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The plant list combines plants found in the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
plants with species not represented in the Gardens. Some of the plants are not strictly
Chihuahuan Desert, but occur in the desert fringes. Species represented by images are
marked with the sign §. Garden species are marked on these index pages with
the Gaillardia garden icon 
. However, the species represented in the gardens change
through time and the list may not be current.
| Abronia fragrans |
Fragrant Sand Verbena |
| § Acacia angustissima |
Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia |
| § Acacia berlandieri |
Guajillo, Berlandier's Acacia |
| § Acacia constricta |
Whitethorn Acacia, Largancillo |
| § Acacia farnesiana |
Sweet Acacia, Huisache Dulce |
| § Acacia greggii |
Catclaw Acacia, Una De Gato |
| § Acacia millifolia |
Fernleaf Acacia |
| § Acacia neovernicosa |
Viscid Acacia |
| § Acacia rigidula |
Blackbrush, Chaparro Prieto |
| § Acacia roemeriana |
Roemer's Acacia |
| Acacia schaffnerii |
Twisted Acacia |
| Acacia schottii | 
Schott's Acacia |
| § Acalypha monostachya |
Copper Leaf |
| § Acer grandidentatum |
Big Tooth Maple |
| § Achnatherum hymenoides |
Indian Ricegrass |
| § Acourtia nana | Dwarf
Desertpeonia |
| § Acourtia runcinata | Peonia |
| § Acourtia wrightii |
Desert Holly |
| Agastache aurantiaca |
"Navajo Sunset" |
| § Agastache cana |
Bubble Gum Mint |
| § Agastache mexicana |
Mexican Giant Hyssop |
| § Agastache pallidiflora |
Bill Williams Mountain Giant Hyssop |
| Agastache rupestris |
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop |
| Agastache wrightii |
Wright's Giant Hyssop |
| Agave albomarginata |
White-margined Agave |
| Agave americana var. medio-picta |
Striped-edge Agave |
| Agave glomeruliflora |
Chisos Agave |
| § Agave havardiana |
Havard Agave |
| § Agave lechuguilla |
Lechuguilla, Shindagger |
| § Agave lophantha |
Thorn-crested Agave |
| Agave macroculmis |
Mountain Agave, Maguey Verde |
| Agave multiflora |
Many-flowered Agave |
| § Agave palmeri |
Palmer Agave |
| § Agave parryi |
Parry Agave |
| § Agave parryi var. neomexicana |
New Mexico Agave |
| Agave parviflora |
Small-flowered Agave |
| § Agave scabra |
Rough Agave |
| Agave schidigera | Schidiger Agave |
| § Agave schottii |
Schott's Agave |
| § Agave striata |
Espadín |
| Agave victoriae-reginae |
Queen Victoria Agave |
| § Agave weberi |
Weber Agave |
| Agave wocomahi | Wocomahi
Agave |
| Allenrolfea occidentalis |
Iodine Bush, Burroweed |
| § Allionia incarnata |
Trailing Four O'clock |
| § Allium cernuum |
Nodding Onion |
| § Allium coryi | Yellow-flowered Onion |
| Allium geyeri |
Geyer Onion |
| Allium kunthii |
Kunth Onion |
| § Allium macropetalum |
Largepetal Onion |
| Allium rhizomateus |
Wild Onion |
| § Aloysia gratissima |
Whitebrush, Beebrush |
| § Aloysia macrostachya |
Sweet Stem |
| § Aloysia wrightii |
Oreganillo |
| Amelanchier utahensis |
Serviceberry |
| § Ammocodon chenopodioides | Goosefoot Moonpod |
| § Amorpha fruticosa |
False Indigo Bush |
| Amorpha nana |
Dwarf Amorpha |
| Amorpha roemeriana |
Texas Amorpha |
| Amsonia grandiflora |
Arizona Slimpod |
| § Amsonia palmeri |
Palmers Slimpod |
| § Amsonia tomentosa var. stenophylla |
Sand Slimpod |
| Ancistrocactus brevihamatus | Short-spine Fishhook |
| Ancistrocactus tobuschii | Tobusch
Fishhook |
| Andropogon saccharoides | Silver
Bluestem |
| § Anemone tuberosa |
Desert Windflower, Tuber Anemone |
| § Anemopsis californica |
Yerba Mansa |
| § Anisacanthus linearis | Dwarf
Anisacanthus |
| § Anisacanthus puberulus |
Pinky Anisacanthus |
| § Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii |
Hummingbird Bush |
| § Anisacanthus thurberi |
Desert Honeysuckle |
| § Antigonon leptopus |
Queen's Wreath, Coral Vine, "Baja Red" |
| § Apodanthera undulata | Melon
Loco |
| § Aquilegia chrysantha var. chrysantha |
Golden Columbine |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinkleyana | Hinkley's Golden Columbine |
| § Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. longissima |
Longspur Golden Columbine |
| § Arbutus xalapensis var. texana | Texas
Madrone |
| § Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf Manzanita |
| § Argemone sp. | Prickly
Poppy |
| § Argemone polyanthemos | Crested
Pricklypoppy |
| Argemone squarrosa | Hedgehog
Pricklypoppy |
| § Ariocarpus fissuratus |
Living Rock |
| § Aristida purpurea |
Purple Threeawn |
| § Artemisia filifolia |
Sand Sagebrush |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie
Sagewort |
| § Artemisia ludoviciana |
White Sagebrush |
| § Asclepias asperula | Spider
Milkweed |
| § Asclepias brachystephana | Bract
Milkweed |
| § Asclepias curassavica | Tropical
Milkweed |
| Asclepias linaria | Pineneedle Milkweed |
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy
Milkweed |
| § Asclepias subverticillata |
Poison Milkweed |
| § Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Milkweed |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Bladderpod Locoweed |
| § Astragalus missouriensis | Missouri
Milkvetch |
| § Astragalus nuttallianus | Smallflowered Milkvetch, Annual Locoweed |
| § Astragalus mollissimus var. bigelovii | Wooly
Locoweed |
| § Atriplex canescens |
Four-wing Saltbush |
Last Update: 28 Jan 2011