Plants of the DSC
Herbarium specimen list (coming soon!)
** Introduced Species
| Scientific name | Common name from E. Jaeger's Desert Wild Flowers | Common name from LeRoy Abram's Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States |
|---|---|---|
| Ephederales | ||
| EPHEDERACEAE | EPHEDRA FAMILY | |
| Ephedra nevedensis | Nevada Ephedra | Nevada Joint Fir |
| Dicotolydones | ||
| AIZOACEAE | CARPET-WEED FAMILY | |
| Sesuvium verrucosum | Western Sea-purslane | |
| Trianthema portulacastrum | Horse-purslane | Lowland Purslane |
| AMARANTHACEAE | AMARANTH FAMILY | |
| Tidestromia oblongifolia | Arizona Honey-sweet | Honey-sweet |
| APOCYNACEAE | DOGBANE FAMILY | |
| **Nerium oleander | Oleander | |
| ASCLEPIADACEAE | MILKWEED FAMILY | |
| Asclepias erosa | Desert Milkweed | |
| Sarcostemma cynanchoides hartwegii | Climbing-milkweed, Townula | Purple Climbing-milkweed |
| ASTERACEAE | SUNFLOWER FAMILY | |
|
Ambrosia dumosa |
White Bur-sage | Burrobush |
| Amphipappus fremontii spinosus | Chaffbush | Eytelia |
| Aster subulatus ligulatus | Slim Aster | |
| Baileya pauciradiata | Colorado Desert Marigold | Lax-flower |
|
Baileya pleniradiata |
Woolly-marigold | Woolly-marigold |
| Bebbia juncea asper | Sweetbush | Sweetbush |
| Brickellia incana | Woolly Brickellia, Brickelbush | Woolly Brickellia |
| Chaenactis carphoclinia carphoclinia | Pebble-pincushion | Pebble-pincushion |
| Chaenactis fremontii | Fremont-pincushion | Fremont-pincushion |
| Chaenactis stevioides | Broad-flowered Chaenactis | Esteve-pincushion |
| **Chamomilla suaveolens | Pineapple Weed | |
| Dicoria canescens | Desert Dicoria | Desert Dicoria |
| Encelia farinosa | Brittlebush, Incienso | Brittlebush, Incienso |
| Encelia frutescens | Bush Encelia | Rayless Encelia |
| Eriophyllum ambiguum | Woolly-daisy | Yellow-frocks |
| Filago depressa | Dwarf Filago | Dwarf Filago |
| Geraea canescens | Desert-sunflower | Desert-sunflower |
| Helianthus annuus jaegeri | Common Sunflower | Annual Sunflower |
| Hymenoclea salsola salsola | White Burrobush | Cheesebush |
| Isocoma acradenia ermophila | Desert Isocoma | Alkali Goldenbush |
| Machaeranthera arida | Silver Lake-daisy | Silver Lake-daisy |
|
Machaeranthera carnosa |
Shrubby Alkali-Aster | |
|
Malacothrix coulteri |
Snakes-head | Snakes-head |
| Malacothrix glabrata | Desert-dandelion | Desert-dandelion |
|
Monoptilon bellioides |
Mojave Desert-star | Mojave Desert-star |
|
Palafoxia arida arida |
Spanish-needle | Spanish-needle |
|
Pectis papposa papposa |
Chinch-weed | |
|
Perityle emoryi |
Emory Rock-daisy | Emory Rock-daisy |
|
Peucephyllum schottii |
Desert-fir, Pigmy-cedar | Desert-fir, Pigmy-cedar |
|
Pleurocoronis pluriseta |
Arrow Leaf | Arrow Leaf |
|
Pluchea sericea |
Arrow Weed | Arrow Weed |
|
Prenanthella exigua |
Annual Lygdesemia | Egbertia |
|
Psathyrotes annnua |
Mealy Rosettes | Fan-leaf |
|
Rafinesquia neomexicana |
Desert-chicory | Desert-chicory |
|
Senecio mohavensis |
Mojave Groundsel | Mojave Groundsel |
| Stephanomeria exigua exigua | Small Stephanomeria | Annual Mitra |
|
Stephanomeria parryi |
Parry's Stephanomeria | Parry Rock-pink |
|
Stephanomeria pauciflora |
Few-flowered Stephanomeria, Wire lettuce | Desert-straw |
|
Stylocline micropoides |
Woolly Stylocline, Desert Nest-straw | Desert Nest-straw |
|
Xylorhiza tortifolia tortifolia |
Mojave-aster | |
| BORAGINACEAE | BORAGE FAMILY | |
|
Amsinckia tessellata tessellata |
Tessellate Fiddleneck | Checker Fiddleneck |
|
Cryptantha angustifolia |
Narrow-leaved Forget-Me-Not | |
| Cryptantha decipens | Gravel Cryptantha | Gravel Forget-Me-Not |
|
Crythantha maritima |
Guadalupe Crypthantha | White-haired Forget-Me-Not |
|
Cryptantha micrantha |
Eremocarya | Purple-rooted Forget-Me-Not |
|
Cryptantha nevadensis |
Nevada Crypthantha | Nevada Forget-Me-Not |
|
Crypthantha pterocarya cycloptera |
Wing-nut Cryptantha | Wing-Nut, Forget-Me-Not |
|
Heliotropium curassavicum |
Seaside Heliotrope | Chinese-pusley |
|
Pectocarya heterocarpa |
Chuckwalla Pectocarya | |
|
Pectocarya platycarpa |
Broad-fruited Pectocarya | Broad-nutted Combbur |
|
Pectocarya recurvata |
Recurved Pectocarya | Arched-nutted Combbur |
|
Plagiobothrys jonesii |
Jone's Plagiobothrys | Jone's Popcorn-flower |
|
Tiquilia plicata |
Plicate Coldenia | Plicate Coldenia |
|
BRASSICACEAE |
MUSTARD FAMILY | |
| Caulanthus cooperi | Cooper's Caulanthus | Cooper's Caulanthus |
| Descurainia californica | Sierra Tansy-mustard, California Tansymustard | California Tansymustard |
| **Descurainia sophia | Flixweed, Tansy-mustard, Sophia Tansy-mustard | Sophia Tansy-mustard |
| Dithyrea californica | California Shield-pod | Spectacle-pod |
| Guillenia lasiophyllum | California-mustard | |
| Lepidium lasiocarpum lasiocarpum | Hairy-pod Pepper-grass | |
| Streptanthella longirostris | Streptanthella | Long-beaked Twistflower |
| CACTACEAE | CACTUS FAMILY | |
| Echinocactus polycephalus polycephalus | Cotton-top Cactus | |
| Echinocereus engelmanii chrysocentrus | Saints' Cactus | Calico Cactus |
| Mammillaria tetrancistra | Yaqui Cactus | Corkseed Cactus |
| Opuntia basilaris basilaris | Beaver-tail Cactus | Beaver-tail Cactus |
| Opuntia echinocarpa | Summer Cholla | Thorny-fruited Cactus |
| CAPPARACEAE | CAPER FAMILY | |
| Cleomella obtusifolia | Bushy Cleomella | Blunt-leaf Stinkweed |
| CARYOPHYLLACEAE | CHICKWEED FAMILY | |
| Achyronychia cooperi | Onyx Flower | Frost-mat, Chaff-nail |
| CHENOPODIACEAE | GOOSEFOOT FAMILY | |
| Allenrolfea occidentalis | Iodine Bush | Picklebush, Picklewood |
| Atriplex canescens canescens | Hoary Saltbush | Wingscale, Hoary Saltbush |
| Atriplex hymenelytra | Desert-holly | Desert-holly |
| Atriplex lentiformis lentiformis | Lens-fruited saltbush, Quail Brush | Lenscale |
| Atriplex phyllostegia | Arrow Saltbush | Arrow Scale |
| FABACEAE | PEA FAMILY | |
| Astragalus lentiginosus fremontii | Mottled Rattleweed | Dapple-pod |
| **Cercidium floridum floridum | Border Palo Verde | Border Palo Verde |
| Dalea mollissima | Downy Dalea | Silk Dalea |
| Lotus salsuginosus brevivexillus | Humble Hosackia, Annual Lotus | |
| Lupinus arizonicus | Arizona Lupine | |
| Lupinus brevicaulis | Short-stemmed Platycarpos | Short-stemmed Blue Lupine |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Palo Verde | |
| Prosopis glandulosa torreyana | Mesquite | Mesquite |
| Prosopis pubescens | Tornillo, Screw-bean | Tornillo, Screw-bean |
| Psorothamnus spinosus | Smoke Tree | Smoke Tree |
| GERANIACEAE | GERANIUM FAMILY | |
| **Erodium cicutarium | Red-Stemmed Filaree | Filaree |
| Erodium texanum | Texas Filaree | Desert Heron's-bill |
| HYDROPHYLLACEAE | WATERLEAF FAMILY | |
| Nama demissum demissum | Purple Mat | Purple Mat |
| Phacelia crenulata crenulata | Heliotrope Phacelia | Notch-leaved Phacelia |
| LOASACEAE | STICK-LEAF FAMILY | |
| Mentzelia albicaulis | White-stemmed Stick-leaf | Small-flowered Blazing star |
| Mentzelia multiflora longiloba | Yerba Amarilla | Adonis, Blazing Star, Panamint Blazing Star |
| Petalonyx thurberi thurberi | Common Sandpaper Plant | Thurber Sandpaper Plant |
| MALVACEAE | MALLOW FAMILY | |
| Eremalche exilis | White-mallow | White-mallow |
| Eremalche rotundifolia | Desert Five-spot | Desert Five-spot, Chinese Lantern |
| NYCTAGINACEAE | FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY | |
| Abronia villosa villosa | Desert Sand-verbena | Hairy Sand-verbena |
| Allionia incarnata | Allionia, Windmills | Windmills |
| Mirabilis bigelovii retrorsa | Desert Four-O'Clock, Wishbone Bush | Wishbone Bush |
| ONAGRACEAE | EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY | |
| Camissonia boothii intermedia | Booth's-primrose | Booth's-primrose |
| Camissonia brevipes brevipes | Desert-primrose | Yellow Cups |
| Camissonia brevipes pallidula | Desert-primrose | Yellow Cups |
| Camissonia claviformis aurantiaca | Clavate-fruited primrose | Browneyed primrose |
| Camissonia claviformis lancifolia | Clavate-fruited primrose | Browneyed primrose |
| Camissonia claviformis x brevipes | Clavate-fruited primrose | Browneyed primrose |
| Camissonia refracta | Refracted Desert primrose | Narrow-leaved primrose |
| Oenothera deltoides deltoides | Large Desert Evening-primrose | Dune primrose |
| OROBANCHACEAE
|
BROOMRAPE FAMILY | |
|
Orobanche cooperi |
Cooper's Broomrape, Desert Broomrape | Burro-weed Strangler |
| PAPAVERACEAE | POPPY FAMILY | |
| Argemone corymbosa | Leafy Prickly Poppy | Prickly Poppy |
| Eschscholzia minutiflora | Pygmy-poppy | Little Gold-poppy |
| Eschscholzia glyptospera | Mojave Poppy | Desert Gold-poppy |
| PLANTAGINACEAE | PLANTAIN FAMILY | |
| Plantago ovata (incl. P.insularis fastigiata) | Island Plantain | Woolly Plantain |
| POLEMONACEA | PHLOX FAMILY | |
|
Gilia filiformis |
Thin Gilia, Thread-stemmed Gilia | Thread-stemmed Gilia |
|
Gilia latifolia |
Broad-leaved Gilia | Broad-leaved Gilia |
| Langloisia setosissima punctata | Spotted Langloisia, Lilac Sunbonnet | Spotted Gilia |
| Linanthus demissus | Desert Linanthus | Humble Gilia |
| Linanthus jonesii | Jone's Linanthus | |
| Loeseliastrum matthewsii | Desert Calico | Desert Calico |
| POLYGONACEAE | BUCKWHEAT FAMILY | |
| Chorizanthe brevicornu brevicornu | Brittle Chorizanthe, Spine Flower | Brittle Chorizanthe, Spine Flower |
| Chorizanthe corrugata | Wrinkled Chorizanthe, Spine Flower | Corrugata |
| Chorizanthe rigida | Rigid Chorizanthe, Spiny-herb | Rigid Spinyherb |
| Eriogonum brachypodum | Flat-crown Eriogonum | Tecopa Skeleton Weed |
| Eriogonum inflatum inflatum | Desert-trumpet | Desert-trumpet |
| Eriogonum pusillum | Puny Eriogonum | Yellow Turban |
| Eriogonum thomasii | Thomas's Eriogonum | Thomas's Eriogonum |
| Eriogonum trichopes trichopes | Yellow Trumpet | Little Trumpet |
| RESEDACEAE | MIGNONETTE FAMILY | |
| Oligomeris linifolia | Oligomeris | Linear-leaved Cambess |
| RUBIACEAE | BEDSTRAW FAMILY | |
| Galium stellatum eremicum | Desert Bedstraw | Desert Bedstraw |
| SAURURACEAE | LIZARD'S-TAIL FAMILY | |
| Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa | |
| SCROPHULARIACEAE | FIGWORT FAMILY | |
| Mimulus bigelovii bigelovii | Bigelow's Monkey-flower | Bigelow Mimulus |
| Mimulus bigelovii cuspidatus | Bigelow's Monkey-flower | Bigelow Mimulus |
| Mohavea breviflora | Golden Desert Snapdragon | Lesser Mohavea |
| SOLANACEAE | POTATO FAMILY | |
| Physalis crassifolia | Thick-leaved Ground-cherry | Thick-leaved Ground-cherry |
| TAMARICACEAE | TAMARIX FAMILY | |
| Tamarix aphylla | Tamarisk, Athel | |
| Tamarix ramosissima | Tamarisk | |
| VISCACEAE | MISTLETOE FAMILY | |
| Phoradendron californicum | California Mistletoe | Desert Mistletoe |
| ZYGOPHYLLACEAE | CALTROP FAMILY | |
| Larrea tridentata | Cresote Bush | Cresote Bush, Covillea |
| Tribulus terrestris | Land Caltrop, Puncture Weed | |
| Monocotolydones | ||
| ARECACEAE | PALM FAMILY | |
| **Phoenix reclinata | Sengelese Date Palm | |
| **Washingtonia filifera | Desert Palm, California Fan Palm | |
| **Washingtonia robusta | Mexican Fan Palm | |
Nomenclature conforms to the Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California, 1993, Editor, James C. Hickman. List prepared by Alan Romspert, Coordinator, Desert Studies California Desert Studies Center.
