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Flowering Plants, Grasses and Cacti
Genus: Agave
English name: Agave, century plant
Desert Agave
Agave deserti
Hohokam agave, Murphy's agave
Agave murpheyi
Shindagger
Agave schotti
(no english name)
Agave pelona
Zebra agave
Agave zebra
Genus: Yucca
English names, Spanish bayonet, Blue yucca, Spanish bayonet, Thornber yucca
Yucca arizonica
Soaptree yucca, soapweed
Yucca elata
Spanish bayonet, our Lord's candle, chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Genus: Nolina
Desert spoon
Dasylirion wheeleri
Nolina, beargrass
Nolina bigelovii
Aracaceae (Palm family)
California fan palm, Washington palm
Washingtonia filifera
Mexican fan palm, skyduster palm
Washingtonia robusta
Aristolochiaceae (Pipevine Family)
Southwestern pipevine, snakeroot, birthwort
Aristolochia watsoni
Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Genus: Ambrosia
Canyon ragweed, bursage
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Triangleleaf bursage, burrobush, rabbitbush
Ambrosia deltoidea
White bursage, burro weed, burrobush
Ambrosia dumosa
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Desert broom, broom baccharis
Baccharis sarothroides
Desert marigold, wild marigold, desert baileya
Baileya multiradiata
Chuckwalla's delight, sweetbush
Bebbia juncea
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
Trixis
Trixis californica
Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)
Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis
Brassicaceae (mustard family)
Bladderpod
Lesquerella gordonii
Burseraceae (torchwood family)
Elephant tree
Bursera microphylla
Cactaceae (cactus family)
Saguaro, giant cactus
Carnegiea gigantea
Organpipe cactus
Stenocereus thurberi
Senita
Lophocereus schotti
Elephant cactus
Pachycereus pringlei
Desert night-blooming cactus, Arizona queen-of-the-night
Peniocereus greggii
Creeping devil
Stenocereus eruca
Strawberry hedgehog, calico cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Golden hedgehog
Echinocereus nicholii
Many-headed barrel, cottontop cactus
Echinocactus polycephalus
Spiny barrel, California fire barrel, compass barrel
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Coville barrel, Emory's barrel
Ferocactus emoryi
Fishhook barrel, Arizona barrel
Ferocactus wislizeni
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris
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Englemann prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
Fourwing saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Russian thistle, tumbleweed
Salsola tragus
Pickleweed, glasswort
Salicornia bigelovii
Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family)
Coyote gourd, finger-leafed gourd
Cucurbita digitata
Buffalo gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
Ephedraceae (Ephedra family)
Ephedrda, joint fir, Mormon tea
Ephedra
Fabaceae (Legume family)
Whitehorn Acacia
Acacia contricta
Fairy duster
Calliandra eriophylla
Blue palo verde
Cercidium floridum
Lupine
Lupinus
Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota
Velvet mesquite
Prosopis velutina
Desert senna
Senna covessi
Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo family)
Boojum
Fouquieria columnaris
Ocotillo, coachwhip
Fouquieria splendens
Malvaceae (mallow family)
Desert hibiscus
Hibiscus coulteri
Desert globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Pedaliaceae (sesame family)
Devil's claw, unicorn plant, elephant tusk
Proboscidea altheafolia
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Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
Skeleton weed, wild buckwheat
Eriogonum
Sapindaceae (soapberry family)
Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa
Scrophulariaceae (snapdragon family)
Purple owl-clover
Castilleja exserta
Parry penstemon
Penstemon parryi
Simmondsiaceae (jojoba family)
Jojoba, goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeberry,
gray box bush
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae (Nightshade family)
Sacred datura, jimson weed, angel's trumpet, devil's weed
Datura wrightii
Wolfberry, boxthorn
Lycium
Viscaceae (Mistletoe family)
Desert Mistletoe
Phorandendron californicum
Desert Grasses
Bush muhly
Mublenbergia porteri
Sixweeks fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Needle grama
Bouteloua aristidoides
Fluffgrass
Erioneuron pulchellum
Rothrock grama
Bouteloua rothrockii
Curly mesquite grass
Hilaria belangeri
Plains lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
Arizona cottontop
Digitaria californica
Purple threeawn
Aristidia purpurea |
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