea | Scarlet Creeper | native |
Ipomoea | hirsutula | Woolly Morning Glory | native | |
Cucurbitaceae | Apodanthera | undulata* | Melonloco | native |
Cucurbita | digitata* | Finger-leaved Gourd | native | |
Cucurbita | foetidissima* | Buffalo Gourd | native | |
Echinopepon | wrightii | Wright's Melon | native | |
Cupressaceae | Juniperus | coelensis (sp.?) | Juniper | native |
Juniperus | monosperma | One-seed Juniper | native | |
Ephedracea | Ephedra | aspera | Ephedra | native |
Ephedra | trifurca* | Mexican Mormon Tea | native | |
Euphorbiaceae | Croton | sp. | Croton | native |
Euphorbia | albomarginata | Rattlesnake Weed | native | |
Euphorbia | florida | Desert Poinsettia | native | |
Euphorbia | setiloba | Fringed Euphorbia | native | |
Jatropha | macrorhiza* | Ragged Jatropha | native | |
Fabaceae | Acacia | constricta | White Thorn | native |
Acacia | greggii* | Catclaw | native | |
Acacia | neovernicosa | Viscid Acacia | native | |
Astragalus | nuttallianus | Nuttall's Locoweed | native | |
Calliandra | eriophylla | Fairy Duster, Juagilla | native | |
Cassia | Covesii | Desert Senna | native | |
Cercidium | floridum* | Blue Paloverde | native | |
Cercidium | microphyllum* | Foothill Paloverde | native | |
Dalea | formosa | Feather Dalea | native | |
Dalea | neomexicana | New Mexico Dalea | native | |
Lotus | humistratus | Hill Lotus | native | |
Lupinus | brevicaulis | Shortstem Lupine | native | |
Lupinus | sparsiflorius | Coulter's Lupine | native | |
Melilotus | officinalis | Yellow Sweet Clover | exotic | |
Prosopis | velutina* | Velvet Mesquite | native | |
Fagaceae | Quercus | turbinella* | Scrub Oak | native |
Fouquieriaceae | Fouquieria | splendens* | Ocotillo | native |
Geraniaceae | Erodium | cicutarium* | Filaree | exotic |
Erodium | texanum* | Texas Storksbill | native | |
Hydrophyllaceae | Eucrypta | micrantha | native | |
Phacelia | crenulata | Scorpionweed | native | |
Phacelia | distans | Wild Heliotrope | native | |
Juglandaceae | Juglans | major* | Arizona Walnut | native |
Koeberliniaceae | Koeberlinia | spinosa* | All Thorn | native |
Krameriaceae | Krameria | parvifolia (erecta) | Range Ratany | native |
Lamiaceae | Salvia | columbaria* | Chia | native |
Liliaceae | Allium | macropetalum* | Desert Onion | native |
Calochortus | kennedyi* | Desert Mariposa | native | |
Dichelostemma | pulchellum* | Blue Dicks | native | |
Loasaceae | Mentzelia | albicaulis* | Stick Leaf | native |
Mentzelia | nitens | Venus Blazing Star | native | |
Malpighiaceae | Janusia | gracilis | Janusia | native |
Malvaceae | Abutilon | Sp. | Abutilon | |
Hibiscus | Coulteri | Desert Rose Mallow | native | |
Hibiscus | denudatus | Desert Hibiscus | native | |
Sida | filicaulis (abutifolia) | Sida | native | |
Sphaeralcea | laxa | Globe Mallow | native | |
Martyniacea | Proboscidea | althaefolia* | Golden Devil's Claw | native |
Proboscidea | parviflora* | Devil's Claw | native | |
Moraceae | Morus | microphylla* | Texas Mulberry | native |
Nolinaceae | Dasylirion | wheeleri* | Sotol | native |
Nolina | microcarpa* | Beargrass | native | |
Nyctaginaceae | Allonia | incarnata | Trailing Windmills | native |
Boerhavia* | coccinea | Red Spiderling | native | |
Boerhavia | spicata | native | ||
Mirabilis | linearis | Ribbon Four O'clock | native | |
Mirabilis | multiflora | Colorado Four O'clock | native | |
Oleaceae | Fraxinus | velutina | Velvet Ash | native |
Onagraceae | Camissonia | californica | Mustard Evening Primrose | native |
Camissonia | claviformis | Brown Eyes | native | |
Camissonia | sp. | native | ||
Oenothera | primaveris | Evening Primrose | native | |
Orobanchaceae | Orobanche | cooperi* | Broom-rape | native |
Papaveraceae | Argemone | pleiacantha | Prickle Poppy | native |
Corydalis | aurea | Golden Cordyalis | native | |
Eschscholtzia | californica | Golden Poppy | native | |
Plantaganaceae | Plantago | patagonica* | Wooly Plantain | exotic |
Platanaceae | Platanus | wrightii | Arizona Sycamore | native |
Poaceae | Aristida | purpurea | Purple Threeawn | native |
Aristida | ternipes | Spider Grass | native | |
Bothriochloa | barbinodis | Cane Beardgrass | native | |
Bouteloua | aristidoides | Six Weeks Needle Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | barbata | Six Weeks Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | chondrosioides | Sprucetop Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | curtipendula | Sideoats Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | eriopoda | Black Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | hirsuta | Hairy Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | repens | Slender Grama | native | |
Bouteloua | trifida | Red Grama | native | |
Bromus | rubens | Red Brome | exotic | |
Cottea | pappophoroides | Cotta Grass | native | |
Cynadon | dactylon | Bermuda | exotic | |
Digitaria (Trichachne) | californica | Arizona Cottontop | Native | |
Enneapogon | cenchroides | exotic | ||
Eragrostis | cilianensis | Stink grass | alien | |
Eragrostis | Lehmanniana | Lehmann?s Lovegrass | exotic | |
Eriochloa | acuminata | Cupgrass | native | |
Erioneuron (Tridens) | pulchellum | Fluffgrass | native | |
Heteropogon | contortus | Tangle-head | native | |
Hilaria | Belangeri | Curly Mesquite | native | |
Leptochloa | dubia | Green Sprangletop | native | |
Leptochloa | Mucronata (filiformis) | Red Sprangletop | native | |
Muhlenbergia | Porteri | Bush Muhly | native | |
Muhlenbergia | rigens | Deergrass | native | |
Panicum | hirticaule | Witchgrass | native | |
Pleuraphis (Hilaria) | mutica | Tobosa | native | |
Poa | bigelovii | Bigelow Bluegrass | native | |
Schismus | arabicus | exotic | ||
Setaria | macrostachya | Plains Bristlegrass | native | |
Sporobolus | contractus* | Spike Dropseed | native | |
Sporobolus | wrightii | Sacaton | native | |
Tridens | muticus | Slim Tridens | native | |
Vulpia | microstachys | native | ||
Polemoneaceae | Gilia | flavocincta (tenuiflora) | Gilia | native |
Gilia | mexicana | El Paso Gily flower | native | |
Ipomopsis | longiflora | Blue Trumpets | native | |
Linanthus | bigelovii | Phlox | native | |
Microsteris | gracilis | Slender Phlox | native | |
Polypodiaceae | Astrolepis | intergerrima | Fern | native |
Polygonaceae | Eriogonum | albertianum | Albert's Eriogonum | native |
Rumex | hymensepalus* | Canaigre | native | |
Portulacaceae | Calyptridium | monandrum | Sand-cress | native |
Primulaceae | Androsace | occidentalis | Western Rock Jasmine | native |
Ranunculacea | Anemone | tuberosa | Desert Anemone | native |
Clematis | ligusticifolia | Western Virgin's Bower | native | |
Delphinium | scaposum | Barestem Larkspur | native | |
Rhamnaceae | Condalia | warnockii* | Mexican Crucillo | native |
Ziziphus | obtusifolia* | Graythorn | native | |
Salicaceae | Populus | fremontii | Fremont Cottonwood | native |
Salix | goodingii | Goodding Willow | native | |
Sapindaceae | Sapindus | saponaria | Soapberry | native |
Scrophulariaceae | Castilleja (Orthocarpus) | inserta | Owl Clover | native |
Maurandya | antirriniflora | Twining Snapdragon | native | |
Mimulus | guttatus | Monkey Flower | native | |
Penstemon | linarioides | Narrowleaf Penstemon | native | |
Penstemon | parryi | Parry's Penstemon | native | |
Penstemon | subulatus | Scarlet Bugler | native | |
Simmondsiaceae | Simmondsia | chinensis* | Jojoba | native |
Solanaceae | Datura | wrightii (meteloides) | Sacred Datura | native |
Lycium | berlandieri* | Berlandier Wolfberry | native | |
Lycium | pallidum* | Pallid Wolfberry | native | |
Nicotiana | glauca | Desert Tobacco | native | |
Physalis | acutifolia* | Wright's Ground cherry | native | |
Physalis | philadelphica* | Tomatillo | exotic | |
Solanum | elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade | native | |
Sterculiaceae | Ayenia | microphylla | Ayenia | native |
Typhaceae | Typha | latifolia* | Common Cattail | native |
Ulmaceae | Celtis | laevigata* | Netleaf Hackberry | native |
Celtis | pallida* | Desert Hackberry | native | |
Umbelliferae | Daucus | pusillus | American Carrot | native |
Verbenaceae | Aloysia | wrightii* | Oreganillo | native |
Vitaceae | Vitis | arizonica* | Arizona Grape | native |
Zygophyllaceae | Kallstroemia | grandiflora | Summer Poppy | native |
Kallstroemia | parviflora | Warty Carpetweed | native | |
Larrea | tridentata | Creosote Bush | native | |
CITATIONS:
Benson, Lyman and Darrow, Robert, Trees and Shrubs of the Southwestern Deserts.
Bowers, Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts.
Bowers, Shrubs and Trees of the Southwest Deserts.
Epple, Anne Orth, 1995. A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona. Falcon, Helena, Montana. 347 pp.
*Hodgson, Wendy, Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert (University of Arizona Press, 2001) [asterisk indicates cited in]
Kearney, Thomas H. and Robert H. Peebles. 1960. Arizona Flora. Second ed. with supplement. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles 1085 pp
Niehaus, Ripper, Savage, Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (Peterson).
Texas A&M University web site 1998. Biota of North America Program: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora.www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/b98/check98.htm
IDENTIFIERS:
DB - Daniel Baker
DD - Don Decker
GF - George Ferguson
JF - Julia Fonseca
NZ - Nancy Zierenberg
SM - Steve McLaughlin
TO - Tom Orum