Desert Plant List

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Desert Prickly Pear

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Opuntia phaecantha

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Slow

3'x8'

California; Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Desert Sand Verbena

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Abronia villosa

Very Low

Full Sun

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6"x20"

Local Native

Purple

Desert Senna

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Senna covesii

Low

Full Sun

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3'x3'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow

Desert Tobacco

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Nicotinia obtusifolia

Low

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3'x3'

Local Native

Greenish White - Pale Yellow

Desert Wild Grape

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Vitis girdiana

Low-Moderate

Full Sun; Shade

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50’x50’

Local Native; Mojave Desert

n/a

Desert Willow

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Chilopsis linearsis

Low -Moderate

Full Sun; Partial Shade

Moderate-Fast

25’x25’

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Lavender

Diamond or Pencil Cholla

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Cylindropuntia ramosissima

Very Low

Full Sun

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6-10'x1-5'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Pink to Reddish-Brown (less often yellow)

Dyebush

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Psorothamnus emoryi

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3’x3'

Local Native

Purple

Easter Lily Cactus

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Echinopsis oxygona

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Moderate

1'x2'

Desert Adapted

White

Elephants Food

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Portulacaria afra

Low

Full Sun; Full Shade

Moderate-Fast

1'x10'

Desert Adapted

Lavender

Englemanns Hedgehog

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Echinocereus englemanii

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

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6-12"x1-2’

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Magenta-Pale Pink

Firecracker Penstemon

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Penstemon eatoni

Low - Moderate

Full Sun

Moderate

2'x3'

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Red

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

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Ferocactus Wislizeni

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Slow-Moderate

3'x5'

Sonoran Desert

Yellow; Orange; Red

Fishhook Cactus

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Mammillaria dioica

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

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4"x6"

Local Native

White; Yellow

Fourwing Saltbush

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Atriplex canescens

Low

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4'x4'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow

Frogfruit

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Phyla nodiflora

Moderate

Full Sun; Partial Sun

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6"x3'

California; Chihuahuan Desert

White

Gaura

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Gaura lindheimeri

Low; Moderate

Full Sun; Filtered Sun; Filtered Shade

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3'x3'

Chihuahuan Desert

Pink

Golden Dogbane

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Thymophylla pentachaeta

Low

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1'x2'

Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Hollyleaf Cherry

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Prunus ilicifolia ssp illcifolia

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Moderate

5-40'x5-20'

Mojave Desert

Cream; White; Purple

Honey Mesquite

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Prosopsis glandulosa var. torreyana

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Full Sun

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20-30'x20-30'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow