This is a List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert), for the Sonoran Desert and local environs; (S California, etc-New Mexico, S, SW or Rio Grande Valley-Northern Mexico states: Sonora, Chihuahua-and Baja California, North and South, and other states of Mexico, and locales of Nevada, Utah, etc.)
The common names of plants often vary from region to region. Thus "Latin" names, (the binomials), for "Genus" and "species" need to be the ultimate reference to plants, but then even these names are sometimes further subdivided into "race", "variety", or other subgroups.
Many plant species have multiple common names. Some "See: x,y", references will be found in this list.
Some plants can be viewed at the SouthWest School of Botanical Medicine Page: [1], or [2], at Pima Community College, "Desert Ecology
of Tucson, Az": [3] , "Common plants of the Verde Valley", at Nature Songs: [4], "Cal Photos:" [5], [6],
plants.USDA.gov , [7],
or www.NPS.gov, (Invasive Plant Species) [8], or [9]
For Example:
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Example: (Nicotiana glauca); the Genus, species name, the binomial is the wiki page for this species.
Note: the following tagged items are the items for each Alphabetical letter, for example, for A: (A-1)
through (A-last). The exceptions are: the Agaves, mesquites, palo verdes, sycamores, willows, and yuccas.
(about 12 entrants)- Total page entrants about 111 plus 12. (April 15, 2006)
Note: (LCRV)–tagged, Found in Lower Colorado River Valley (in the South at 100 feet ASL(Above Sea Level), or greater).
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Abronia (plant) - Sand-verbena
- Acacia
See: List of Acacia species - (- 1 -) LCRV- (Acacia greggii) - Catclaw Acacia
- Acacia
Catclaw acacia, Gregg's Catclaw
Devil's Claw
Wait-a-Minute Tree, Paradise Flower
Wait-a-bit Tree
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- Catclaw Acacia - Acacia greggii
- Agave - Agave
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- Lecheguilla
Lechuguilla
Maguey lechuguilla - (- 2 -) Parry's Agave
- (- 3 -) Schott's Agave
- (- 4.1 -) Toureyana Agave
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- See: Agavaceae
- Lecheguilla
- Ailanthus, tree - See: Tree of heaven
- Ajamete - Rush Milkweed
- (- 4 -) LCRV-Ajo Lily - Hesperocallis
undulata
Desert Lily
Ajo Lily, Ajo silvestre(="Garlic wild")
See: Agavaceae - Ajo silvestre - Ajo Lily
- Akeake - Dodonaea viscosa
- Alamillo - Quaking Aspen
- Algaroba - Velvet Mesquite/Prosopis velutina
- Algondoncillo - Arizona Desert Cotton
- Allionia (Trailing Alliona) - Trailing Four O'clock
- Amapola del Campo - Mexican Gold Poppy
- American Mistletoe - See: Desert Mistletoe
- (- 5 -) Annual Goldeneye - Viguiera annua
Annual Goldeneye, Parish's Goldeneye, Parish Goldeneye
Annual Viguiera
See: Viguiera, Asteraceae - Annual Viguiera - Annual Goldeneye
- (- 6 -) Antelope Horns - Asclepias asperula
Antelope Horns, Spider Antelope Horns
See: Asclepiadaceae, Asclepias - Apricot Mallow - Desert Globemallow
- -- ARIZONA --
- (- 7 -) Arizona Caltrop - Kallstroemia grandiflora
Arizona Caltrop, Arizona Poppy
Orange Caltrop
Summer Poppy
See: Kallstroemia, Zygophyllaceae - (- 8 -) LCRV-Arizona Centaury - Centaurium
calycosum
Arizona Centaury, Buckley's Centaury
Centaury
Canchalagua, Rosita
See: Gentianaceae, Centaurium - (- 9 -) (Arizona) Desert Cotton - Gossypium thurberi
Arizona Desert Cotton
Desert Cotton, Wild Cotton
Algondoncillo ("little cotton")
Thurberia
See: Malvaceae - Arizona Elder - Mexican Elder
- Arizona Ironwood - Ironwood_(=Desert Ironwood)
- Arizona Poppy - Arizona Caltrop
- Arizona Sycamore - Platanus wrightii
See: Sycamore - -- ARIZONA --
- (- 10 -) LCRV-Arrowweed
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- Arrowweed - Tessaria sericea
- See: List of Asteraceae genera
- (- 11 -) Aspen -(?In the Sky islands of SE Ariz)
See: Quaking Aspen - Aspen - Quaking Aspen
- Athel Tamarisk - Tamarix aphylla
See: Tamarix
B
- Banana yucca - Yucca baccata
- (- 1 -) Barberry - Fremont Barberry
- (- 2 -) Barestem Larkspur - Delphinium scaposum
Barestem Larkspur, Tall Mountain Larkspur
Wild Delphinium, Naked Delphinium
Espuelita
See: Delphinium, Ranunculaceae - Barnaby Thistle - Yellow Star Thistle
- Basket Evening Primrose - Dune Primrose
- Bearberry - See: Manzanita, (Pungens)
- Beavertail Cactus - Opuntia basilaris
- Bebbia - Chuckwalla's Delight
- Bedstraw Milkweed - Rush Milkweed
- (- 3 -) Bermuda grass - Cynodon dactylon
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- See: Cynodon dactylon for common names (8).
- (- 4 -) Bigelow Ragged Rock Flower - Crossosoma bigelovii
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Bigelow Ragged Rock Flower
Bigelow's Crossosoma
Rock Crossosoma
See: Crossosoma - Bigelow's Crossosoma - Bigelow Ragged Rock Flower
- Birdcage Evening Primrose - Dune Primrose
- Bitterbrush - Cliffrose
- Black Greasewood - See: Greasewood
- (- 5 -) Blackberry - Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis
Local introduction (in mountains) - Bladderstem - Desert trumpet
- Blazing Star - Desert Blazing Star
- Blue Elderberry - Mexican Elder
- Blue Palo Verde - Palo verde
- (- 6 -) Blue Phacelia - Phacelia distans
See: Boraginaceae
See: List of Phacelia Species - Blue Yucca - Banana yucca
- (- 7? -) Boojum tree - Fouquieria columnaris
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- See: Ocotillo
- (- 8 -) LCRV-Bluestem Pricklepoppy - Argemone
pleiacantha
Bluestem Pricklepoppy
Prickly Poppy, Thistle Poppy
Chicalote
Cowboy's Fried Egg
See: Argemone, Papaveraceae - Bonpland Willow - See: Willow
- Boxelder - Acer negundo
- Branched Pencil Cholla - Diamond Cholla
- (- 9 -) LCRV-Brittlebush - Encelia farinosa
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- Brittlebush - Encelia
- See: Encelia farinosa
- Broad Leaved Chaenactis - Esteve's Pincushion
- (- 10 -) Broad Leaved Gilia - Gilia latifolia
Broad Leaved Gilia
Starflower
See: Gilia, Polemoniaceae - Broom Baccharis - Desert Broom
- (- 11 -) Broom Snakeweed - Gutierrezia microcephala
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- See: Asteraceae
- See: List of Asteraceae genera
- Buckley's Centaury - Arizona Centaury
- (California)-Buckthorn - See: California Buckthorn
- (- 12 -) Buffalo Gourd - Cucurbita foetidissima
See: See: Cucurbita, Cucurbitaceae
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- See also: Finger Leaf Gourd
- (- 13 -) Buffalo Weed - Ambrosia trifida
See: Ambrosia, Heliantheae - Bullet Stick Leaf - Desert Blazing Star
- Bull Head - Puncture Vine(Goatheads)
- (- 14 -) Bulrush - Schoenoplectus
- (- 15 -) Bulrush - Scirpus
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- California Bulrush - Scirpus californicus
- Bulrush
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- Bulrush, (=Tule) - Schoenoplectus
- Bush Senecio - Threadleaf Groundsel
- Butterweed - Threadleaf Groundsel
C
- (- 1 -) California Buckthorn - Rhamnus californica
/Frangula californica
California Buckthorn
Coffeeberry, California Coffeeberry
Pigeonberry
See: Rhamnus, Frangula, Rhamnaceae - California Bulrush - Scirpus californicus
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- See: Bulrush
- California Chia - Chia
- California Coffeeberry - California Buckthorn
- Caltrop - Puncture Vine(Goatheads)
- (- 2 -) Canaigre - Rumex hymenosepalus
Canaigre, Canaigre Dock
Dock
Desert Rhubarb, Wild Rhubarb
Sorrel
See: Rumex, Polygonaceae - Canaigre Dock - Canaigre
- (- 3 -) Canarygrass - Phalaris (grass)
- Canchalagua - Arizona Centaury
- Cane Cholla - Opuntia imbricata
- (Cassia covesii) - See: (Senna covesii)
- Castela - Crucifixion Thorn /#1
- (- 4 -) Cattails - Typha
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- Cattails - Typha latifolia
- Centaury - Arizona Centaury
- Chacate - White Ratany, or Range Ratany
- (Chaenactis xantiana) - Mojave pincushion
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- Mojave pincushion, Xantu's pincushion
See: Pincushions
- Mojave pincushion, Xantu's pincushion
- Chainlink Cactus - Cane Cholla
- (- 5 -) Chaparral Honeysuckle - Lonicera interrupta
Chaparral Honeysuckle
See: Lonicera, Caprifoliaceae - Chaparral Sumac - Sugar Sumac
- Cherioni - Western Soapberry
- (- 6 -) Chia - Salvia columbariae
Chia, California Chia
Desert Sage
Desert Chia
See: Lamiaceae, Salvia columbariae, Salvia - Chicalote - Bluestem Pricklepoppy
- Chico - Chicobush
- Chicobush - See: Greasewood
- (- 7 -) (Chilopsis) - {Desert-Willow}
Chilopsis - Chilopsis linearis - Chinese Parsley - Salt Heliotrope
- Chittamwood - Gum Bumelia
- "Cholla cacti" - See: Opuntia
"Prickly Pear cacti" - See: Opuntia - Cholla Diamante - Diamond Cholla
- (- 8 -) LCRV-Chuckwalla's Delight - Bebbia juncea
Chuckwalla's Delight
Bebbia
Sweetbush
See: Bebbia, Asteraceae - (- 9 -) LCRV-Chuparosa - Justicia californica
See: Justicia, Acanthaceae - Cliffbush - Cliffbush/Jamesia
- (- 10 -) Cliffbush/Jamesia - Jamesia americana
Cliffbush
Jamesia
Waxflower
See: Hydrangeaceae, Jamesia - Cliff-Rose/Cliffrose
- (- 11 -) Cliff-rose - Purshia
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- Arizona Cliffrose - Purshia integra
- Bitterbrush
- Cliffrose - Purshia integra
- Desert Bitterbrush
- (- 12 -) Climbing Milkweed - Sarcostemma cynanchoides-
Funastrum cynanchoides
Climbing Milkweed
See: Apocynaceae//Asclepiadaceae, Sarcostemma, Funastrum
See also: Rambling Milkweed (photo) - Coachwhip - Ocotillo
- Coast Fiddleneck - Fiddleneck
- (- 13 -) LCRV-Cocklebur - Xanthium
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- Cocklebur - Xanthium spinosum
- Coffeeberry /#2 - California Buckthorn
- Coffeeberry /#1- Jojoba
- Coffee-Bush - Jojoba
- Cola de Mico - Salt Heliotrope
- Common Fiddleneck - Fiddleneck
- Common Mesquite - Velvet Mesquite/Prosopis velutina
- Common Mullein - Mullein
- (- 14 -) (Common) Sotol - Dasylirion wheeleri
Common Sotol, Sotol
Desert Spoon, Common Spoon
See: Dasylirion, Ruscaceae - Common Spoon - Common Sotol
- Copal - Elephant Tree
- Copal Tree - Tree of heaven
- Corona de Cristo - Crucifixion Thorn /#1
- (- 15 -) LCRV- Cottonwood - Populus fremontii
See: Populus - Cove Senna - Desert senna
- Cowboy's Fried Egg - Bluestem Pricklepoppy
- Coyote Willow - =Sandbar Willow
- Coyote Willow - Salix exigua
See: Willow - Creek Senecio - Threadleaf Groundsel
- Creosote
- (- 16 -) LCRV-Creosote bush - Larrea tridentata
Creosote bush
Hediondilla, Little Stinker
Gobernadora
See: Larrea, Zygophyllaceae - (- 17 -) LCRVCrinkle Mats - Tiquilia plicate
(Coldenia plicate)
Crinkle Mats, Plicate Coldenia
See: Tiquilia, Boraginaceae - Crown-of-Thorns - Crucifixion Thorn /#2
- (- 18 -) Crucifixion Thorn /#1- Castela emoryi(Holacantha emoryi)
Crucifixion Thorn
Castela
Corona de Cristo, Rosario
See: Castela, Holacantha, Simaroubaceae - (- 19 -) Crucifixion Thorn /#2 - Canotia
holocantha
Crucifixion Thorn /#2
Crown-of-Thorns
See: Canotia, Celastraceae
D
- Dais - Desert senna
- (- 1 -) LCRV-Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
Dandelion, Common Dandelion
See: Taraxacum (genus), Asteraceae - Deernut - Jojoba
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- (- 2 -) Desert Anemone - Anemone tuberosa
Desert Anemone, Desert Windflower
See: Anemone, Ranunculaceae - Desert Bitterbrush - Cliffrose
- (- 3 -) LCRV-Desert Blazing Star - Mentzelia
pumila(Velcro-stick leaves)
Desert Blazing Star, Blazing Star
Bullet Stick Leaf, Yellow Mentzelia
Evening Star, Moonflower
See: Mentzelia, Loasaceae, (formerly: Bartonia) - (- 4 -) Desert Broom - Baccharis sarothroides
Desert Broom, Mexican Broom
Broom Baccharis
Rosin brush
Hierba del Pasmo
See: Baccharis, Asteraceae - Desert Chia - Chia
- Desert Cotton - Arizona Desert Cotton
- Desert Elderberry - Mexican Elder
- (- 5 -) LCRV-Desert five-spot - Eremalche rotundifolia
See: Eremalche, Malvaceae - -- DESERT --
- (- 6 -) LCRV-Desert Globemallow - Sphaeralcea
ambigua
Globemallow, Desert Globemallow
Desert Mallow, Desert Hollyhock
Apricot Mallow
Plantas muy malas ("very bad plants")
Sore-eye-poppy, the (Mal de Ojo)
See: Malvaceae - Desert Gold - Desert Sunflower
- Desert Gold Poppy - Mexican Gold Poppy
- Desert Gold Sunflower - Desert Sunflower
- (- 7 -) LCRV-Desert Holly /#1 - Acourtia nana,
(Perezia nana)
Desert Holly /#1, Desert Peony
Pichichagua
See: Acourtia/Perezia, Asteraceae - (- 8 -) LCRV-Desert Holly /#2 - Atriplex
hymenelytra
Desert Holly
Salt bush /2
See: Atriplex, Chenopodioideae - Desert Hollyhock - Desert Globemallow
- (- 9 -) LCRV-Desert Ironwood - Olneya tesota
See: Ironwood - (- 10 -) LCRV-Desert Lavender - Hyptis emoryi
Desert Lavender, Lavender
See: Hyptis, Lamiaceae-(Labiatae) - Desert Lily - Ajo Lily
- Desert Mallow - Desert Globemallow
- (- 11 -) Desert marigold - Baileya
- (- 12 -) Desert Mariposa - Calochortus kennedyi
Desert Mariposa, Mariposa Lily
Desert Mariposa Tulip
See: Calochortus, Liliaceae - Desert Mariposa Tulip - Desert Mariposa
- Desert Milkweed - Rush Milkweed
- (- 13 -) LCRV-Desert Mistletoe
Mistletoe, American Mistletoe
Desert Mistletoe
See: Mistletoe
See: Santalaceae, Viscaceae - -- DESERT --
- (- 14 -) (LCRV)-Desert Olive /#1 - Forestiera
shrevei-(Forestiera phillyreoides)
Desert Olive /#1
Wild Olive /#1, Desert Olive Forestiera
Tanglebush, Tanglebrush
See: Forestiera, Oleaceae
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- See also: Desert Olive /#2
New Mexican Forestiera
- See also: Desert Olive /#2
- Desert Olive Forestiera - Desert Olive /#1
- (- 15 -) Desert Paintbrush - Castilleja chromosa
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- See: Indian Paintbrush
- See: Orobanchaceae
- Desert Palafox - Spanish Needles
- Desert Peony - Desert Holly /#1
- Desert Rhubarb - Canaigre Dock
- (- 16 -) Desert rock pea - Lotus rigidus
See: Lotus (genus), Faboideae - Desert Sage - Chia
- Desert Saltbush - Atriplex polycarpa
See: Saltbush - Desert Sand Verbena - Sand-verbena
- (- 17 -) (LCRV)-Desert senna - Senna covesii
Desert Senna
Rattlebox, Rattleweed,
Senna, Cove Senna
Dais
See: Senna (genus)//Cassia (genus), Caesalpinioideae, (Tribe: Cassieae) - Desert Snow - See Linanthus demissus
- Desert Spoon - Common Sotol
- (- 18 -) Desert Straw -