Desert Plant List

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Palmers Indian Mallow

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Abuitilon palmeri

Low

Filtered Sun

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3-8'x3-5'

Sonoran Desert

Orange Yellow

Pancake Prickly Pear

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Opuntia chlorotica

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3-8'x3-8'

Mojave Desert; Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Paper Spine Cactus

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Optunia papyracantha

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

Moderate

1.5’x2’

Desert Adapted

White

Parrys Penstemon

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Penstemon parryi

Low

Full Sun; Partial Shade

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1’x1’

Sonoran Desert

Hot Pink

Pink Fairy Duster

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Caliandra eriophylla

Low; Moderate

Full Sun; Part Shade

Slow - Moderate

3'x3'

Local Native

Pink

Popcorn Cassia

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Senna didymobotrya

Moderate

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Fast

6-10’x6’

Desert Adapted

Yellow

Purple Prickly Pear

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Opuntia macrocentra

Low

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Moderate

4' x 6'

Sonoran Desert

Yellow

Purple Three-Awn

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Aristida purpurea

Low

Full Sun

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2-3'x2'

Local Native

Cream; Purple; Red; Brown

Red Yucca Hesperaloe

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Heperaloe parviflora

Low

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

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2-3’x2-3’

Chihuahuan Desert

Coral

Riverina Pear

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Opuntia elata

Low

Filtered Shade

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3-10'x3-10'

Desert Adapted

Orange

Rock Hibiscus

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Hibiscus denudatus

Low; Moderate

Filtered Sun; Filtered Shade

Moderate

2'x2'

Local Native

Pink; Purple

Rush or Desert Milkweed

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Asclepias subulata

Low

Full Sun; Reflected Hear; Filtered Sun

Moderate

4’x4’

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Creamy Yellow

Sacred Datura

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Datura wrightii

Very Low

Full Sun; Part Shade

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2-3’x3-6’

Local Native

White

Sandbar Willow

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Salix exigua

Moderate; High

Full Sun

Fast

4-15'x4-15'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Yellow; White

Sandpaper Verbena

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Verbena rigida

Low

Full Sun

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1.5'x3'

Desert Adapted

Purple

Scarlet Bugler

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Penstemon centranthifolius

Low

Sun; Filtered Sun

Moderate

2-4'x1'

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Red

Scarlet Sage

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Salvia coccinea

Low - Moderate

Full Sun; Filtered Sun; Shade

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2-4’x2’

Chihuahuan Desert

Red; Pink/White

Scented Penstemon

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Penstemon palmeri

Low

Full Sun

Moderate

3'x2'

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Purple; Blue; Pink

Schott Indigo Bush

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Psorothamnus schotii

Very Low

Full Sun

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4-6’x4-6’

Local Native

Purple

Screwbean Mesquite

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Prosopis pubescens

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Full Sun

Slow - Moderate

15-30'x15-30'

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Yellow