Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants

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• Abronia villosa (Sand Verbena, verbana de la arena) *
• Abutilon abutiloides (pintapan, Shrubby Indian Mallow) *
• Abutilon incanum (Indian Mallow, pelotazo) *
• Abutilon malacum (Yellow Indian Mallow) *
• Abutilon palmeri (Palmers Indian Mallow, Flowering Maple) *
• Acaciella angustissima (White-ball Acacia, Fern Acacia) *
• Acalypha californica (California Copperleaf, hierba del cancer, Copperleaf) *
• Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus v. sphaerocephalus (Goldenhead)
• Achyronychia cooperi (Onyxflower, Sand-mat, Frost-mat) *
• Acleisanthes longiflora (Angels Trumpets) *
• Acmispon brachycarpus (Hill Locust) *
• Acmispon maritimus v.brevivexillus (Bird-foot Trefoil) *
• Acmispon rigidus (Bentham) Brouillet (Desert rock-pea) *
• Acmispon strigosus (Nuttall) Brouillet (Hairy lotus) *
• Acourtia nana (Desert Holly) *
• Acourtia wrightii (Brown-foot) *
• Adenophyllum porophylloides (Adenophyllum, Dogweed) *
• Agastache wrightii (Greenman) Wooton & Standley () *
• Agave deserti ssp.deserti (Desert agave, Mezcal) *
• Agave deserti ssp.simplex (Desert Agave, mezcal, lechuguilla) *
• Agave schottii (Amolillo, Shin Dagger) *
• Agave x ajoensis (Ajo Mountain Agave)
• Ageratina paupercula (Santa Rita Snakeroot)
• Aliciella latifolia ssp.latifolia (Broad-leaf Gilia) *
• Allionia incarnata (Trailing Four-o'clock, Windmills) *
• Allium macropetalum (Desert Onion, cebollin) *
• Aloysia wrightii (oreganillo) *
• Amaranthus albus (Tumbleweed Amaranth) *
• Amaranthus crassipes (Spreading Amaranth) *
• Amaranthus fimbriatus (Fringed pigweed, Bledo, Quelitillo, Fringed Amaranth) *
• Amaranthus palmeri (Careless weed, Pigweed, quelite de las aguas) *
• Amaranthus x tucsonensis (Tucson Amaranth) *
• Ambrosia ambrosioides (Canyon ragweed, Giant Bur-sage) *
• Ambrosia confertiflora (Slim-leaf Ragweed, Estafiate, Slim-leaf Bur-sage) *
• Ambrosia cordifolia (Heart-leaf Bur-sage) *
• Ambrosia deltoidea (Triangle-leaf Bur-sage, chamizo forrajero) *
• Ambrosia dumosa (White Bur-sage, chamizo) *
• Ambrosia ilicifolia (Holly-leaf Bur-sage) *
• Ambrosia monogyra (Slender burrobrush, jecota) *
• Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis (White burrobrush, Cheesebush) *
• Amsinckia intermedia (Fiddleneck, Devil's Lettuce, cetkom) *
• Amsinckia tessellata v.tessellata (Checker Fiddleneck, Desert Fiddleneck, cetkom) *
• Anagallis arvensis ssp.arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernell)
• Androsace occidentalis (Western Rock-jasmine) *
• Anemone tuberosa (Desert Windflower) *
• Anemopsis californica (Yerba mansa, hierba del manso) *
• Anisacanthus thurberi (Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle, Chuparosa, Desert honeysuckle) *
• Anoda abutiloides (Indian Anoda)
• Anoda pentaschista (Field Anoda) *
• Argemone gracilenta (Prickly poppy, Cowboys Fried Eggs, cardo, Crested Pricklepoppy, Bluestem Pricklepoppy, Chicalote) *
• Argemone ochroleuca ssp.ochroleuca (Mexican Prickly Poppy) *
• Argyrochosma limitanea ssp.limitanea (Southwestern False Cloak-fern) *
• Argythamnia adenophora A.Gray (Glandular Silverbush) *
• Argythamnia brandegeei Millspaugh var. intonsa (I.M.Johnston) J.W.Ingram (Sonoran Silverbush) *
• Argythamnia lanceolata (Bentham) Muller Argoviensis (Narrowleaf Silverbush) *
• Argythamnia serrata (Torrey) Muller Argoviensis (New Mexico Silverbush) *
• Aristida adscensionis (Six-weeks Three-awn, zacate tres barbas) *
• Aristida californica v.californica (Smooth California Three-awn, tres barbas de California) *
• Aristida californica v.glabrata (Smooth California Three-awn, tres barbas de California)
• Aristida purpurea v.nealleyi (Nealley Three-awn, tres barbas) *
• Aristida purpurea v.parishii (Parish Three-awn) *
• Aristida purpurea var. purpurea (Purple threeawn) *
• Aristida ternipes v.gentilis (Poverty Three-awn, zacate arana de tres barbas) *
• Aristida ternipes v.ternipes (Spider Grass, zacate arana) *
• Aristolochia watsonii (Pipevine, Indian-root, Dutchman's pipe, hierba del indio, zapatito) *
• Artemisia dracunculus (Tarragon, estragon) *
• Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. Albula (Western Mugweed, White Sage, Silver Wormwood, estafiate) *
• Asclepias albicans (White-stem milkweed, jumate, candelilla) *
• Asclepias erosa (Giant sand-milkweed, Hierba del Cuervo)
• Asclepias linaria (pine-needle milkweed, Narrow-leaf Milkweed) *
• Asclepias nyctaginifolia (Mojave Milkweed) *
• Asclepias subulata (Desert Reed-stem Milkweed, Rush Milkweed, jumete, mata candelilla) *
• Astragalus aridus (Parched Milkvetch)
• Astragalus arizonicus (Arizona Milkvetch)
• Astragalus didymocarpus v.dispermus (Dwarf White Milkvetch)
• Astragalus insularis var. harwoodii (Sand Locoweed) *
• Astragalus lentiginosus (Freckled Milkvetch)
• Astragalus lentiginosus v.australis (Freckled Milkvetch)
• Astragalus lentiginosus v.yuccanus (Freckled Milkvetch)
• Astragalus nuttallianus var. imperfectus (Small-flowered milkvetch) *
• Astrolepis cochisensis (Goodding) D.M.Benham & Windham (Scaly Cloak Fern) *
• Astrolepis sinuata (Lagasca ex Swartz) D.M.Benham & Windham ssp. Sinuata (Wavy Star-scaled Cloak Fern) *
• Atamisquea emarginata (palo hediondo) *
• Atrichoseris platyphylla (Parachute plant, gravel ghost, tobacco weed) *
• Atriplex canescens (Four-wing saltbush, chamizo cenizo) *
• Atriplex confertifolia (Torrey & Fremont) S.Watson (Four-wing saltbush, chamizo cenizo)
• Atriplex elegans (Wheel-scale orach, chamiso cenizo)
• Atriplex hymenelytra (Desert Holly) *
• Atriplex lentiformis (Quail Bush, Lens Scale, Big Saltbush, chamizo grande) *
• Atriplex linearis (Narrow-leaf saltbush) *
• Atriplex pacifica (Pacific orach, South Coast Saltscale) *
• Atriplex polycarpa (Desert saltbush, Allscale Saltbush, chamiso cenizo) *
• Avena fatua (Wild Oats)
• Ayenia filiformis (Dwarf Ayenia) *
• Ayenia microphylla (Shrub Ayenia)
• Baccharis brachyphylla (Hairy baccharis, Short-leaf Baccharis) *
• Baccharis salicifolia (Seep willow, batamote) *
• Baccharis sarothroides (Desert Broom, escoba amarga, romerillo) *
• Bahiopsis parishii (Parish's Goldeneye, ariosa) *
• Baileya multiradiata (Many-flowered Desert-marigold (simple leaves)) *
• Baileya pauciradiata (Few-flowered Desert Marigold)
• Baileya pleniradiata (Woolly desert-marigold, tecomblate (simple leaves)) *
• Bassia hyssopifolia (Smother Weed)
• Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Sweetbush, Chuckwalla Delight) *
• Berberis haematocarpa (Red Barberry) *
• Berberis harrisoniana (Kofa Mountain Barberry) *
• Boechera perennans (Perennial Rockcress)
• Boerhavia coccinea (Red Spiderling, Scarlet Spiderling) *
• Boerhavia erecta (Spiderling, juantilipin)
• Boerhavia megaptera (Large-winged Spiderling)
• Boerhavia pterocarpa (Wing-fruit Spiderling)
• Boerhavia spicata Choisy v.palmeri S.Watson (Spiderling, juantilipin) *
• Boerhavia triquetra (Spiderling, juanamipili, juantilipin)
• Boerhavia wrightii (Large-bract Spiderling, juantilipin) *
• Bommeria hispida (Mettenius ex Kuhn) Underwood (Hairy Bommeria)
• Bothriochloa barbinodis (Cane Bluestem, zacate popotillo) *
• Bouteloua aristidoides (Six-weeks Needle grama, aceitilla, navajita aguja) *
• Bouteloua barbata v.barbata (Six-weeks Grama, navajita, zacate liebrero) *
• Bouteloua barbata v.rothrockii (Rothrock Grama, zacate liebrero) *
• Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-oats Grama, banderilla) *
• Bouteloua repens (Slender Grama, navajita delgada) *
• Bouteloua trifida (Red Grama, navajita china) *
• Bowlesia incana (Hairy bowlesia) *
• Brandegea bigelovii (Desert Star-vine) *
• Brassica arvensis ()
• Brassica kaber ((de Candolle) L.C.Wheeler ()
• Brassica nigra (Black Mustard, mostasa negra)
• Brassica tournefortii (Sahara Mustard, Wild Turnip, mostaza) *
• Brickellia atractyloides var. atractyloides (Leather-leaved Brickellia, Spiny-leaf Brickellbush) *
• Brickellia californica (California Brickellbush)
• Brickellia coulteri A. Gray var. coulteri (Triangle-leaf Brickellbush, pachaba) *
• Brickellia frutescens (Shrubby Brickellbush) *
• Bromus arizonicus (Shear) Stebbins (California Brome) *
• Bromus catharticus v.catharticus (Rescue Brome, bromo cebadillo)
• Bromus rubens Linnaeus (Foxtail Brome, Red Brome, bromo rojo) *
• Bromus tectorum (Cheat Grass, Downy Brome) *
• Bursera microphylla (Elephant Tree) *
• Calandrinia menziesii (Hooker) Torrey & A. Gray (Fringed Redmaids) *
• Calibrachoa parviflora (de Jussieu) D'Arcy (Petunia)
• Calliandra eriophylla v.eriophylla (Fairy Duster, huajillo) *
• Calochortus kennedyi (Desert Mariposa, Red Mariposa-lily, Flame Mariposa, ajo amarillo, cobena amarilla) *
• Calycoseris wrightii (White Tack-stem) *
• Calyptridium monandrum Nuttall (Sand-cress, Common Pussypaws) *
• Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse, hierba del pastor)
• Capsicum annuum v.glabriusculum (Chiltepin, chiltepin)
• Carlowrightia arizonica (Arizona Wrightwort, Lemilla)
• Carnegia gigantea (Saguaro, Sahuaro, Giant Cactus) *
• Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower, cartamo)
• Castela emoryi (Crucifixion-thorn, corona de cristo) *
• Castilleja exserta ssp.exserta (Purple Owls Clover) *
• Castilleja lanata (Desert Paintbrush, Indian Paintbush) *
• Celtis pallida (Desert Hackberry, garambullo) *
• Celtis reticulata (Netleaf Hackberry) *
• Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffelgrass, zacate buffel) *
• Cenchrus echinatus (Southern Sandbur, guachapori)
• Cenchrus palmeri S.Watson () *
• Cenchrus setaceus (Fountain Grass) *
• Cenchrus spinifex (Field Sandbur, Common Sandbur, huizapori, guachapori) *
• Centaurea melitensis (Malta Star Thistle) *
• Cerastium texanum (Mouse-ear Chickweed) *
• Chaenactis carphoclinia v. carphoclinia (Pebble pincushion) *
• Chaenactis fremontii (Fremont's pincushion, morning bride) *
• Chaenactis stevioides (Desert pincushion) *
• Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench v. leptadenia (Greenman) Gandhi & S.L.Hatch ()
• Chamaesaracha coronopus (False Nightshade, Small Groundcherry, Green-leaf Five-eyes) *
• Cheilanthes lindheimeri (Hooker) (Fairy Swords) *
• Cheilanthes parryi (D.C.Eaton) Domin (Parry's Lip Fern) *
• Cheilanthes villosa Davenport ex Maxon (Hairy Lip Fern)
• Cheilanthes wrightii Hooker (Wrights Lip Fern) *
• Cheilanthes yavapensis T. Reeves ex Windham (Yavapai Lip Fern) *
• Chenopodiastrum murale (Linnaeus) S. Fuentes, Uotilla & Borsch (Netleaf goosefoot, chual, choal)
• Chenopodium pratericola (Narrowleaf Goosefoot)
• Chenopodium watsonii (Watson's Goosefoot) *
• Chilopsis linearis ssp. Arcuata (Desert-willow, mimbre) *
• Chloris virgata (Feather Fingergrass, cola de zorra, zacate lagunero) *
• Chorizanthe brevicornu ssp.brevicornu (Brittle Spineflower, Short-horn Spineflower) *
• Chorizanthe corrugata (Wrinkled Spineflower) *
• Chorizanthe rigida (Rigid Spineflower, Rigid spinyherb, Devils Spineflower) *
• Chylismia arenaria (Fortuna Suncup)
• Chylismia brevipes (Golden Suncup) *
• Chylismia cardiophylla (Heartleaf Suncup) *
• Chylismia claviformis ssp.peeblesii (Brown-eyed Evening Primrose, Browneyes) *
• Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii (Peirson's Brown-eyed Evening Primrose) *
• Chylismia claviformis ssp.rubescens (Brown-eyed Evening Primrose, Browneyes) *
• Chylismia claviformis ssp.yumae (Brown-eyed Evening Primrose, Browneyes)
• Cirsium neomexicanum (New Mexico Thistle, cardo) *
• Claytonia perfoliata Donn ex Willdenow subsp. mexicana (Rydberg) J.M. Miller & K.L. Chambers (Miner's Lettuce) *
• Clematis drummondii (Texas Virgin-bower, barba de chivato) *
• Colubrina californica (California snake bush, snakewood) *
• Commelina erecta (White-mouth Dayflower) *
• Commicarpus scandens (Climbing Wart-club) *
• Condalia globosa v.pubescens (Bitter Condalia, crucillo) *
• Condalia warnockii (Mexican crucillo) *
• Condea albida (Kunth) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore (Desert Lavender, salvia) *
• Cottea pappophoroides (Cotta Grass, zacate papo) *
• Cottsia gracilis (fermina) *
• Coursetia glandulosa (Baby Bonnets, samota) *
• Crassula connata (Pigmy-weed, Pygmy Stonecrop) *
• Crossosoma bigelovii (Ragged Rock-flower) *
• Croton sonorae (Sonora Croton, rama blanca) *
• Croton wigginsii (Dune Croton) *
• Cryptantha barbigera (Bearded Cryptantha) *
• Cryptantha ganderi (Dune Cryptantha) *
• Cryptantha maritima (White-haired cryptantha)
• Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera (Wing-nut Cryptantha) *
• Cucurbita digitata (Coyote Gourd, Finger-leaf Gourd, calabachilla, chichi coyota) *
• Cucurbita palmata (Desert Coyote-gourd)
• Cuscuta californica v. californica (Chaparral Dodder, California Dodder, fideo) *
• Cuscuta legitima (Dodder) *
• Cuscuta salina Engelmann (Salt Dodder, fideo) *
• Cuscuta tuberculata (Desert Dodder, fideo) *
• Cuscuta umbellata v. umbellata (Flat-globe Dodder, Dodder) *
• Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Buckhorn Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa v.coloradensis (Buckhorn Cholla)
• Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa v.major (Buckhorn Cholla)
• Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Pencil Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Teddybear Cholla, choya guera) *
• Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Silver Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia fulgida (Chain-fruit Cholla, choya)
• Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida (Chain-fruit Cholla, choya) *
• Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mammillata (Spineless Chain-fruit Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Desert Christmas Cholla, tasajillo) *
• Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Diamond Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia spinosior (Cane Cholla) *
• Cylindropuntia versicolor (Staghorn Cholla) *
• Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon (Bermuda Grass, zacate bermuda, zacate ingles) *
• Cyperus esculentus Linnaeus (Yellow Nutgrass, coquillo amarillo, cebollin)
• Cyperus flavicomus Michaux () *
• Cyperus laevigatus (Flat Sedge)
• Cyperus mutisii (Mutis Flatsedge)
• Cyperus squarrosus (Dwarf Sedge)
• Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Crowfoot Grass, zacate de cuervo)
• Dalea mollis (Silky Dalea) *
• Dalea mollissima (Soft Prairie Clover)
• Dalea pogonothera v.pogonothera (Bearded Prairie-clover)
• Dalea pringlei v.pringlei (Pringles Prairie-clover)
• Dasyochloa pulchella (Fluff Grass, zacate borreguerro) *
• Datura discolor Bernhardi (Desert Datura, Sacred Datura, Thornapple, Western Jimson) *
• Daucus pusillus (Wild carrot, Zanahoria silvestre) *
• Delphinium scaposum (Bare-stem Larkspur, espulita cimarrona) *
• Descurainia pinnata (Western Tansy Mustard, pamita) *
• Desmodium procumbens (Western Tickfoil) *
• Diaperia verna v. verna (Spring Pygmy Cudweed, Rabbit Tobacco) *
• Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum (Blue Dicks, Wild Hyacinth, coberia, cobena, ajo blanco) *
• Dicliptera resupinata (Fold-wing, alfalfilla) *
• Dicoria canescens A. Gray subsp. canescens (Bugseed)
• Dieteria asteroides v. glandulosa (Fall Tansy-aster) *
• Dieteria canescens Pursh.(Nutt.) (Hoar False Tansy-aster) *
• Digitaria californica v.californica (Arizona Cottontop, zacate punta blanco) *
• Dimorphocarpa pinnatifida (Dune Spectacle-pod) *
• Dinebra panicea (Retzius) P.M.Peterson & N..Snow ssp.brachiata (Stuedel) P.M. Peterson & N.Snow (Red Sprangletop, zacate salado, desparramo rojo) *
• Dinebra viscida (Scribner) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow (Sticky Sprangletop, zacate salado pegajoso) *
• Diplachne fusca (Linnaeus) P.Beauvois es Roemer & Schultz ssp.uninervia (J.Presl) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow (Mexican Sprangletop) *
• Disakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow (Green Sprangletop) *
• Distichlis spicata (Salt Grass, zacate salado) *
• Dithyrea californica (California Spectacle-pod) *
• Dodonaea viscosa v.angustifolia (Hopbush, torachico) *
• Drymaria viscosa (Sticky Drymary) *
• Dudleya arizonica (Gila Liveforever, Arizona Liveforever) *
• Echinocactus polycephalus Englemann & J.M.Bigelow (Cottontop Cactus, Many-headed Barrel Cactus, Cannonball Cactus, biznaga) *
• Echinocereus coccineus Engelmann ssp. santaritensis (W.Blum & Rutow) M.A.Baker (Claret-cup Cactus)
• Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelmann) Lemaire v. engelmannii (Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus, pitayita) *
• Echinocereus nicholii (Golden Hedgehog Cactus, Golden Spine Hedgehog Cactus) *
• Echinochloa colona (Junglegrass, Jungle Rice, Leopard Grass, zacate rayado, zacate pinto, zacate tigre) *
• Echinochloa crus-galli (Barnyard Grass, zacate de agua, zacate de corral) *
• Echinopepon wrightii (Wid Balsam-apple)
• Eclipta prostrata (False Daisy, chile de agua, hierba del tajo)
• Eleocharis coloradoensis (Dwarf Spikerush)
• Eleocharis flavescens (Poiret) Urban v. flavescens (Yellow Spikerush)
• Eleocharis rostellata (Traveling Spikerush) *
• Elymus elymoides (Bottlebush Squirreltail)
• Encelia farinosa (Brittlebush, incienso, hierba del bazo, rama blanca) *
• Encelia farinosa x E. frutescens (Brittlebush Rayless Encelia hybrid)
• Encelia frutescens (Button Brittlebush, Green Brittlebush, Rayless Encelia, Button Encelia) *
• Enneopogon cenchroides (Soft-feather Pappus Grass) *
• Enneopogon desvauxii (Spike Pappus Grass, zacate lobero) *
• Ephedra aspera Engelmann ex S. Watson (Mormon Tea, Boundary Ephedra, tepopote, canutillo) *
• Ephedra trifurca (Canutillo, tepopote, long-leaved joint-fir) *
• Epilobium canum ssp.latifolium (California Fuchsia, Hummingbird Trumpet) *
• Eragrostis barrelieri (Mediterranean Love Grass)
• Eragrostis cilianensis (Stinking Lovegrass, Stink Grass, zacate apestoso) *
• Eragrostis intermedia (Plains Love Grass) *
• Eragrostis lehmanniana (Lehmann Love Grass, zacate africano) *
• Eragrostis pectinacea (Carolina Love Grass)
• Eremalche exilis (White Mallow) *
• Eremalche rotundifolium (Desert five-spot) *
• Eremocarya micrantha (Torrey) Greene ssp. micrantha (Dwarf Cryptantha)
• Eremothera boothii ssp.condensata (Woody Bottle-washer) *
• Eremothera chamaenerioides (Willow-herb Evening Primrose) *
• Eriastrum diffusum (Miniature Woolly-star) *
• Eriastrum eremicum ssp.yageri (Desert Woolly-star) *
• Ericameria cuneata v. spathulata (Wedgeleaf Goldenbush) *
• Ericameria laricifolia (Turpentine Bush) *
• Erigeron canadensis (Horseweed, cola de caballo) *
• Erigeron lobatus (Desert Fleabane) *
• Eriochloa acuminata (Southwestern Cup Grass, zacate taza) *
• Eriochloa aristata var. aristata (Bearded Cup Grass, zacate taza) *
• Eriogonum abertianum (Abert's Wild Buckwheat) *
• Eriogonum deflexum v.deflexum (Skeleton Weed ) *
• Eriogonum deserticola (Giant Dune Buckwheat) *
• Eriogonum fasciculatum v.polifolium (Flat-top Buckwheat) *
• Eriogonum inflatum (Desert Trumpet, Bladder Stem, guinagua) *
• Eriogonum maculatum (Spotted Wild Buckwheat)
• Eriogonum thomasii (Thomas Wild Buckwheat) *
• Eriogonum thurberi (Bastard Sage)
• Eriogonum trichopes (Little Desert Trumpet) *
• Eriogonum wrightii v.nodosum (Wright buckwheat) *
• Eriophyllum lanosum (White Easter Bonnets, Woolly Daisy (alternate leaves)) *
• Eriophyllum pringlei (Woolly-daisy) *
• Erodium cicutarium (Filaree, Storks-bill, Herons-bill, alfilerillo) *
• Erodium texanum (False Filaree, Texas Filaree, Desert Storks-bill) *
• Eruca vesicaria ssp.sativa (Arugala, Garden-rocket, Salad-rocket)
• Eryngium nasturtiifolium (Eryngium, hierba del sapo) *
• Erysimum capitatum (Western Wallflower)
• Erythranthe cordata (Greene) G.L.Nesom (Seep Monkey Flower) *
• Erythranthe rubella (A.Gray) N.S.Fraga (Little Monkey Flower)
• Eschscholtzia californica ssp. mexicana (Mexican Gold Poppy, amapolita del campo) *
• Eschscholzia glyptosperma (Desert Gold Poppy)
• Eschscholzia minutiflora (Little Gold Poppy) *
• Eucnide rupestris (Velcro Plant, Rock Nettle) *
• Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia v.bipinnatifida (Chrysanthemum-leaved Hideseed, Spotted Hideseed) *
• Eucrypta micrantha (peluda, Dainty desert-hideseed)
• Eulobus californicus (California Suncup, Mustard Evening Primrose) *
• Euphorbia abramsiana (Desert Sandmat, Abrams Spurge, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia albomarginata (Rattlesnake Weed, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia arizonica (Arizona Spurge, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia capitellata (Head Sandmat) *
• Euphorbia eriantha (Beetle Spurge) *
• Euphorbia florida (Flowery Spurge) *
• Euphorbia heterophylla (Mexican Fireplant) *
• Euphorbia hyssopifolia (Hyssop Spurge) *
• Euphorbia melanadenia (golondrina) *
• Euphorbia micromera (golondrina) *
• Euphorbia pediculifera var. pediculifera (Louse Spurge, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia polycarpa (Desert Spurge, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia prostrata (Prostrate Spurge) *
• Euphorbia setiloba (Fringed Spurge, Yuma sandmat, golondrina) *
• Euphorbia spathulata (Warty Spurge)
• Euphorbia trachysperma (San Pedro River Sandmat, San Pedro River Broomspurge)
• Eustoma exaltatum ssp.exaltatum (Catchfly Gentian) *
• Evolvulus alsinoides (Mouse Ears) *
• Fagonia laevis Standley (California Fagonia) *
• Fagonia longipes Standley (California Fagonia) *
• Fagonia pachyacantha (Sticky fagonbush) *
• Ferocactus cylindraceus (Mountain Barrel Cactus, Desert Barrel Cactus, biznaga) *
• Ferocactus emoryi (Emory's Barrel Cactus, Coville Barrel Cactus, biznaga) *
• Ferocactus wislizeni (Fishhook Barrel Cactus, Arizona Barrel Cactus, Compass Barrel Cactus, biznaga) *
• Festuca microstachys (Small Fescue)
• Festuca octoflora (Sixweeks Fescue, Eight-flowered Fescue, fescua) *
• Ficus carica (Fig, higuera)
• Forestiera cf. pubescens Nuttall ()
• Forestiera phillyreoides (Desert Olive) *
• Fouquieria splendens ssp.splendens (Ocotillo, ocotillo) *
• Frangula betulifolia (Greene) Grubov (Birchleaf Buckthorn, salicieso)
• Fraxinus velutina (Velvet Ash, fresno)
• Funastrum hartwegii (Climbing milkweed, guirote) *
• Gaillardia arizonica (Arizona Blanket-Flower) *
• Galactia wrightii (Wrights Milkpea) *
• Galium aparine (Stickywilly, Goose-grass Bedstraw) *
• Galium microphyllum (Bract-leaf Bedstraw)
• Galium stellatum (Starry Bedstraw) *
• Gamochaeta stagnalis (Desert Cudweed, Rosy Everlasting)
• Geraea canescens (Dune Sunflower, Desert Sunflower, Desert Gold) *
• Geranium carolinianum (Cranes Bill)
• Gilia flavocincta ssp.australis (Lesser Yellowthroat Gilia)
• Gilia stellata (Star Gilia) *
• Glandularia gooddingii (Goodding's Vervain, Desert Verbena) *
• Glandularia latiloba (L.M.Perry) G.L.Nesom (Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain)
• Glinus radiatus (Ruiz & Pavon) Rohrbach (Damascia, Lotus Sweetjuice)
• Gomphrena sonorae (Sonoran Globe Amaranth)
• Graptopetalum rusbyi (Echeveria)
• Grusonia kunzei Rose) Pinkava (Desert-club Cholla, Devil Cholla) *
• Grusonia wrightiana (E.M.Baxter) E.M.Baxter, Calif. Cactaceae 58, 1935 (Parish Club-cholla)
• Gutierrezia arizonica (Arizona Snakeweed) *
• Gutierrezia sarothrae (Broom Snakeweed, Ruby Matchweed, hierba de la vibora) *
• Gymnosperma glutinosum (Gumhead) *
• Habranthus longifolius (Hemsley) Flagg, G.Lom, Smith & Meerow (Plains Rain-lily)
• Haplophyton cimicidum (Cockroach Plant, hierba de la cucharocha) *
• Harpagonella palmeri (Palmer's Grappling-hook)
• Hebecarpa macradenia (A. Gray) J.R. Abbott (Gland-leaf Milkwort) *
• Hedeoma nana var. macrocalyx (False Pennyroyal, oregano) *
• Helianthus annuus (Sunflower, mirasol)
• Helianthus niveus ssp.tephrodes (Dune Sunflower, mirasol de las dunas) *
• Heliotropium curassavicum (Alkali Heliotrope, hierba del sapo)
• Herissantia crispa (Bladder Mallow) *
• Hermannia pauciflora (Dwarf Burstwort)
• Herniaria hirsuta v. cinerea (Burstwort) *
• Hesperidanthus linearifolius (Purple Rock-mustard)
• Hesperocallis undulata (Ajo Lily, Desert Lily, ajo silvestre) *
• Heteropogon contortus (Tanglehead, zacate colorado) *
• Hibiscus biseptus (Arizona Rose-mallow) *
• Hibiscus coulteri (Desert Rose-mallow) *
• Hibiscus denudatus Bentham (Rock Hibiscus) *
• Hilaria belangeri (Curly Mesquite, zacate chino) *
• Hilaria mutica (tobosa)
• Hilaria rigida (Big Galleta, galleta grande, tobosa) *
• Hoffmannseggia microphylla Torrey ()
• Hoffmanseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert (Hog Potato, camote de raton) *
• Hopia obtusa (Vine Mesquite, zacate de quia) *
• Hordeum murinum ssp.glaucum (Wild Barley, cebadilla silvestre) *
• Hordeum pusillum (Little Barley)
• Horsfordia alata (Pink Velvet-mallow) *
• Horsfordia newberryi (Orange Velvet-mallow) *
• Hymenothrix wislizeni (Yellow Thimblehead) *
• Hymenoxys odorata (Bitterweed) *
• Ipomoea barbatisepala A.Gray () *
• Ipomoea costellata, (Crest-rib Morning-glory) *
• Ipomoea cristulata (Scarlet Morning-glory, Star-glory) *
• Ipomoea hederacea (Morning-glory, Ivy-leaf Morning-glory, trompillo morado) *
• Ipomopsis multiflora (Many-flowered Gilia) *
• Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia (Alkali Goldenbush ) *
• Jacquemontia pringlei (Pringle's Clustervine) *
• Jatropha cardiophylla (Heart-leaf Limberbush, sangre-de-Cristo, sangrengado) *
• Jatropha cinerea (Ashy Limberbush, sangrengado) *
• Jatropha cuneata (Desert Limberbush, sangrengado) *
• Johnstonella angustifolia Torrey) Hasenstab & M.G.Simpson (Panamint Cat's Eye, Popcorn Flower, Narrow-leaf Cryptantha, Desert Cryptantha) *
• Johnstonella costata (Brandegee) Hasenstab & M.G. Simpson (Ribbed cryptantha)
• Johnstonella holoptera (A.Gray) Hasenstab & M.G. Simpson (Winged Cryptantha)
• Johnstonella racemosa (S.Watson ex A.Gray) Brand (Bushy Cryptantha)
• Juncus bufonius (Toad Rush)
• Juncus cooperi (Coopers Rush) *
• Juncus mexicanus (Mexican Rush, Wire Rush) *
• Juniperus arizonica (Arizona Juniper, Red Berry Juniper) *
• Justicia californica (Chuparossa, Desert Hummingbird-bush, wipisimal) *
• Justicia candicans (Jacobinia, Chuparossa) *
• Justicia longii (Longflower Tube-tongue) *
• Kallstroemia californica (California Caltrop, mal de ojo, baiburin) *
• Kallstroemia grandiflora (Orange Caltrop, baiborin, mal de ojo, Summer Poppy) *
• Keckiella antirrhinoides (Bush Penstemon)
• Koanophyllon palmeri (Umbrella Thoroughwort) *
• Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina (All-thorn) *
• Krameria bicolor (White Rhatany, cosahul) *
• Krameria erecta (Range Rhatany, Little-leaf Rhatany, cosahul) *
• Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce, Compass Plant) *
• Laennecia coulteri (Coulter's Horseweed)
• Langloisia setosissimum (Bristly Calico) *
• Lantana camara (Lantana, confiturilla negra)
• Lappula occidentalis var. stricta (S.Watson) S.J.Rolfsmeier (Crowned Stickseed) *
• Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Mocino ex de Candolle) Coville var. tridentata (Creosote Bush, hediondilla, gobernadora) *
• Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp.lasiocarpum (Sand Pepper-weed, lentejilla) *
• Lepidium oblongum Small ()
• Lepidium thurberi (Arizona Pepper-weed)
• Leptocholoa crinita (Lagasca) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow (Feather Finger Grass) *
• Leptosiphon chrysanthus J.M. Porter & R. Patterson subsp. chrysanthus [ (Golden Desert-trumpets) *
• Leucosyris arizonica (B.L.Turner & D.B.Horne) Pruski & R.L. Hartmann (Psilactis, Arid Tansy-aster) *
• Leucosyris carnosa (A.Gray) Greene (Alkali Aster) *
• Linanthus bigelovii (A.Gray) Greene (Bigelows Desert-trumpet) *
• Linanthus cf. bigelovii x jonesii (possible hybrid) (Bigelows Desert-trumpet)
• Linanthus demissus (Desert Snow) *
• Linanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Greene (Jones Desert-trumpet) *
• Linanthus maricopensis J.M. Porter & R. Patterson (Evening Snow)
• Linum bienne Miller (Prairie Flax) *
• Loeflingia squarrosa (Spreading Pygmy-leaf) *
• Loeseliastrum schottii (Schotts Calico) *
• Logfia arizonica (Arizona Fluffweed) *
• Logfia depressa (Dwarf Fluffweed) *
• Logfia filaginoides (California Fluffweed) *
• Lomatium nevadense (Biscuit-root) *
• Lophocereus schottii v.schottii (Senita Cactus, sinita) *
• Lupinus arizonicus (Arizona Lupine, lupino) *
• Lupinus concinnus (Elegant Lupine) *
• Lupinus sparsiflorus (Arroyo Lupine, Coulters Lupine) *
• Lycium andersonii v.andersonii (Desert Wolfberry, salicieso) *
• Lycium berlandieri Dunal var.longistylum C.L. Hitchcock (Wolfberry, bachata, salicieso) *
• Lycium californicum v.californicum (California Desert-thorn) *
• Lycium exsertum A. Gray (Arizona Desert-thorn) *
• Lycium fremontii v.fremontii (Fremont Wolfberry, salicieso) *
• Lycium macrodon A.gray v. macrodon (Desert thorn, wolfberry) *
• Lycium parishii (Parish Wolfberry, salicieso) *
• Lyrocarpa coulteri (Lyre-pod, ) *
• Machaeranthera tagetina (Mesa Tansyaster) *
• Macroptilium atropurpureum (Purple Bush-bean)
• Malacothrix fendleri (Fendler's Desert-dandelion) *
• Malacothrix glabrata (Smooth Desert-dandelion) *
• Malacothrix sonorae (Sonoran Desert Dandelion)
• Malva parviflora (Cheeseweed, malva, quesitos) *
• Malvastrum bicuspidatum ssp.bicuspidatum (Shrubby False Mallow) *
• Malvella leprosa (Dollarweed, Alkali Mallow) *
• Malvella sagittifolia (Arrow-leaf Alkali Mallow) *
• Mammillaria dioica K.Brandegee (Strawberry cactus) *
• Mammillaria grahamii ssp.grahamii (Arizona Fishhook Cactus, Pincushion Cactus, cabeza de viejo) *
• Mammillaria tetrancistra (Corkseed Fishhook Cactus) *
• Mammillaria thornberi (Thornber Fishhook Cactus, cabeza de viejo)
• Mammillaria viridiflora (Green-flower Nipple Cactus, Green-flower Mammillaria)
• Marah gilensis (Greene) Greene (Big Root) *
• Marina parryi (Parry Dalea, Parrys False Prairie Clover ) *
• Marsilea vestita ssp.vestita (Hairy Water-clover, Hooked Pepperwort) *
• Matelea cordifolia (Heart-leaf Milkweed Vine)
• Matelea parvifolia (Angle pod, Spearleaf) *
• Matthiola longipetala (Night-scented Stock)
• Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Rothmale (Blue Snapdragon Vine, Blue Twining Snapdragon) *
• Medicago polymorpha (Burclover)
• Melica frutescens (Woody frutescens)
• Melilotus indicus (Yellow Sourclover, trebol agrio)
• Menodora scabra (Twinberry, Rough Menodora) *
• Mentzelia affinis (Triangle-seed Blazing-Star, pegapega) *
• Mentzelia desertorum (Davidson) H.J. Thompson & J.E. Roberts (White-stem Blazing Star) *
• Mentzelia involucrata (Stickleaf, Silver Blazing-Star, pega pega) *
• Mentzelia isolata (Isolated Blazing-star) *
• Mentzelia longiloba J. Darlington v. longiloba (Blazing Star) *
• Mentzelia puberula (Argus Blazing Star) *
• Menzelia jonesii (Jones' Blazing-star, Jones' Stickleaf)
• Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Crystal Iceplant) *
• Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum (Slender-leaf Iceplant) *
• Metastelma arizonicum (Arizona Swallow-wort, Arizona Climbing Milkweed) *
• Mimosa distachya v.laxiflora (Arizona Mimosa, garabatillo) *
• Mimulus bigelovii (Bigelow's Monkey Flower) *
• Mirabilis coccinea (Torrey) Bentham & Hooker ()
• Mirabilis laevis v.villosa (Desert Four o'clock, Desert Wishbone Bush) *
• Mirabilis multiflora (Torrey) A.Gray (Colorado Four o'clock, ) *
• Mirabilis tenuiloba (Long- Four o'clock)
• Mohavea confertiflora (Ghost Flower) *
• Mojavea breviflora Coville (Golden desert-snapdragon) *
• Mollugo cerviana (Thread-stem Carpet-weed, Indian Chickweed)
• Monardella arizonica (Arizona Monardella) *
• Monolepis nuttalliana (Poverty weed, patata)
• Monoptilon bellioides (Mojave Desert Star) *
• Morus microphylla (Littleleaf Mulberry, mora cimarrona)
• Muhlenbergia appressa (Devils Canyon Muhly)
• Muhlenbergia dumosa (Bamboo Muhly, carricillo, otatillo) *
• Muhlenbergia emersleyi (Bullgrass, Bull Muhly, zacate de toro) *
• Muhlenbergia fragilis (Delicate Muhly) *
• Muhlenbergia microsperma (Little-seed Muhly, liendrilla chica) *
• Muhlenbergia phleoides (Kunth) Columbus (Bristly Wolftail)
• Muhlenbergia porteri (Bush Muhly, zacate aparejo) *
• Muhlenbergia rigens (Deer Grass, zacate del venaa) *
• Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (Slender Muhly) *
• Myosurus cupulatus (Mousetail)
• Myosurus minimus (Dwarf Mousetail) *
• Najas marina (Holly-leaf Water Nymph)
• Nama demissum v.demissum (Purple Mat) *
• Nama hispidum v.spathulatum (Bristly Nama, morada, Sandbells)
• Nasturtium officinale (Watercress, berro)
• Nemacaulis denudata var. gracilis (Woolly Heads ) *
• Nemacladus orientalis (Threadstem, Red-tip Thread Plant) *
• Neogaerrhinum filipes (A.Gray) Rothmaler (Yellow Twining Snapdragon)
• Nicotiana clevelandii (Desert Tobacco, tobaquillo del coyote) *
• Nicotiana glauca v.glauca (Tree Tobacco) *
• Nicotiana obtusifolia (Desert Tobacco, tobaco del coyote, Coyote tobacco) *
• Nissolia schottii (Schotts Yellowhood)
• Nitrophylla occidentalis (Alkali Weed) *
• Nolina bigelovii (Desert Tree-beargrass) *
• Nolina microcarpa (Beargrass, sacahuiste, Basket Grass) *
• Notholaena californica D.C.Eaton ssp.californica (Indian Fern, California Cloak Fern) *
• Notholaena standleyi Maxon (Star Cloak Fern) *
• Nuttallanthus texanus (Texas Toadflax, Blue Toadflax) *
• Oenothera arizonica (Arizona Evening Primrose) *
• Oenothera curtiflora (Lizard-tail, Velvet-leaf Gaura) *
• Oenothera deltoides Torrey & Fremont subsp. deltoides (Dune Evening-primrose, White Desert-primrose, Devils Lantern) *
• Oenothera primiveris (Yellow Desert Evening-primrose) *
• Oligomeris linifolia (Desert Cambess, Slender-leaf Cambess) *
• Olneya tesota (Ironwood, palo fierro) *
• Oncosiphon piluliferum (Pineapple-weed, False Chamomile, manzanilla)
• Opuntia basilaris v.basilaris (Beavertail Cactus) *
• Opuntia chlorotica (Pancake Prickly-pear, nopal rastrero) *
• Opuntia engelmannii (Engelmann Prickly pear)
• Opuntia engelmannii v.linguiformis (Cow-tongue Prickly Pear)
• Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii (Desert Prickly Pear) *
• Opuntia engelmannii var.flavispina (Yellow-spine Prickly Pear, nopal) *
• Opuntia phaeacantha (Brown-spine Prickly-pear, nopal)
• Opuntia santa-rita (Purple Prickly-pear)
• Orobanche cooperi subsp. latiloba (Munz) L.T. Collins (Desert Broomrape, flor de tierra) *
• Orobanche fasciculata (Yellow Broomrape) *
• Oxalis albicans (Wood Sorrel) *
• Packera quercetorum (Oak Creek Ragwort) *
• Palafoxia arida v.arida (Spanish Needles) *
• Panicum alatum var. alatum (Panicum)
• Panicum antidotale (Giant Panic Grass, Blue Panic Grass, panizo azul) *
• Panicum hallii (Halls Witch Grass)
• Panicum hirticaule var. hirticaule (Mexican panicgrass) *
• Pappophorum vaginatum (Pappus Grass) *
• Pappostipa speciosa (Trinius & Ruprecht) Romaschenko (Desert needle grass) *
• Parietaria hespera v.hespera (Desert Pellitory) *
• Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde, bagote, retama, guacapora) *
• Parkinsonia florida (Blue Palo Verde) *
• Parkinsonia microphylla (Foothill Paloverde, palo verde) *
• Parthenice mollis (Annual Monsterwort) *
• Pectis cylindrica (Sonoran Chinchweed) *
• Pectis linifolia v.linifolia (romero macho)
• Pectis papposa var. papposa (Desert Chinchweed, manzanilla del coyote) *
• Pectocarya anisocarpa Veno ()
• Pectocarya heterocarpa (Mixed-nut Comb-bur)
• Pectocarya platycarpa (Broad-winged Comb-bur)
• Pectocarya recurvata (Arched Comb-bur) *
• Pellaea truncata Goodding (Spiny Cliff-brake) *
• Peniocereus greggii v. transmontanus (Cereus, reina de la noche, Desert Night-blooming Cereus, sarramatraca) *
• Peniocereus striatus (sacamtraca, sarramatraca) *
• Penstemon parryi (Desert Penstemon, Parry Penstemon, jaritos, varita de San Jose) *
• Penstemon pseudospectabilis var. pseudospectabilis (Mojave Beard-Tongue)
• Penstemon subulatus (Arizona scarlet-bugler) *
• Pentagramma triangularis (Kaulfuss) Yatskievych et al. v.maxonii (Weatherby) Yatskievych et al. (Goldback Fern) *
• Perityle ajoensis (Ajo Rock Daisy) *
• Perityle emoryi (Desert Rock Daisy) *
• Petalonyx linearis (Narrowleaf Sandpaper Plant) *
• Petalonyx thurberi subsp. thurberi (Thurber Sandpaper Plant) *
• Peucephyllum schottii (Desert Fir, Pygmy-cedar, romero del desierto) *
• Phacelia affinis (Limestone Phacelia)
• Phacelia bombycina (Mangas Spring Phacelia)
• Phacelia coerulea (Sky-blue Phacelia)
• Phacelia crenulata v.ambigua (Scorpionweed, Desert Heliotrope) *
• Phacelia distans (Blue-eyed Scorpion-weed, Fernleaf Phacelia) *
• Phacelia neglecta (Brittle Phacelia, Alkali Phacelia) *
• Phacelia pedicellata (Pedicellate Phacelia) *
• Phacelia ramosissima (Branching Phacelia)
• Phacelia rotundifolia (Roundleaf Phacelia)
• Phalaris caroliniana (Carolina Canary Grass, alpistillo)
• Phalaris minor (Little-seed Canary Grass, alpistillo, alpiste silvestre) *
• Phaseolus acutifolius v.acutifolius (Tepary, tepari del monte) *
• Phaseolus filiformis Bentham (Slim-Jim Bean, Desert Bean) *
• Phemeranthus aurantiacus (Orange Flame-flower) *
• Phlox tenuifolia (Mountain Phlox) *
• Pholisma sonorae (Sandfood, camote de los medanos) *
• Pholistoma auritum var. arizonicum (Arizona Fiesta-flower, Blue Fiesta-flower) *
• Phoradendron californicum (Desert Mistletoe, toji) *
• Phragmites australis ssp.berlandieri (Common Reed, Reed Grass, carrizo)
• Physalis acutifolia (Sharpleaf Ground-cherry)
• Physalis versicolor (Desert Ground-cherry, tomatillo del desierto) *
• Physaria tenella (Desert Bladderpod) *
• Pilostyles thurberi A.Gray (Stemsucker) *
• Plagiobothrys arizonicus (Arizona Popcorn-flower)
• Plagiobothrys jonesii (Mojave Popcorn Flower)
• Planodes virginicum (Linnaeus) Greene (Winged Rockcress)
• Plantago ovata (Woolly Plantain, Indian Wheat, pastora) *
• Plantago patagonica (Plantain, pastora) *
• Plantago rhodosperma (Red-seed Plantain)
• Pleradenophora bilocularis (S.Watson) Esser & A.L.Melo (Arizona Jumping Bean, hierba de la flecha) *
• Pleurocoronis laphamioides (Pleurocoronis) *
• Pleurocoronis pluriseta (Arrow-leaf, canutillo) *
• Pluchea odorata v. odorata (Saltmarsh-fleabane, Alkali Camphor-weed) *
• Pluchea sericea (Nuttall) Coville (Arrow-weed) *
• Plumbago zeylanica (Doctor-bush, estrenina) *
• Poa annua (Annual Bluegrass, Winter Grass, pastito de invierno) *
• Poa bigelovii (Bigelow Blue Grass, zacate azul annual) *
• Polanisia dodecandra ssp. Trachysperma (Western Clammyweed) *
• Polygonum argyrocoleon (Silver-sheath Knotweed)
• Polypogon monspeliensis (Rabbitfoot Grass, Annual Beard Grass, zacate cola de zorra) *
• Polypogon viridis (Water Bent Grass, Water Beard Grass) *
• Populus fremontii ssp.fremontii (Fremont Cottonwood) *
• Porophyllum gracile (odora, hierba del venado, Slender Poreleaf) *
• Portulaca halimoides (Silk-cotton Purslane) *
• Portulaca oleracea (Purslane, verdolaga) *
• Portulaca suffrutescens (Shrubby Purslane) *
• Portulaca umbraticola Kunth (Winged Purslane) *
• Potamogeton pusillus Linnaeus ()
• Prenanthella exigua (Brightwhite) *
• Proboscidea altheaefolia (Desert Devils Claw, Desert Unicorn Plant, cuernitos, una de gato, torito) *
• Proboscidea parviflora ssp.parviflora (Devils Claw, gato, cuernitos, una de gato, torito ) *
• Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (Western Honey Mesquite, mesquite) *
• Prosopis pubescens (Screwbean Mesquite, tornillo) *
• Prosopis velutina (Velvet Mesquite, mezquite) *
• Psathyrotes ramosissima (Desert Velvet, Turtleback) *
• Pseudognaphalium canescens (Wright's Cudweed) *
• Pseudorontium cyathiferum (Desert Snapdragon)
• Psilostrophe cooperi (Paper-flower, Paper-daisy) *
• Psorothamnus emoryi var. emoryi (Emory indigo-bush, Emory's smokebush) *
• Psorothamnus fremontii (Fremont's Dalea)
• Psorothamnus schottii (Indigo bush) *
• Psorothamnus spinosus (Smoke Tree, palo cenizo) *
• Ptelea trifoliata (Three-leaf Hoptree) *
• Pterostegia drymarioides (Woodland Threadstem) *
• Punica granatum (Pomegranate, granada) *
• Quercus turbinella (Scrub oak, encinillo) *
• Quincula lobata (Torrey) Rafinesque (Hairy Ground-cherry) *
• Rafinesquia californica (California Chicory) *
• Rafinesquia neomexicana (Desert Chicory) *
• Rhamnus crocea (Holly-leaf Buckthorn, Red-berry Buckthorn) *
• Rhus aromatica v. trilobata (Skunkbush sumac, limita) *
• Rhus kearneyi subsp. kearneyi (Desert sumac, limita del desierto) *
• Rhynchosia texana (Texas Snout-bean) *
• Rhynchosida physocalyx (Buffpetal, Bladderpod Sida) *
• Ribes quercetorum (Oak Gooseberry) *
• Rivina humilis (Rouge Plant, Pigeon Berry) *
• Ruellia nudiflora (Violet Ruellia)
• Rumex hymenosepalus (Sand Dock, Wild-rhubarb, canaigre) *
• Ruppia cirrhosa (Ditch Grass)
• Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Bentham) D.A. Sutton (Lesser Snapdragon)
• Sairocarpus watsonii (Vasey & Rose) D.A.Sutton (Watsons Snapdragon)
• Salix gooddingii (Goodding's Willow, sauce, sauz) *
• Salsola tragus (Russian thistle, tumbleweed, chamizo volador) *
• Salvia columbariae (Desert Chia, chia, California Sage) *
• Salvia mohavensis (Mojave Sage)
• Salvia pinguifolia (Rock Sage) *
• Salvia reflexa Hornemann ()
• Salvia vaseyi (Scallop-leaf Sage)
• Sambucus cerulea (Blue Elderberry, tapiro)
• Sapindus drummondii (Soapberry, jaboncillo, amolillo) *
• Schismus arabicus (Arabian Grass) *
• Schismus barbatus (Mediterranean Grass) *
• Schoenoplectus americanus (Bulrush, tule) *
• Sclerocactus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelmann) N.P.Taylor (Acuna Cactus) *
• Scutellaria mexicana (Bladder-sage) *
• Selaginella arizonica (Arizona Spike-moss, flor de piedra) *
• Selaginella eremophila (Desert Spike-moss, flor de piedra)
• Senecio flaccidus v.monoensis (Sandwash Groundsel, Threadleaf Ragwort)
• Senecio lemmonii (Lemmon Groundsel) *
• Senecio mohavensis (Mojave Groundsel, Mohave Ragwort) *
• Senegalia greggii (A.Gray) Britton & Rose (Catclaw, Wait-a-minute Bush, una de gato, gatuno) *
• Senna covesii (Desert Senna, daisillo, hojasen) *
• Setaria grisebachii (Grisebachs Bristle Grass, zacate cola de zorra)
• Setaria liebmannii (Liebmans Bristle Grass, zacate cola de zorra) *
• Setaria macrostachya (White-haired Bristlegrass, Plains Bristlegrass, zacate tempranero) *
• Sibara angelorum (Angled Rockcress)
• Sida abutifolia (Spreading Fanpetals) *
• Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly) *
• Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba, Goat-nut, jojoba) *
• Sisymbrium altissimum (Tumble Mustard, Jim Hill Mustard)
• Sisymbrium irio (London Rocket, pamiton) *
• Sisymbrium orientale (Indian Hedge-mustard)
• Sisyrinchium demissum (Blue-eyed Grass)
• Solanum americanum (Black Nightshade, chichiquelite)
• Solanum eleagnifolium (Silver-leaf nightshade, white horse-nettle)
• Solanum hindsianum (mala mujer, tomatillo espinosa) *
• Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti (Douglas Nightshade)
• Solanum umbelliferum Eschscholtz (Purple Nightshade)
• Sonchus asper ssp. asper (Prickly Sow Thistle, chinita) *
• Sonchus oleraceus (Common Sow Thistle, chinita) *
• Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass, zacate johnson) *
• Spermolepis echinata (Bristly scale-seed)
• Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. ambigua (Desert Globemallow, mal de ojo) *
• Sphaeralcea ambigua ssp. rosacea (Desert Globemallow, mal de ojo)
• Sphaeralcea coulteri (Annual Globemallow, mal de ojo) *
• Sphaeralcea emoryi (Emory Globemallow, mal de ojo) *
• Sphaeralcea laxa (Caliche Globemallow) *
• Sphaeralcea orcuttii Rose (Globemallow)
• Sporobolus airoides (Alkali Sacaton, zacaton alcalino) *
• Sporobolus cryptandrus (Sand Dropseed, zacate de arena, zacate arenero) *
• Sporobolus flexuosus (Mesa Dropseed) *
• Sporobolus pyramidatus (Whorled Dropseed)
• Stemodia durantifolia (Purple Stemodia)
• Stenocereus thurberi (Organ Pipe Cactus, pitaya, pitaya dulce) *
• Stephanomeria exigua ssp. Exigua (Wire-lettuce) *
• Stephanomeria pauciflora (Desert-straw, Desert Wire-lettuce) *
• Stephanomeria schottii (Schott's Wire-lettuce) *
• Stillingia linearifolia (Stillingia) *
• Streptanthella longirostris (Long-beak Twist-flower) *
• Streptanthus carinatus subsp.arizonicus (Arizona Jewel Flower) *
• Streptanthus lasiophyllus (Hooker & Arnott) Hoover (Cutleaf Thelypodium, California Mustard) *
• Stuckenia pectinata (Sago Pondweed)
• Stylocline gnaphaloides (Everlasting Nestraw)
• Stylocline micropoides (Desert Nest-straw) *
• Suaeda nigra (Desert seepweed, quelite salado, Bush Seepweed) *
• Talinum paniculatum (Pink Babys-breath, Jewels of Opar) *
• Tamarix aphylla (Saltcedar, pino salado) *
• Tamarix chinensis (Saltcedar, Tamarisk, salado, pino salado) *
• Tephrosia tenella A. Gray (Red Hoary-pea)
• Tetraclea coulteri A. Gray (Coulter's Wrinklefruit) *
• Tetracoccus hallii (Hall's Shrubby-spurge)
• Teucrium cubense subsp. depressum (Dwarf Germander) *
• Teucrium glandulosum (Desert Germander) *
• Thalictrum fendleri Engelmann ex Gray (Fendler's meadow rue)
• Thamnosma montana (Turpentine-broom) *
• Thelypodium wrightii (Wright's Thelypody) *
• Thlaspi arvense (Fanweed)
• Thymophylla concinna (manzanilla del coyote, Dogweed) *
• Thymophylla pentachaeta v.belenidium (Common dogweed, Five-needle Prickly-leaf) *
• Thysanocarpus curvipes (Lacepod ) *
• Tidestromia lanuginosa ssp. Eliassoniana (Woolly Honeysweet, Hierba ceniza, hierba lanuda) *
• Tiquilia canescens (Wooly Crinklemat, oreja del perro) *
• Tiquilia palmeri (Coldenia, Crinklemats, Palmer's Crinklemat)
• Tiquilia plicata (Fanleaf Crinklemat)
• Tomostima cuneifolia (Nuttall ex Torrey & A.Gray) Al-Shehbaz, M.Koch & Jordon-Thaden (Wedgeleaf Draba) *
• Townsendia annua (Annual Townsend Daisy) *
• Tragia nepetifolia (ortoguilla, ortiga, Noseburn) *
• Trianthema portulacastrum (Horse-purslane, verdolaga de cochi)
• Tribulus terrestris Linnaeus (Puncture Vine, Goathead, torito, toboso, Caltrop) *
• Trichoptilium incisum (Yellow-head, Yellowdome) *
• Tridentopsis eragrostoides (Vasey & Scribner) P.M.Peterson (Lovegrass Tridens)
• Tridentopsis mutica (Torrey) P.M. Peterson var. mutica (Slim Tridens) *
• Trifolium wormskioldii (Cow Clover) *
• Triodanis biflora (Small Venus Looking-glass)
• Triteleiopsis palmeri (Blue Sand-lily) *
• Triticum aestivum (Wheat, trigo) *
• Trixis californica v.californica (Trixis, California Threefold) *
• Tumamoca macdougalii (Tumamoc Globe-berry)
• Typha domingensis (Southern Cattail) *
• Urochloa arizonica (Arizona Signal Grass, piojillo de Arizona) *
• Uropappus lindleyi (Silverpuffs) *
• Urtica gracilenta Greene (Mountain nettle)
• Vachellia constricta (Bentham) Seigler & Ebinger (Whitethorn Acacia ) *
• Vachellia farnesiana (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott () *
• Vauquelinia californica ssp.sonorensis (Arizona Rosewood, Sonoran Rosewood) *
• Verbena bracteata (Prostrate Vervain, Big-bract Verbena)
• Verbena menthifolia (Mint Vervain)
• Verbena officinalis (Common Vervain, Common Verbena)
• Verbena xylopoda (Hillside Vervain, Arizona vervain) *
• Verbesina encelioides (Golden Crownbeard)
• Veronica peregrina subsp. xalapensis (Purslane Speedwell, Necklace-weed) *
• Vicia ludoviciana (Deerpea Vetch) *
• Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm) *
• Wislizenia refracta ssp. Refracta (Jackass-clover) *
• Xanthisma gracile (Nuttall) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartmann (Yellow Spiny Daisy, Slender Goldenweed) *
• Xanthisma spinulosum v.gooddingii (Spiny Goldenweed, ) *
• Yabea microcarpa (False Carrot) *
• Yucca baccata v.brevifolia (Banana Yucca, datil) *
• Yucca elata ()
• Yucca shidigera (Mojave Yucca, datillo) *
• Zannichellia palustris Linnaeus (Horned Pondweed)
• Zeltnera arizonica (Arizona centaury) *
• Zinnia acerosa (Desert Zinnia, zinia del desierto) *
• Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (White Crucillo, Graythorn, abrojo) *

The scope of this page is to provide links to information and images of most or all of the plant species native to the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona. Currently, not all the species in this region are on the list, but more will be added from time to time. Information and images for species already on the list are continually being added and updated. Because of this, be sure to check back occasionally.

The plant identification page and the plant images are meant to be only a first step in the identification process. In spite of our best efforts, it is not possible to insure that 100% accuracy in identifying unknown plants can be obtained by using search keys and photographs. When it is of critical importance to be absolutely sure of the identification of a plant, a specimen must be examined by a professional botanist and verified at a recognized herbarium.

* Specie page has photos.

Questions and comments are encouraged. If you have any of these or are in disagreement with any information or images being presented, please contact us at, content_mgr@cabezaprieta.org Feedback is necessary to enable us to correct incorrect information and to further fine-tune the identification process.

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