Desert Plant List

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Bladderpod

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Peritoma arborea

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

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3-6'x3-6'

Local Native; Mojave Native

Yellow

Blue MistFlower

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Ageratum corymbosum

Moderate

Filtered Sun

Fast

3’x3’

Sonoran Desert; Chihuahuan Desert

Light Blue

Blue Palo Verde

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Parkinsonia florida

Very Low

Full Sun

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20'x20'

Local Native

Yellow

Boxing Glove Cholla

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Cylindropuntia fulgida var mamillata

Very Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Slow

3'x3'

Sonoran Desert

n/a

Brittlebush

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Encelia farinosa

Low

Full Sun

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4’x4’

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow

Buckhorn Cholla

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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

Very Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3'x7'

Mojave Desert; Local Native

Yellow; Red; Orange

Bunny Ears Cactus

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Opuntia microdasys

Low

Full Sun; Part Shade

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2-3’x4-6’

Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Burrobush

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Ambrosia dumosa

Very Low

Full Sun

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3'x3'

Local Native

Cream

Bush Monkeyflower

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Diplacus aurantiacus

Low-Moderate

Filtered Shade

Moderate

3'x3'

Mojave Desert

Orange;Red;White'Yellow

California Buckwheat

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Eriogonum fasciculatum

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3'x5'

Local Native; Mojave Native

White - Pink - Rust

California Fucshia

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Epilobium canum

Moderate

Filtered Sun

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3'x2'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Red

California Sagebrush

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Artemisia californica

Low

Filtered Shade

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4x8

Local Native; Mojave Desert

White; Cream; Yellow

Candelilla

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Euphorbia antisyphilitica

Low

Full Sun; Partial Shade

Moderate

2'x2'

Chihuahuan Desert

Pink; White

Cane Cholla

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Cylindropuntia californica var parkeri

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

5-10'x5-10'

CA Native

Yellow-Green; Bronze

Cascalote

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Caesalpinia cacalaco

Low

FullSun; Reflected Heat

Moderate

15-20’x15-20’

Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Catclaw Acacia

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Senegalia greggii

Very Low

Full Sun

Slow-Moderate

15'x20'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow

Chain Fruit Cholla

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Cylindropuntia fulgida

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

15'x6'

Sonoran Native

Pink

Cheesebush

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Hymenoclea salsola

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

4'x8'

Local Native

Cream - Yellow

Chocolate Flower

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Berlandiera lyrata

Low-Moderate

Full Sun; Part Shade

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1’x2’

Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Chuparosa

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Justicia californica

Low

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Moderate - Fast

3-4’x4-5’

Local Native

Red