Desert Plant List

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Indian Blanket

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Gaillardia spp. (Self-hybrid of Gaillardia aristata × Gaillardia pulchella)

Low-Moderate

Full Sun; Part Shade

Moderate

2’x2’

Chihuahuan Desert

Red, Yellow and Orange

Interior California Buckwheat

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Eriogonum fasciultum var polifolium

Low

Full Sun

Slow; Moderate

2'x3'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Cream; Pink; White

Ironwood

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Olneya tesota

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

30'x30'

Local Native

Purple

Jojoba

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Simmondsia chinensis

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3-7'x4-7'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow; Cream

Katie Ruellia

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Ruellia brittoniana 'Katie'

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Fast

1'x1.5'

Desert Adapted

Purple

Lady Slipper

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Euphorbia lomelii

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

Moderate

3’x3’

Sonoran Desert

Red

Lanceleaf Liveforever

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Dudleya lanceolata

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Slow

6"x12"

Local Native

Orange; Pink; Red; Yellow

Lemon Dalea

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Dalea capitata

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

1'x4'

Desert Adapted

Yellow

Linear Goldenbush

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Ericameria linearifolia

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3'x5'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow

Luffa

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Luffa aegyptiaca

Moderate

Full Sun

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30'

Vegetable

Yellow

Mexican Bladdersage

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Scutellaria mexicana

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

3x3

Local Native; Mojave Desert

white; purple

Mexican Petunia

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Ruellia brittoniana

Low; Moderate

Filtered Sun; Shade

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4'x4'

Desert Adapted

Purple; Pink; White

Mojave Indigo Bush

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Psorothamnus arborescens

Low; Very Low

Full Sun

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3x3

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Purple

Mojave Prickly Pear

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Opuntia erinacea

Low

Filtered Sun; Full Sun

Moderate

2'x10'

Mojave Desert

Yellow

Mojave Yucca

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Yucca schidigera

Low

Full Sun

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1'x15'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Cream

Moss Verbena

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Glandularia pulchella

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1'x3'

Desert Adapted

Purple

Mule Fat

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Baccharis salicifolia

Moderate

Full Sun

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6-12'x3-9'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Pink; White; Yellow

Narrowleaf Milkweed

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Asclepias fascicularis

Moderate

Filtered Sun

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3x1

Mojave Desert; California Native

Lavender; Pink; White

Ocotillo

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Fouquieria splendens

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10-33'x15'

Local Native

Red

Our Lords Candle

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Hesperoyucca whipplei

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

4'x4'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Cream