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Sonora Desert Interior Plant Collection

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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