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Note: Plant material displayed in this exhibit may vary according season - all plants may not be available for viewing at all times.
All material listed by scientific name - common name
(list updated December 2003)
Botantical Name - Common Name
Acacia constricta - Whitethorn Acacia
Acacia greggii - Catclaw Acacia
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris - Southern Maidenhair Fern
Agave americana - Century Plant
Agave deserti - Desert Agave
Agave murpheyi - Murphey Agave
Agave Parryi - Mescal Agave
Agave Parryi var. huachuiensis - Huachuca
Agave parviflora - Small-flowered
Agave schottii - Schott
Agave victoriae-reginae - Queen Agave
Aloysia Wrightii (sp. Not in Hortus) - Wright's Bee Brush
Ambrosia dumosa - White Bursage
Aplopappus laricifolius - Turpentine Brush
Aristida purpurea - Purple Three Awn
Artemisia filifolia - Sand Sagebrush
Asclepias linaria - Milkweed
Atriplex canescens - Four-wing Saltbush
Baccharis sarothroides - Desert Broom
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue Grama
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalo Grass
Bursera fagaroides - Elephant Tree
Bursera microphylla - Elephant Tree
Calliandra eriophylla - Fairy Duster
Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro
Celtis pallida - Desert Hackberry
Cercidium floridum - Blue Palo Verde
Cercidium microphyllum - Foothill Palo Verde
Chamaebatiaria Millefolium - Fern Bush
Cowania Mexicana - Cliff-rose
Dalea greggii - Gregg Indigo Bush or Trailing Indigo Bush
Dasylirion wheeleri - Desert Spoon
Datura meteloides - Sacred Datura
Digitaria sp. - Digitaria
Dyssodia pentachaeta - Dogweed
Echinocactus polycephalus - Cottontop Barrel
Echinocereus engelmannii var. nicholii - Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus fasciculatus var. bonkerae - Hedgehog Cactus
Encelia farnosa - Brittle Bush
Ephedra nevadensis - Mormon Tea
Erythrina flabelliformis - Coral-tree
Ferocactus acanthodes - Fire Barrel
Ferocactus covillei - Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus hamatacanthus - Turk's Head Barrel
Ferocactus wislizenii - Fishhook Barrel Cactus
Fouquieria splendens - Ocotillo
Franseria deltodidea - Triangle-leaf Bur Sage
Ibervillea tenuisecta - Ibervillea
Justicia californica - Chuparosa or Honeysuckle
Justicia spicigera - Desert Honeysuckle
Larrea tridentata - Creosote
Lemaireocereus thurberi - Organ-Pipe Cactus
Lobelia laxiflora - Lobelia
Lophocereus schottii - Senita
Lycium exsertum - Wolfberry
Lycium fremontii - Wolfberry
Maurandya antirrhiniflora - Snapdragon Vine
Melampodium leucanthum - Blackfoot Daisy
Mimulus cardinalis - Crimson Monkey Flower
Mimulus guttatus - Yellow Monkey Flower
Mirabilis multiflora - Desert Four-O'Clock
Nolina metapensis - Bear Grass
Olneya tesota - Ironwood
Opuntia acanthocarpa - Buckthorn Cholla
Opuntia basilaris - Beavertail Cactus
Opuntia basilaris 'aurea' - Beavertail Cactus
Opuntia bigelovii - Teddybear Cholla
Opuntia erinacea var. ursina - Grizzly Bear Cactus
Opuntia fulgida - Jumping Cholla
Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata - Engelmann Prickly Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis - Cliffside Prickly Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha var. Major - Sprawling Prickly Pear
Opuntia ramosissima - Pencil Cactus
Opuntia spinosior - Cane Cholla
Opuntia versicolor - Staghorn Cholla
Opuntia violacea var. santa rita - Purple Prickly Pear
Opuntia violacea var. violacea - Purple Prickly Pear
Opuntia Whipplei - Whipple Cholla
Pachycereus pringlei - Pachycereus
Pinus maximartinezii - Pinyon Pine
Plumbago scandens - Plumbago
Prosopis juliflora var. glandulosa - Honey Mesquite
Psilostrophe cooperi - Paperflower
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Simmondsia chinensis - Jojoba
Sophora secundiflora - Mescal Bean
Sphaeralcea ambigua - Desert Globe
Tecoma stans - Arizona Yellowbells
Yucca Baccata - Banana Yucca
Yucca brevifolia - Joshua
Yucca elata - Soaptree Yucca
Yucca schottii - Hoary Yucca
Zauschneria latifolia - Hummingbird-Trumpet
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