Desert Plant List

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Clustered Field Sedge

Scientific name:

Carex praegracilis

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2-4'x4'

Native region:

Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Common Yarrow

Scientific name:

Achillea millefolium

Water needs:

Low; Moderate

Exposure:

Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1'x1'

Native region:

CA Native

Flower color:

White; Pink

Compass Barrel

Scientific name:

Ferocactus cylindraceus

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

8'x2'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Cows Tongue Prickly Pear

Scientific name:

Opuntia engelmannii var linguiformis

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

6'x10'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Coyote Gourd

Scientific name:

Cucurbita palmata

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1'x20'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow orange

Creosote Bush

Scientific name:

Larrea tridentata

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

6’x8’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Damianita

Scientific name:

Chrysactinia mexicana

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

1-2'x1-2'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Deer Grass

Scientific name:

Muhlenbergia rigens

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Part Shade; Full Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

4'x4'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Cream

Deerweed

Scientific name:

Acmispon glaber

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Yellow tinged with red

Desert Agave

Scientific name:

Agave desertii

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate - Slow

Mature size:

2'x6'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave

Flower color:

Yellow

Desert Baccharis

Scientific name:

Baccharis sergiloides

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Mature size:

6'x6'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Desert Broom

Scientific name:

Baccharis sarothroides

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

12'x6'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Cream

Desert Croton

Scientific name:

Croton californicus

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Cream

Desert Globe Mallow

Scientific name:

Sphaeralcea ambigua

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3’x3’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Mostly orange, but also White, Pink, Red and Lavender

Desert Lavender

Scientific name:

Condea emoryi

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

6-10’X6-10'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Purple

Desert Marigold

Scientific name:

Baileya multiradiata

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate-Fast

Mature size:

2’x2’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Desert Milkweed

Scientific name:

Asclepias erosa

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

3'x2'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Creamy Yellow

Desert Penstemon

Scientific name:

Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2'x3'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Reddish Pink

Desert Prickly Pear

Scientific name:

Opuntia phaecantha

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

3'x8'

Native region:

California; Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Desert Senna

Scientific name:

Senna covesii

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow