Pteridaceae (True Ferns)  PHOTOS:  Desert Ferns Guide
Argyrochosma limitanea ssp. limitanea
Astrolepis cochisensis ssp. arizonica
Astrolepis cochisensis ssp. cochisensis
Astrolepis integerrima
Astrolepis sinuata
Astrolepis windhamii
Bommeria hispida - Copper Fern
Cheilanthes eatonii
Cheilanthes feei
Cheilanthes lindheimeri
Cheilanthes tomentosa
Cheilanthes wootonii
Cheilanthes wrightii
Notholaena grayi
Pellaea intermedia
Pellaea ternifolia - Birdfoot Cliffbrake
Pellaea truncata - Spiny Cliffbrake

GYMNOSPERMS
Cupressaceae (Cypress Family)
Juniperus coahuilensis [= J. erythrocarpa] - redberry juniper

Ephedraceae (Jointfir Family)
Ephedra trifurca (longleaf ephedra)

ANGIOSPERMS
Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family)
Anisacanthus thurberi - desert honeysuckle
Carlowrightia arizonica
Dicliptera resupinata - foldwing
Elytraria imbricata - scalystem
Tetramerium nervosum

Adoxaceae (Elderberry Family)
Sambucus cerulea - elder

Agavaceae (Agave Family)  PHOTOS:  Agaves
Agave chrysantha - golden-flowered century plant
Agave palmeri - Palmer agave
Agave schottii - shindagger, lechugilla
Dasylirion wheeleri - sotol, desert spoon
Nolina microcarpa - beargrass
Yucca baccata - banana yucca
Yucca elata - soaptree yucca
Yucca schottii - mountain yucca

Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)
Amaranthus palmeri - carelessweed
Froelichia arizonica - snake cotton
Gomphrena nitida - ball clover
Guilleminea densa - matweed
Tidestromia lanuginosa - honeymat

Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis Family)
Milla biflora - Mexican star
Dichelostema capitatum - desert hyacinth

Anacardiaceae (Cashew Family)
Rhus virens - evergreen sumac
Rhus microphylla - littleleaf sumac
Rhus trilobata - skunkbush
Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy

Apiaceae (Parsley Family)
Bowlesia incana
Cymopterus multinervatus - springparsley
Daucus pusillus - wild carrot
Lomatium nevadense
Spermolepis echinata - bristly scaleseed

Apocynaceae (Dogbane & Milkweed Family)
Asclepias asperula - inmortal, antelope horns
Asclepias macrotis - longhood milkweed
Asclepias nummularia - tufted milkweed
Macrosiphonia macrosiphon - Huachuca rock trumpet
Sarcostemma (Funastrum) cynanchoides - climbing milkweed

Aristolochiaceae (Pipevine Family)
Aristolochia watsonii - desert pipevine

Asteraceae (Composite Family; Sunflower Family)
Acourtia nana - desert holly
Acourtia wrightii
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia deltoidea - bursage
Anaphalis margaritacea
Baccharis salicifolia - seepwillow
Baccharis sarothroides - desert broom
Baccharis pteronioides - yerba de pasmo
Bahia absinthifolia - chalk daisy
Baileya multiradiata - desert marigold
Bebbia juncea - sweetbush
Brickellia baccharidea
Brickellia californica
Brickellia coulteri
Calycoseris wrightii - tackstem
Chaenactis carphoclinia - pebble pincushion
Chaetopappa ericoides
Cirsium neomexicanum - thistle
Dyssodia pentachaeta - dogweed
Encelia farinosa - brittlebush, incienso
Eriophyllum lanosum - woolly daisy
Ericameria laricifolia - turpentine bush
Ericameria nauseosa - rubber rabbitbrush
Erigeron divergens
Eupatorium greggii - mistflower
Evax verna
Guttierezia microcephala - snakeweed, matchweed
Guttierezia sarothrae - escoba de vibora
Helianthus annuus - sunflower
Hymenothrix wislizeni
Isocoma tenuisecta - burroweed
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia - spiny aster
Malacothrix fendleri - desert dandelion
Microseris linearifolia - silverpuffs, starpoint
Parthenium incanum - mariola
Pectis angustifolia
Psilostrophe cooperi - paperflower
Porophyllum gracile - odora
Rafinesquia neomexicana - desert chicory
**Sanvitalia abertii
Senecio flaccidus
*Sonchus oleracea
Stephanomeria pauciflora - wirelettuce
Trixis californica
Verbesina rothrockii - Rothrock crownbeard
Xanthisma spinulosum - spiny goldenweed
Xanthisma gracile - slender goldenweed
Xanthium strumarium - cocklebur
Zinnia acerosa - desert zinnia

Betulaceae (Birch Family)
Alnus oblongifolia - Arizona alder

Bignoniaceae (Catalpa Family)
Chilopsis linearis - desert willow
Tecoma stans - tronadora

Bixaceae (Lipstick Tree Family)
Amoreuxia palmatifida - Arizona yellowshow

Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not Family)
Amsinckia intermedia - fiddleneck
Cryptantha angustifolia - narrowleaf hiddenflower
Cryptantha barbigera - bristly hiddenflower
Cryptantha decipiens - gravelbar hiddenflower
Cryptantha micrantha - redroot hiddenflower
Cryptantha pterocarya
Eucrypta micrantha - hideseed
Lappula occidentalis - stickseed
Pectocarya linearis
Pectocarya recurvata - combseed
Tiquilia canescens - ojo de perro

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
Capsella bursa-pastoris - shepherd's purse
Descourainia laciniata - laceleaf mustard
Lepidium densiflorum - common pepperweed
Lepidium lasiocarpum - hairy pepperweed Lepidium virginicum - Virginia pepperweed
Lesquerella purpurea - white bladderpod
Lesquerella fendleri - limestone bladderpod
Lesquerella gordonii - common yellow bladderpod
*Sisymbrium irio - London rocket
Streptanthus carinatus - Arizona jewelflower
Thysanocarpus curvipes - lacepod

Cactaceae (Cactus Family)PHOTOS:  Cacti
Carnegia gigantea - saguaro
Echinocereus coccineus - red-flowered hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus fasciculatus - pink-flowered hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus fendleri - pink-flowered hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus rigidissimus - rainbow cactus
Echinomastus erectocentrus var. erectocentrus - needlespine
Escobaria vivipara [= Coryphantha vivipara var. bisbeeana] - beehive
Ferocactus wislizeni - Arizona barrel, compass barrel,  biznaga
Mammillaria grahamii [= M. microcarpa] - fish-hook cactus
Mammillaria macdougalii - flat cactus
Peniocereus greggii - night-blooming cereus
Cylindropuntia arbuscula - pencil cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida - chainfruit cholla, jumping cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis - Christmas cholla
Cylindropuntia spinosior - cane cholla
Cylindropuntia versicolor - staghorn cholla
Cylindropuntia spinosior x arbuscula
Cylindropuntia x kelvinensis (spinosior x fulgida)
Opuntia chlorotica - pancake prickly pear, tree prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii - common prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra - blackspine prickly pear
Opuntia phaeacantha - brownspine prickly pear

Campanulaceae (Bluebell Family)
Nemacladus glanduliferus - threadplant

Capparidaceae (Caper Family)
Polanisia dodecandra - clammyweed

Caryophyllaceae (Pink Family)
Silene antirrhina - sleepy catchfly

Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family)
Mortonia scabrella - sandpaper bush

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)
Atriplex canescens - four-winged saltbush
Chenopodium album - goosefoot
*Salsola tragus - Russian thistle

Commelinaceae
Commelina dianthifolia - dayflower
Commelina erecta - dayflower

Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory Family)
Convolvulus equitans
Evolvulus alsinoides - blue dwarf morning glory
Evolvulus arizonicus - Arizona morning glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Ipomoea coccinea - red morning glory
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea leptotoma

Crassulaceae (Stonecrop Family)PHOTOS:  Stonecrop
Graptopetalum bartramii - Bartram's stonecrop

Crossosomataceae (Rockflower Family)
Crossosoma bigelovii - ragged rockflower

Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber Family)
Apodanthera undulata - coyote melon
Marah gilensis - bur cucumber
Cucurbita digitata - coyote gourd, fingerleaf gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima - buffalo gourd

Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
Chamaesyce albomarginata
Chamaesyce arizonica
Chamaesyce capitellata
Chamaesyce fendleri
Chamaesyce florida
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce melanadenia
Chamaesyce micromera
Chamaesyce pediculifera
Chamaesyce polycarpa
Chamaesyce setiloba
Croton pottsii - desert croton
Ditaxis neomexicana - silverbush
Euphorbia eriantha - desert poinsettia
Jatropha cardiophylla - sangre de drago, limberbush [shrub]
Jatropha macrorhiza - sangre de drago [perennial herb]

Fabaceae (Legume Family)
Acacia angustissima
Acacia constricta - whitethorn acacia
Acacia greggii - catclaw
Acacia millefolia - fernleaf acacia, Santa Rita acacia
Acacia neovernicosa
Amorpha fruticosa - leadplant, indigo bush
Astragalus allochrous - halfmoon loco
Astragalus arizonicus - Arizona milkvetch
Astragalus nuttallianus
Calliandra eriophylla - fairy duster
Cercidium floridum - blue palo verde
Dalea formosa - prairie smoke
**Dalea lumholtzii
Dalea mollis - soft prairie clover
Dalea neomexicana - downy prairie clover
Dalea pogonathera
Dalea wrightii - yellow prairie clover
Erythrina flabelliformis - coralbean
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Lotus greenei - deervetch
Lotus humistratus - desert lotus
Lupinus arizonicus - Arizona lupine
Lupinus brevicaulis - dwarf lupine
Lupinus concinnus - bajada lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus - common lupine
*Medicago polymorpha - bur clover
Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera - wait-a-minute bush
Mimosa dysocarpa - velvetpod mimosa
Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite
Psoralidium tenuiflorum - scurfy pea
Senna bauhinioides - twinleaf senna
Senna covesii - desert senna
Vicia ludoviciana - slim vetch

Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Quercus arizonica - Arizona white oak
Quercus pungens - sandpaper oak
Quercus turbinella - turbinella oak, shrub oak
Quercus oblongifolia - Mexican blue oak
Quercus emoryi - Arizona black oak, emory oak, bellota

Fouquieriaceae (Ocotillo Family)
Fouquieria splendens - ocotillo

Fumariaceae (Fumitory Family)
Corydalis aurea - yellow corydalis

Garryaceae (Silk Tassel Family)
Garrya wrightii - silk tassel

Gentianaceae (Gentian Family)
Centaurium arizonicum - Arizona centaury

Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)
*Erodium cicutarium - filaree
Erodium texanum = storksbill

Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea Family)
**Fendlerella utahensis - Utah fendlerbush

Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
Nama demissum - purplemat
Phacelia affinis - little phacelia
Phacelia arizonica - Arizona phacelia
Phacelia crenulata - common phacelia, scorpionweed

Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)
Juglans major - Arizona walnut

Krameriaceae (Ratany Family)
Krameria grayi - white ratany
Krameria erecta - littleleaf ratany

Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
**Hedeoma dentatum
Hedeoma nana
Monarda citriodora - coyote mint
*Salvia columbariae - chia
**Salvia henryi
Trichostema arizonicum - bluecurls

Liliaceae (Lily Family)
Allium macropetalum - desert onion
Calochortus ambiguus - white false sego lily
Calochortus kennedyi - yellow mariposa lily
Zephranthes longifolia - desert lily

Linaceae (Flax Family)
Linum lewisii - blue flax
Linum pratense - prairie flax
Linum puberulum - orange flax

Loasaceae (Blazingstar Family)
Mentzelia albicaulis - white-stemmed blazing star
Mentzelia multiflora - many-flowered blazing star
**Mentzelia oligosperma

Malpighiaceae
Janusia gracilis - janusia

Malvaceae (Mallow/Hibiscus Family)
Abutilon abutiloides - shrubby Indian mallow
Abutilon incanum - pelotazo
Abutilon mollicomum - Sonora Indian mallow
Abutilon palmeri - Palmer's Indian mallow
Abutilon parvulum - dwarf Indian mallow
Gossypium thurberi - wild cotton
Herissantia crispa - bladder mallow
Hibiscus coulteri - desert hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus - rock hibiscus
*Malva parviflora - small-flowered mallow
Sida abutifolia - fanpetals
Sphaeralcea ambigua - desert globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
Sphaeralcea laxa

Martyniaceae (Martynia Family)
Proboscidea althaeifolia - perennial devil's claw
Proboscidea parviflora - annual devil's claw, unicorn plant

Moraceae (Mulberry Family)
Morus microphylla - Arizona mulberry

Nyctaginaceae (Four O'Clock Family)
Allionia incarnata - trailing four o'clock
Boerhavia coccinea - red spiderling
Commicarpus scandens - climbing wartclub
Mirabilis bigelovii - desert wishbone bush
Mirabilis linearis - narrow-leaved four o'clock
Mirabilis longiflora - long-flowered four o'clock

Oleaceae (Olive Family)
Fraxinus velutina - velvet ash
Menodora scabra - menodora

Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
Camissonia chamaenerioides
Oenothera elata - tall evening primrose
Oenothera primiveris - desert evening primrose
Zauschneria californica - hummingbird trumpet

Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family)
**Castilleja integra - desert paintbrush
Castilleja tenuiflora - Catalina paintbrush
Orobanche cooperi - desert broomrape

Oxalidaceae (Wood Sorrel Family)
Oxalis drummondii - wood sorrel
Oxalis stricta - yellow wood sorrel

Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)
Argemone pleiacantha - prickly poppy
Eschscholzia californica - desert poppy

Phrymaceae (Lopseed Family)
Mimulus guttatus - common monkeyflower
Mimulus suksdorfii - miniature monkeyflower

Phytolaccaceae (Pokeweed Family)
Rivina humilis - pigeonberry, rougeplant

Plantaginaceae (Plantain Family)
Plantago ovata - plantain
Plantago patagonica - plantain
Veronica anagallis-aquatica - water speedwell

Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family)
Eriastrum diffusum - woolystar
Gilia flavocincta - desert gilia
Ipomopsis longiflora - desert trumpet

Polygalaceae (Milkwort Family)
Polygala alba - white milkwort
Polygala barbeyana - blue milkwort
**Polygala lindheimeri var. parvifolia
Polygala macradenia - glandleaf milkwort
Polygala scoparioides - broom milkwort

Polygonaceae (Knotweed Family)
Eriogonum abertianum
Eriogonum deflexum - skeletonweed
*Rumex crispus - curly dock
Rumex hymenosepalus - canaigre

Portulacaceae (Purslane Family)
Calandrinia ciliata - red maids
Cistanthe monandra
Portulaca suffrutescens - shrubby purslane

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
Anemone tuberosa - desert anemone
Clematis drummondii - virgin's bower, traveller's joy
Clematis ligusticifolia
Delphinium parishii - pale larkspur
Delphinium scaposum - smooth larkspur

Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)
Ceanothus greggii - redroot
Condalia warnockii - snakewood
Sageretia wrightii - sageretia
Zizyphus obtusifolia - graythorn

Rosaceae (Rose Family)PHOTOS:  Rockmat
Cercocarpus breviflora - mountain mahogany
**Cercocarpus montanus - true mountain mahogany
Petrophytum caespitosum - rock mat
Purshia mexicana var. stansburiana - cliffrose
Vauquelinia californica - Arizona rosewood
*Pyracantha sp.[single plant in ash grove in granite wash]

Rubiaceae (Madder Family)
Bouvardia ternifolia - trumpetilla
Galium aparine - cleavers
Galium microphyllum - littleleaf bedstraw
Galium proliferum - hairy bedstraw
Houstonia rubra - desert bluets

Rutaceae (Rue Family)
Thamnosma texana - desert rue

Salicaceae (Willow Family)
Populus fremontii - Fremont cottonwood
Salix exigua - coyote willow

Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family)
Dodonaea viscosa - hopbush
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii - soapberry

Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)
Heuchera sanguinea - coralbells

Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family)
Maurandya antirrhiniflora - snapdragon vine
Nuttallanthus texanus - desert toadflax
Penstemon dasyphyllus - Cochise penstemon
Penstemon parryi - Parry penstemon

Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)
Chamaesaracha sordida - dingy five-eyes
Chamaesaracha coronopus - velvet five-eyes
Datura discolor - spiny datura
**Datura quercifolia - oakleaf datura
Datura wrightii - sacred datura
Lycium berlandieri - desert wolfberry
Lycium exsertum - wolfberry
Lycium pallidum - pale wolfberry
Nicotiana trigonophylla - wild tobacco
*Nicotiana glauca - tree tobacco
*Physalis philadelphica - tomatillo
**Physalis solanaceus - ground cherry
Solanum elaeagnifolium - silverleaf nightshade

Sterculiaceae (Cacao Family)
Ayenia filiformis

Tamaricaceae (Tamarisk Family)
*Tamarix chinensis - tamarisk, saltcedar [cow tank]

Ulmaceae (Elm Family)
Celtis laevigata - canyon hackberry
Celtis pallida - desert hackberry

Verbenaceae (Vervain Family)
Aloysia wrightii - oreganillo, beebrush
Tetraclaea coulteri - wrinklefruit
Verbena goodinggii - Goodding's verbena
Verbena neomexicana - New Mexico vervain
*Verbena tenuisecta

Violaceae (Violet Family)
Hybanthus verticillatus - baby slippers

Viscaceae (Mistletoe Family)
Phoradendron californicum - mesquite mistletoe
Phoradendron flavescens - oak mistletoe
Phoradendron juniperinum - juniper mistletoe

Vitaceae (Grape Family)
Vitis arizonica - Arizona grape

Zygophyllaceae (Caltrop Family)
Kallstroemia grandiflora - caltrop poppy
Larrea tridentata - creosote bush, greasewood
Tribulus terrestris - puncture vine

GRASSES, SEDGES, & RUSHES
Poaceae (Grass Family)
Aristida divaricata (poverty threeawn)
Aristida purpurea (purple threeawn)
**Aristida ternipes (spidergrass)
** Aristida wrightii (Wright's threeawn)
*Avena fatua (wild oats)
Bothriochloa barbinodis (cane beardgrass)
Bouteloua aristidoides (needle grama)
Bouteloua chondrosioides (sprucetop grama)
Bouteloua curtipendula (sideoats grama)
**Bouteloua eludens (Santa Rita Mountain grama)
Bouteloua eriopoda (black grama)
Bouteloua filiformis (slender grama)
Bouteloua hirsuta (hairy grama)
**Bouteloua radicosa (purple grama)
**Bouteloua repens (slender grama)
Bouteloua rothrockii (chuchillo)
Cenchrus spinifex (= C. incertus) (coastal sandbur)
Chloris virgata (feather fingergrass)
*Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass)
Digitaria californica (cottontop)
Dasyochloa pulchella (fluffgrass)
Elymus elymoides (squirreltail)
*Eragrostis cilianensis (stinkgrass)
**Eragrostis intermedia (plains lovegrass)
*Eragrostis lehmanniana (Lehmann lovegrass)
*Eragrostis superba (Wilman lovegrass)
**Erioneuron avenaceum (shortleaf woollygrass)
Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
HIlaria belangeri (curly mesquite)
Hordeum arizonica (foxtail barley)
**Muhlenbergia elongata (sycamore muhly)
Muhlenbergia emersleyi (bullgrass)
Muhlenbergia fragilis (delicate muhly)
Muhlenbergia repens (aparejo grass)
**Muhlenbergia rigida (purple muhly)
**Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (mesa muhly)
Panicum arizonicum (Arizona panic grass)
*Pennisetum ciliare (buffelgrass)
*Pennisetum setaceum (fountain grass)
Pleuraphis mutica (tobosa)
Setaria macrostachya (plains bristlegrass)
Sporobolus wrightii (big sacaton)
**Tridens muticus (slim tridens)

* EXOTIC
**  Not seen yet.  Herbarium records from 1981-82 at Arizona State University and University of Arizona, via SEINet.