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Plant List—Scientific Names

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To go directly to an alphabetical section, click on the letter or letter combination. Alternatively, you may search by scientific name (best choice if you know it) or common name. The difficulty in searching by the common name is that most plants are known by more than one common name, and generally only one common name is present in the database. You also may search for any keyword that might appear in an account. For example, searching for "shrub" brings up over 100 links to pages that have the word "shrub" on them.

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 garden icon. However, the species represented in the gardens change through time and the list may not be current.

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§ Abronia angustifolia SpacerPink Sand Verbena
§ Abronia fragrans garden icon Snowball Sand Verbena
§ Acaciella angustissima garden icon Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia
§ Acalypha monostachya garden icon Copper Leaf
§ Acer grandidentatum garden icon Big Tooth Maple
§ Achnatherum hymenoides garden icon Indian Ricegrass
Acleisanthes acutifolia SpacerGyp Moonpod
§ Acleisanthes angustifolia garden iconSparse-leafed Moonpod
§ Acleisanthes chenopodioides SpacerGoosefoot Moonpod
§ Acleisanthes diffusa SpacerSpreading Moonpod
§ Acleisanthes lanceolata SpacerLance-leaf Moonpod
§ Acleisanthes longiflora SpacerAngel Trumpets
Acleisanthes parviflora SpacerGyp Moonpod
§ Acourtia nana SpacerDwarf Desertpeonia
§ Acourtia runcinata SpacerPeonia
§ Acourtia wrightii garden icon Desert Holly
Agastache aurantiaca garden icon "Navajo Sunset"
§ Agastache cana garden icon Bubble Gum Mint
§ Agastache pallidiflora garden icon Bill Williams Mountain Giant Hyssop
Agastache rupestris garden icon Threadleaf Giant Hyssop
Agastache wrightii garden icon Wright's Giant Hyssop
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Agave albomarginata garden icon White-margined Agave
Agave americana var. medio-picta garden icon Striped-edge Agave
Agave glomeruliflora garden icon Chisos Agave
§ Agave havardiana garden icon Havard Agave
§ Agave lechuguilla garden icon Lechuguilla, Shindagger
§ Agave lophantha garden icon Thorn-crested Agave
Agave macroculmis garden icon Mountain Agave, Maguey Verde
Agave multiflora garden icon Many-flowered Agave
§ Agave palmeri garden icon Palmer Agave
§ Agave parryi garden icon Parry Agave
§ Agave parryi var. neomexicana garden icon New Mexico Agave
Agave parviflora
SpacerSmall-flowered Agave
§ Agave scabra garden icon Rough Agave
Agave schidigera SpacerSchidiger Agave
§ Agave schottii garden icon Schott's Agave
§ Agave striata garden icon Espadín
Agave victoriae-reginae garden icon Queen Victoria Agave
§ Agave weberi garden icon Weber Agave
§ Agave wocomahi SpacerWocomahi Agave
Allenrolfea occidentalis garden icon Iodine Bush, Burroweed
§ Allionia incarnata garden icon Trailing Four O'clock
§ Allium cernuum garden icon Nodding Onion
§ Allium coryi garden iconYellow-flowered Onion
Allium drummondii SpacerDrummond's Onion
§ Allium geyeri garden icon Geyer Onion
§ Allium kunthii garden icon Kunth Onion
§ Allium macropetalum garden icon Largepetal Onion
§ Allium rhizomatum garden icon Wild Onion
§ Aloysia gratissima garden icon Whitebrush, Beebrush
§ Aloysia macrostachya garden icon Sweet Stem
§ Aloysia wrightii garden icon Oreganillo
Amelanchier utahensis garden icon Serviceberry
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§ Amorpha fruticosa garden icon False Indigo Bush
Amorpha nana garden icon Dwarf Amorpha
Amorpha roemeriana garden icon Texas Amorpha
Amsonia grandiflora garden icon Arizona Slimpod
§ Amsonia palmeri garden icon Palmers Slimpod
§ Amsonia tomentosa var. stenophylla garden icon Sand Slimpod
Ancistrocactus brevihamatus SpacerShort-spine Fishhook
Ancistrocactus tobuschii SpacerTobusch Fishhook
Andropogon saccharoides SpacerSilver Bluestem
§ Anemone tuberosa garden icon Desert Windflower, Tuber Anemone
§ Anemopsis californica garden icon Yerba Mansa
§ Anisacanthus linearis SpacerDwarf Anisacanthus
§ Anisacanthus puberulus garden icon Pinky Anisacanthus
§ Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii garden icon Hummingbird Bush
§ Anisacanthus thurberi garden icon Desert Honeysuckle
§ Anulocaulis eriosolenus  SpacerBig Bend Ringstem
§ Anulocaulis hintoniorum  SpacerHinton's Ringstem
§ Anulocaulis leiosolenus 1  SpacerSouthwestern Ringstem
§ Anulocaulis leiosolenus 2  SpacerSouthwestern Ringstem
§ Antigonon leptopus garden icon Queen's Wreath, Coral Vine, "Baja Red"
§ Apodanthera undulata  SpacerMelon Loco
§ Aquilegia chrysantha var. chrysantha garden icon Golden Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinkleyana SpacerHinkley's Golden Columbine
§ Aquilegia longissima garden iconLongspur Columbine
Aquilegia chrysantha var. longissima garden icon Longspur Golden Columbine
§ Arbutus xalapensis var. texana SpacerTexas Madrone
§ Arctostaphylos pungens SpacerPointleaf Manzanita
§ Argemone sp. SpacerPrickly Poppy
§ Argemone polyanthemos SpacerCrested Pricklypoppy
Argemone squarrosa SpacerHedgehog Pricklypoppy
§ Ariocarpus fissuratus garden icon Living Rock
§ Aristida purpurea garden icon Purple Threeawn
§ Artemisia filifolia garden icon Sand Sagebrush
Artemisia frigida SpacerPrairie Sagewort
§ Artemisia ludoviciana garden icon White Sagebrush
§ Asclepias asperula SpacerSpider Milkweed
§ Asclepias brachystephana SpacerBract Milkweed
§ Asclepias curassavica SpacerTropical Milkweed
Asclepias linaria SpacerPineneedle Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa SpacerShowy Milkweed
§ Asclepias subverticillata garden icon Poison Milkweed
§ Asclepias tuberosa garden icon Butterfly Milkweed
Astragalus crassicarpus SpacerBladderpod Locoweed
§ Astragalus missouriensis SpacerMissouri Milkvetch
§ Astragalus nuttallianus SpacerSmallflowered Milkvetch, Annual Locoweed
§ Astragalus mollissimus var. bigelovii SpacerWooly Locoweed
§ Atriplex canescens garden icon Four-wing Saltbush
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Last Update: 29 Sep 2013