List of flora of the Mojave Desert region

This list of flora of the Mojave Desert region catalogs the particular plants (flora) of the Mojave Desert and of the mountains that encircle the Mojave Desert, including the Little San Bernardino Mountains that divide the Mojave Desert from the Colorado Desert. Some flora grows well above the elevational limit of Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree). The elevational limit of the Joshua tree delimits (marks the boundary of) the Mojave Desert.

The flora herein is arranged in several sublists to accommodate the various interests among readers; the sublists are arranged a) alphabetically by scientific name; b) alphabetically by plant family and then by scientific name; c) by growth pattern (e.g., tree, shrub, perennial) and then alphabetically by scientific name; d) by flower color (with duplicate entries when flower colors vary for a single species); and e) alphabetically by common name.

Each entry in the alphabetical list by scientific name is followed by the common name(s) (in bold and in parentheses), plant family, growth form(s), flower color(s), and a brief note on the etymology of the components of the scientific name.

List by scientific name

J

K

Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla (snapdragon penstemon, yellow keckiella), Plantaginaceae
Keckiella rothrockii (Rothrock's keckiella), Plantaginaceae
Krameria erecta (pima rhatany), Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor (white rhatany), Krameriaceae
Krascheninnikovia lanata (winter fat), Chenopodiaceae

L

Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce), Asteraceae
Langloisia setosissima subsp. punctata (lilac sunbonnet), Polemoniaceae, "setosissima" = "very hairy bristly"
Langloisia setosissima subsp. setosissima (bristly langloisia), Polemoniaceae
Larrea tridentata (creosote bush), Zygophyllaceae
Lasthenia gracilis (goldfields), Asteraceae
Layia glandulosa (white tidy-tips), Asteraceae
Lepidium flavum var. flavum (yellow pepper-grass), Brassicaceae
Lepidium fremontii (desert alyssum, bush peppergrass), Brassicaceae
Lepidium lasiocarpum (desert peppergrass), Brassicaceae
Lepidospartum latisquamum (greenbroom), Asteraceae
Lepidospartum squamatum (scale-broom), Asteraceae
Leptosiphon breviculus (Mojave linanthus), Polemoniaceae
Leptosyne bigelovii (Bigelow's tickseed, Bigelow's coreopsis), Asteraceae
Linanthus dichotomus (evening snow), Polemoniaceae
Linanthus maculatus (pygmy pink-spot, spotted gilia, Little San Bernardino Mountains linanthus), Polemoniaceae
Linanthus parryae (Parry's linanthus, sandblossoms), Polemoniaceae
Linum lewisii (flax), Linaceae
Loeseliastrum matthewsii (desert calico), Polemoniaceae
Loeseliastrum schottii (Schott gilia, little sunbonnets), Polemoniaceae
Logfia filaginoides (herba impia, cottonrose), Asteraceae
Lomatium mohavense (desert parsley), Apiaceae
Lotus argophyllus (name changed to Acmispon argophyllus
Lotus heermannii (name changed to Acmispon heermannii and then Acmispon tomentosus var. glabriusculus)
Lotus humistratus (name changed to Acmispon brachycarpus
Lotus purshianus (name changed to Acmispon americanus
Lotus rigidus (name changed to
Lotus scoparius (name changed to Acmispon glaber)
Lotus strigosus (name changed to Acmispon strigosus<rp|728})
Lupinus arizonicus (Arizona lupine), Fabaceae
Lupinus concinnus (bajada lupine, elegant lupine), Fabaceae, "concinnus" = "neatly made" or "elegant"
Lupinus excubitus (grape soda lupine), Fabaceae
Lupinus odoratus (royal desert lupine), Fabaceae
Lupinus shockleyi (desert lupine, Shockley lupine), Fabaceae
Lycium cooperi (Cooper's box thorn, peach thorn), Solanaceae
Lycium pallidum (rabbit thorn), Solanaceae

M

Malacothrix coulteri (snake's head), Asteraceae
Malacothrix glabrata (desert dandelion), Asteraceae
Marah fabaceus (wild cucumber), Cucurbitaceae
marah macrocarpus (manroot), Cucurbitaceae
Mammillaria tetrancistra (nipple cactus), Cactaceae
Marina parryi (Parry dalea, Parry's false prairie-clover), Fabaceae
Menodora scabra var. glabrescens (rough menodora, broom twinberry), Oleaceae
Menodora spinescens var. spinescens (spiny menodora), Oleaceae
Mentzelia albicaulis (white-stemmed stick-leaf), Loasaceae
Mentzelia involucrata (sand blazing star), Loasaceae
Mentzelia laevicaulis (blazing star), Loasaceae
Mimulus bigelovii (Bigelow's monkeyflower), Phrymaceae
Mimulus mohavensis (Mojave monkeyflower), Phrymaceae
Mimulus rupicola (Death Valley monkeyflower, rock midget), Phrymaceae
Mirabilis laevis (wishbone bush), Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis multiflora (giant four o'clock), Nyctaginaceae
Mohavea breviflora (lesser mohavea), Plantaginaceae
Mohavea confertiflora (ghost-flower), Plantaginaceae
Mollugo cerviana (carpet-weed), Molluginaceae
Monardella exilis (Mojave pennyroyal), Lamiaceae
Monoptilon bellidiforme (small desert star), Asteraceae
Monoptilon bellioides (desert star), Asteraceae
Muhlenbergia porteri (Porter's muhly), Poaceae

N

Nama demissa (purple mat), Boraginaceae
Neogaerrhinum filipes (twining snapdragon), Plantaginaceae, "fili" = "threadlike", "pes" = "foot" -> "threadlike stalks
Nicolletia occidentalis (hole-in-the sand plant), Asteraceae
Nicotiana obtusifolia (coyote tobacco), Solanaceae
Nicotiana quadrivalvis (Indian tobacco), Solanaceae
Nitrophila mohavensis (Amargosa nitrophila), Amaranthaceae
Nolina bigelovii (Bigelow's nolina), Ruscaceae
Nolina parryi (Parry's nolina, Parry's beargrass), Ruscaceae

O

Oenothera avita (evening primrose), Onagraceae
Oenothera primiveris subsp. bufonis (yellow evening primrose, spring evening primrose), Onagraceae
Oligomeris linifolia (linear-leaved cambess), Resedaceae
Opuntia basilaris (beavertail cactus), Cactaceae
Opuntia chlorotica (pancake-pear), Cactaceae
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (Mojave prickly-pear, old man cactus), Cactaceae
Orobanche cooperi (Cooper's broomrape), Orobanchaceae
Oxytheca perfoliata (punctured bract), Polygonaceae

P

Palafoxia arida (desert needles), Asteraceae
Pectis papposa (cinch-weed), Asteraceae
Pectocarya penicillata (hairy-leaved comb-bur, northern pectocarya), Boraginaceae
Pectocarya setosa (stiff-stemmed comb-bur, round-nut pectocarya, popcorn flower), Boraginaceae
Pediomelum castoreum (beaver dam breadroot), Fabaceae
Pellaea mucronata (bird's foot fern), Pteridaceae
Penstemon albomarginatus (white-margined beardtoungue), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon calcareus (limestone beardtongue), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon fruticiformis var. fruticiformis (Panamint penstemon), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon palmeri var. palmeri (Palmer's penstemon), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon pseudospectabilis (Mojave beardtongue), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon thompsoniae (Thompson's beardtongue), Plantaginaceae
Penstemon utahensis (Utah firecracker, Utah penstemon), Plantaginaceae
Peritoma arborea (bladderpod), Cleomaceae
Perityle emoryi (Emory rock daisy), Asteraceae
Petalonyx nitidus (canyon petalonyx, smooth sandpaper plant), Loasaceaelis
Petalonyx thurberi ssp. gilmanii (Death Valley sandpaper plant), Loasaceae
Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi (sandpaper plant), Loasaceae
Peucephyllum schottii (pygmy cedar), Asteraceae
Phacelia campanularia (desert Canterbury bell), Boraginaceae
Phacelia crenulata (notch-leaved phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia curvipes (Washoe phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia distans (lace-leaf phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia fremontii (Fremont's phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia ivesiana (Ives phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia neglecta (alkali phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia pachyphylla (thick-leaved phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia parishii (Parish's phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia pedicellata (Specter phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia rotundifolia (round-leaved phacelia), Boraginaceae
Phacelia vallis-mortae (Death Valley phacelia), Boraginaceae
Pholisma arenarium (scaly-stemmed sand plant), Boraginaceae
Phoradendron californicum (desert mistletoe), Viscaceae
Phoradendron villosum (oak mistletoe), Viscaceae
Phragmites australis (common reed), Poaceae
Physalis crassifolia (thick-leaved ground-cherry), Solanaceae
Physaria tenella (beadpod, bladderpod), Brassicaceae
Pinus edulis (Colorado pinyon), Pinaceae
Pinus flexilis (limber pine), Pinaceae
Pinus longaeva (bristlecone pine), Pinaceae
Pinus monophylla (singleleaf pinyon pine), Pinaceae
Pinus sabiniana (gray pine, ghost pine, foothill pine), Pinaceae
Plagiobothrys parishii (Parish's popcorn flower), Boraginaceae
Plantago ovata var. fastigiata (desert plantain)
Pluchea sericea (arrowweed), Asteraceae
Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), Salicaceae
Porophyllum gracile (pore-leaf, odora, hierba del venado), Asteraceae
Portulaca halimoides (desert portulaca, silk-cotton purslane), Portulacaceae
Prosopis glandulosa ver. torreyana (honey mesquite), Fabaceae
Prosopis pubescens (screw bean, tornillo), Fabaceae
Prunus eremophila (Mojave Desert plum), Rosaceae
Prunus fasciculata (desert almond), Rosaceae
Psathyrotes annua (mealy rosette, annual turtleback), Asteraceae
Psathyrotes ramosissima (turtleback, velvet rosette), Asteraceae
Psilostrophe cooperi (paper daisy), Asteraceae
Psorothamnus arborescens (indigo bush), Fabaceae
Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush, antelope bush), Rosaceae

R

Rafinesquia neomexicana (desert chicory), Asteraceae
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (yellow cress, water cress), Brassicaceae
Rhus aromatica (skunkbrush), Anacardiaceae
Robinia neomexicana (New Mexico locust), Fabaceae
Rumex hymenosepalus (canaigre, wild rhubarb), Polygonaceae

S

Salix exigua (sand-bar willow, narrow-leaved willow), Salicaceae, "salix" Latin for willow
Salix laevigata (red willow), Salicaceae, "laevis" = "smooth or unhairy"
Salix lasiolepis (arroyo willow), Salicaceae, "lasio" = "wooly"
Salsola tragus (tumbleweed, Russian thistle), Chenopodiaceae, "salsola" = "salty"
Salvia carduacea (thistle sage), Lamiaceae
Salvia columbariae (chia), Lamiaceae
Salvia dorii (desert sage, gray ball sage), Lamiaceae
Salvia funerea (Death Valley sage), Lamiaceae
Salvia mohavensis (Mojave sage), Lamiaceae
Sarcobatus vermiculatus (greasewood), Chenopodiaceae; Greek "sarx" = "flesh", "batos" = "bramble"
Sarcostemma cynanchoides (renamed to Funastrum cyanchoides)
Sclerocactus polyancistrus (pineapple cactus, devil claw), Cactaceae, Greek "skleros" = "hard"
Scopulophila rixfordii (Rixford rockwort), Caryophyllaceae
Scutellaria mexicana (bladder sage, paper-bag bush), Lamiaceae
Senecio flaccidus var. monoesis (groundsel, California butterweed), Asteraceae
Senecio mohavensis (Mojave butterweed), Asteraceae
Senegalia greggii (catclaw, wait-a-minute bush), Fabaceae
Senna armata (desert senna, spiny senna), Fabaceae
Sesuvium verrucosum (western sea purslane), Aizoaceae, "verrucosum" = "warty" referring to mipple-like projections visible with a hand lens
Sphaeralcea ambigua (apricot mallow, desert mallow)
Stanleya elata) (Panamint plume, tall prince's plume]]), Brassicaceae
Stanleya pinnata) (prince's plume), Brassicaceae
Stephanomeria exigua (annual mitral), Asteraceae
Stephanomeria parryi (Parry's stephanomeria, Parry rock-pink), Asteraceae
Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora (wire lettuce, perennial wire lettuce desert straw), Asteraceae
Stephanomeria virgata var. pleurocarpa (tall stephanomeria), Asteraceae
Stillingia linearifolia (linear-leaved stillingia), Euphorbiacae
Stillingia paucidentata (tooth-leaf), Euphorbiaceae
Stillingia spinulosa (annual stillingia), Euphorbiaceae
Stipa hymenoides (Indian ricegrass), Poaceae
Stipa speciosa (desert needle grass), Poaceae
Suaeda nigra (bush seepweed, ink-blite), Chenopodiaceae
Swallenia alexandrae (Eureka Valley dunes grass), Poaceae
Symphyotrichum subulatum (annual saltmarsh aster), Asteraceae
Syntrichopappus fremontii (false woolly daisy), Asteraceae
Sysymbrium spp. (London rocket), Brassicaceae

T

Tamarix aphylla (Athel tree), Tamaricaceae
Tamarix ramosissima (salt cedar, tamarisk), Tamaricaceae
Tauschia parishii (Parish's umbrellawort). Apiaceae
Tetradymia axillaris var. longispina (cotton-thorn), Asteraceae, "tetra" = "four", "dymos" = "together" (first described genus member had 4 flowers per head), "aris" = "of the" -> "axillaris" = "of the (leaf) axil"
Tetrapteron palmeri (tetrapteron, Palmer primrose), Onagracae
Thamnosma montana (turpentine broom), Rutaceae
Thelypodium integrifolium ssp. affine (alkali crucifer), Brassicaceae
Thymophylla pentachaeta (thymophylla), Asteraceae
Thysanocarpus curvipes (fringe-pod), Brassicaceae
Tidestromia lanuginosa (wooly tidestromia), Amaranthaceae
Tidestromia suffruticosa (honey-sweet), Amaranthaceae
Tiquilia canescens (woody crinklemat), Boraginaceae, "canescens" = "covered with short white hairs"
Tiquilia nuttallii (Nuttall's crinklemat, Nuttall Sandmat, Nuttall's Coldenia), Boraginaceae
Tiquilia plicata, (tiquilia), Boraginaceae
Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum (death camas, desert zygadene), Melanthiaceae
Tragia ramosa (noseburn), Euphorbiaceae, "ramosa" = "branched"
Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine, goathead), Zygophyllaceae
Trichoptilium incisum (yellow-heads), Asteraceae
Tripterocalyx micranthus (small-flowered abronia), Nyctaginaceae
Trixis californica var. californica (trixis), Asteraceae

U

Uropapus lindleyi (silverpuffs), Asteraceae

V

X

Xanthisma gracile (annual bristleweed), Asteraceae
Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia (Mojave aster), Asteraceae

Y

Yucca baccata var. baccata (banana yucca, fleshy-fruited yucca, Spanish bayonet), Agavaceae
Yucca brevifolia) (Joshua tree), Agavaceae)
Yucca schidigera (Mojave yucca), Agavaceae

List by plant family and genus

A

Agavaceae (century plant family), Greek "agauos" = "admirable (appearance)"

*Agave, (century plant)), Greek "agauos" = "admirable (appearance)"

:Agave deserti var. simplex (simple desert agave), "simplex" = "simple, undivided, or unbranched"

:*Agave utahensis var. eborispina, (ivory spined agave), "utahensis" = "Utah", Latin "eboris" = "ivory" and "spina" = "thorn" -> (white marginal spines and terminal spine turning white with age)

:*Agave utahensis var. nevadensis (Clark Mountain agave), "utahensis" = "Utah", "nevadensis" = "Nevada"

*Hesperocallis (Desert lily) (desert lily)), Greek "hesperos" = "of the evening, western", "kallos" = "beautiful"

:*Hesperocallis undulata), "undulate" = "wavy (margins)"

*Hesperoyucca (chaparral yucca, Quixote plant, our lord's candle), Greek "hesperos" = "of the evening, western", misnamed "yucca" from the Caribbean name for the unrelated manihot or cassava

:*Hesperoyucca whipplei), "whipplei" in honor of Pacific Railroad Survey surveyor Amiel Weeks Whipple

*Yucca (Spanish bayonet, yucca), misnamed "yucca" from the Caribbean name for the unrelated manihot or cassava

:*Yucca baccata (banana yucca), blue yucca), Latin "bacca" = "small round fruit"

:*Yucca brevifolia ((Joshua tree), "brevi" = "short", "folia" = "Leaf"

:*Yucca schidigera (Mojave yucca), Latin "schidigera" = "having wood splinters" (leaf blade margins peeling off splinters)

Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family, ice plant family)

*Sesuvium (sea-purslane)

:*Sesuvium verrucosum (western sea-purslane)

*Trianthema (horse-purslane)

:*Trianhema portulacastrum

Amaranthaceae, amaranth family
:Amaranthus (amaranth, pigweed}

:*Amaranthus blitoides (procumbent pigweed

:*Amaranthus fimbriatus (fringed amaranth)

:*Amaranthus palmeri

:*Amaranthus torreyi

*Nitrophila

:*Nitrophila mohavensis (Amargosa nitrophila)

:*Nitrophila occidentalis

*Tidestromia

:*Tidestromia lanuginosa (wooly tidestromia)

:*Tidestromia suffruticosa var. oblongifolia

Anacardiaceae (sumac family, cashew family)

*Rhus

:*Rhus aromatica (skunk bush)

*Toxicodendron (poison oak, poison ivy)

:*Toxicodendron diversilobum (western poison oak)

Apiaceae, carrot family

*Bowlesia

:*Bowlesia incana

*Cymopterus

:*Cymopterus aboriginum

:*Cymopterus deserticola (desert cympopterus)

:*Cymopterus gilmanii (Gilman's cymopterus)

:*Cymopterus panamintensis var. acutifolius

:*Cymopterus panamintensis var. panamintensis

:*Cymopterus ripleyi (Ripley's cymopterus)

*Daucus)

:*Daucus pusillus)

*Lomatium)

:*Lomatium foeniculaceum subsp. fimbriatum

:*Lomatium mohavense

:*Lomatium nevadense var. nevadense

:*Lomatium nevadense var. parishii

:*Lomatium parryi

:*Lomatium utriculatum

*Oenanthe

:*Oenanthe sarmentosa

*Vesper

:*Vesper multinervatus, syn. Cymopterus multinervatus (purple-nerve cymopterus)

*Yabea

:*Yabea microcarpa

Apocynaceae, dogbane family

:*Amsonia

:*Amsonia tomentosa

*Asclepias (milkweed)

:*Asclepias albicans (white-stemmed milkweed)

:*Asclepias eriocarpa (Kotolo)

:*Asclepias erosa (Desert milkweed)

:*Asclepias fascicularis (narrow-leaf milkweed)

:*Asclepias nyctaginifolia (Mojave milkweed)

:*Asclepias subulata (rush milkweed)

*Funastrum

:*Funastrum cynanchoides)

:*Funastrum hirtellum (trailing townula)

:*Funastrum utahense (Utah vine))

*Matelea

:*Matelea parvifolia (spearleaf)

Araliaceae (ginseng family))
:Hydrocotyle (marsh pennywort
::Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
::Hydrocotyle umbellata
::Hydrocotyle verticillata
Asteraceae (Compositae), (sunflower family)

*Acamptopappus (goldenhead)

:*Acamptopappus shockleyi (Shockley's goldenhead))

:*Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. hirtellus)

:*Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus)

*Achillea (yarrow)

:*Achillea millefolium

*Adenophyllum)

:*Adenophyllum cooperi

:*Adenophyllum porophylloides

*Ageratina (snakeroot)

:*Ageratina herbacea

*Almutaster (marsh alkali aster)

:*Almutaster pauciflorus

*Amauriopsis (yellow ragleaf))

:*Amauriopsis dissecta

*Ambrosia (ragweed, bur-sage, burrobrush)

:*Ambrosia acanthicarpa (annual bur-sage)

:*Ambrosia confertiflora

:*Ambrosia dumosa (white bur-sage)

:*Ambrosia eriocentra (wooly bur-sage)

:*Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis

:*Ambrosia salsola var. salsola

*Amphipappus (chaff-bush)

:*Amphipappus fremontii var. fremontii)

:*Amphipappus fremontii var. spinosus)

*Ancistrocarphus (groundstar, wooly fishhooks)

:*Ancistrocarphus filagineus

*Anisocoma (scalebud)

:*Anisocoma acaulis

*Arida

:*Arida arizonica (Silver Lake daisy)

:*Arida carnosa

*Artemisia (mugwort, sagebrush, sagewort)

:*Artemisia biennis (biennial wormwood), (non-native)

:*Artemisia bigelovii (Bigelow sagebrush)

:*Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon)

:*Artemisia ludoviciana (silver wormword)

:*Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. albula

:*Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. incompta

:*Artemisia nova (black sagebrush)

:*Artemisia spinescens (budsage)

:*Artemisia tridentata subsp. parishii

:*Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata (big sagebrush)

*Atrichoseris (gravel-ghost)

:*Atrichoseris platyphylla

*Baccharis

:*Baccharis brachyphylla

:*Baccharis salicifolia

:*Baccharis salicina

:*Baccharis sarothroides

:*Baccharis sergiloides

*Bahia

:*Bahia neomexicana

*Bahiopsis

:*Bahiopsis parishii

:*Bahiopsis reticulata

*Baileya (desert marigold)

:*Baileya multiradiata

:*Baileya pauciradiata

:*Baileya reticulate

*Bebbia (sweetbush)

:*Bebbia juncea

*Bidens

:*Bidens frondosa (sticktight)

:*Bidens laevis (bur-marigold

*Brickellia (brickellbush)

:*Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta (pungent brickelbush)

:*Brickellia atractyloides var. atractyloides (spearleaf brickelbush)

:*Brickellia atractyloides var. odontolepis

:*Brickellia desertorum

:*Brickellia incana

:*Brickellia longifolia var. longifolia

:*Brickellia longifolia var. multiflora

:**Brickellia microphylla var. scabra

:*Brickellia nevinii

:*Brickellia oblongifolia var. linifolia

*Calycoseris (tack-stem

:*Calycoseris parryi

:*Calycoseris wrightii

*Cardus

:*Cardus acanthoides (blessed thistle) (non-native)

:*Centauria melitensis (tocolate) (non-native)

:*Centauria solstitialis (yellow star-thistle) (non-native)

*Carthamus (distaff thistle)

:*Carthamus creticus (smooth distaff thistle) (non-native)

*Centauria (knapweed, star-thistle)

:*Centauria benedicta

:*Chaenactis fremontii

:*Cirsium mohavense

:*Deinandra arida

:*Dicoria canescens

:*Dieteria canescens

:*Encelia actoni

:*Encelia farinosa

:*Encelia frutescens

:*Enceliopsis nudicaulis

:*Ericameria cooperi

:*Ericameria cuneata

:*Ericameria linearifolia

:*Ericameria nauseosa

:*Ericameria paniculata

:*Erigeron concinnus

:*Eriophyllum mohavense

:*Eriophyllum pringlei

:*Eriophyllum wallacei

:*Geraea canescens

:*Glyptopleura setulosa

:*Gutierrezia microcephala

:*Hecastocleis shockleyi

:*Isocoma acradenia

:*Lasthenia gracilis

:*Layia glandulosa

:*Lepidospartum latisquamum

:*Lepidospartum squamatum

:*Leptosyne bigelovii

:*Logfia filaginoides

:*Malacothrix coulteri

:*Malacothrix glabrata

:*Monoptilon bellidiforme

:*Monoptilon bellioides

:*Nicolletia occidentalis

:*Palafoxia arida

:*Pectis papposa

:*Perityle emoryi

:*Peucephyllum schottii

:*Porophyllum gracile

:*Psthyrotes annua

:*Psathyrotes ramosissima

:*Psilostrophe cooperi

:*Rafinesquia neomexicana

:*Senecio flaccidus

:*Senecio mohavensis

:*Stephanomeria parryi

:*Stephanomeria pauciflora

:*Syntrocopappus fremontii

:*Tetradymia axillaria

:*Tetradymia canescens

:*Tetradymia spinosa

:*Tetradymia stenolepis

:*Thymophylla pentachaeta

:*Trichoptilium incisum

:*Trixis californica var. californica

:*Xanthisma gracile

:*Xylorhiza tortifolia

B

Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)

:*Chilopsis linearis

Boraginaceae (borage family)

:*Amsinckia tessellata

:*Cryptantha spp.

:*Eriodictyon trichocalyx

:*Heliotropium curassavicum

:*Nama demissa

:*Pectocarya penicillata

:*Pectocarya setosa

:*Phacelia campanularia

:*Phacelia crenulata

:*Phacelia curvipes

:*Phacelia distans

:*Phacelia fremontii

:*Phacelia pachyphylla

:*Phacelia parishii

:*Phacelia pedicellata

:*Phacelia rotundifolia

:*Phacelia vallis-mortae

:*Pholisma arenarium

:*Plagiobothrys parishii

:*Tiquilia plicata

Brassicaceae (mustard family)

:*Boechera pulchra

:*Brassica tournefortii

:*Caulanthus inflatus

:*Dithyrea californica

:*Lepidium flavum

:*Lepidium fremontii

:*Physaria tenella

:*Stanleya elata

:*Stanleya pinnata

:*Thelypodium integrifolium

C

Cactaceae (cactus family)

:*Coryphantha chlorantha

:*Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

:*Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

:*Echinocereus engelmannii

:*Echinocereus mojavensis

:*Ferocactus cylindraceus

:*Grusonia parishii

:*Homalocephala polycephala, syn. Echinocactus polycephalus

:*Mammillaria tetrancistra

:*Opunita basilaris

:*Opuntia chlorotica

:*Opuntia polyacantha

:*Sclerocactus polyancistrus

Caryophyllaceae

:*Achyronychia cooperi

Chenopodiaceae

:*Allenrolfea occidentalis

:*Atriplex canescens

:*Atriplex confertifolia

:*Atriplex covellei

:*Atriplex elegans

:*Atriplex hymenelytra

:*Atriplex polycarpa

:*Atriplex serenana

:*Atriplex spinifera

:*Grayia spinosa

:*Krascheninnikovia lanata

:*Salsola tragus

:*Sarcobatus vermiculatus

:*Suaeda nigra

Cleomaceae

:*Cleomella obtusifolia

:*Peritoma arborea

Crassulaceae

:*Dudleya saxosa

Cupressaceae

:*Juniperus californica

:*Juniperus osteosperma

E

Ephedraceae

:*Ephedra nevadensis

:*Ephedra trifurca

:*Ephedra viridis

Euphorbiaceae

:*Euphorbia albomarginata

:*Euphorbia setiloba

:*Croton californicus

:*Euphorbia schizoloba

:*Stillengia linearifolia

:*Stillingia spinulosa

:*Tragia ramosa

F

Fabaceae

:*Acmispon rigidus

:*Acmispon strigosus

:*Astragalus coccinus

:*Astragalus jaegerianus

:*Astragalus layneae

:*Astragalus lentigunosus

:*Astragalus newberryi

:*Dalea mollissima

:*Glycorrhiza lepidota

:*Lupinus arizonicus

:*Lupinus concinnus

:*Lupinus excubitus

:*Lupinus odorata

:*Lupius shockleyi

:*Marina parryi

:*Pediomelum castoreum

:*Prosopis glandulosus

:*Prosopis pubescens

:*Psorothamnus arborescens

:*Senegalia greggii

:*Senna armata

G

Geraniaceae

*Erodium

:*Erodium cicutarium

:*Erodium texanum

Z

Zygophyllaceae (caltrop family)

List by flower color

List by growth pattern

List by common names

California barrel cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)
Banana yucca (Yucca baccata)
Beavertail prickly pear (Opuntia basilaris)
California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)
Creosote bush
Mojave suncup (Camissonia campestris)
Newberry's milkvetch (Astragalus newberryi)
Cooper's dyssodia (or dogweed) (Adenophyllum cooperi)
Death Valley monkeyflower (Mimulus rupicola)
Desert candle (Caulanthus inflatus)
Desert five-spot
Desert larkspur
Desert Lily
Desert rock pea
Desert star
Erigeron concinnus
Ipomopsis arizonica
Joshua Tree
Jumping Cholla
Larrea tridentata
Linanthus demissus
Lupinus arizonicus
Mesquite
Mojave prickly poppy
Mojave sage
Mojave yucca
Mormon Tea
Branched Pencil Cholla
Phacelia calthifolia
Phacelia crenulata
Pinus monophylla
Ocotillo
Prairie clover
Latimer's woodland gilia (Saltugilia latimeri)
Senna covesii
Teddy-bear Cholla
Utah Juniper
Western poison oak
White woolly daisy
Wide-bannered lupine