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 |
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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
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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.