Desert Plant List

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Paper Spine Cactus

Scientific name:

Optunia papyracantha

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

1.5’x2’

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

White

Parish's Goldeneye

Scientific name:

Bahiopsis parishii

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Mature size:

2x2

Native region:

Local; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Parrys Penstemon

Scientific name:

Penstemon parryi

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Partial Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1’x1’

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Hot Pink

Pink Fairy Duster

Scientific name:

Caliandra eriophylla

Water needs:

Low; Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Part Shade

Growth rate:

Slow - Moderate

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Pink

Popcorn Cassia

Scientific name:

Senna didymobotrya

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

6-10’x6’

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Yellow

Purple Prickly Pear

Scientific name:

Opuntia macrocentra

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

4' x 6'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Purple Three-Awn

Scientific name:

Aristida purpurea

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2-3'x2'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Cream; Purple; Red; Brown

Red Yucca Hesperaloe

Scientific name:

Heperaloe parviflora

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2-3’x2-3’

Native region:

Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

Coral

Riverina Pear

Scientific name:

Opuntia elata

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3-10'x3-10'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Orange

Rock Hibiscus

Scientific name:

Hibiscus denudatus

Water needs:

Low; Moderate

Exposure:

Filtered Sun; Filtered Shade

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2'x2'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Pink; Purple

Rubber Rabbitbrush

Scientific name:

Ericameria nauseosa

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Growth rate:

Mature size:

Native region:

Local & Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Rush or Desert Milkweed

Scientific name:

Asclepias subulata

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Reflected Hear; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

4’x4’

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Creamy Yellow

Sacred Datura

Scientific name:

Datura wrightii

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Part Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2-3’x3-6’

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

White

Sandbar Willow

Scientific name:

Salix exigua

Water needs:

Moderate; High

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

4-15'x4-15'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow; White

Sandpaper Verbena

Scientific name:

Verbena rigida

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1.5'x3'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Purple

Santa Rita Prickly Pear

Scientific name:

Opuntia santa-rita

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Partial Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Scarlet Bugler

Scientific name:

Penstemon centranthifolius

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2-4'x1'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Red

Scarlet Sage

Scientific name:

Salvia coccinea

Water needs:

Low - Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun; Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2-4’x2’

Native region:

Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

Red; Pink/White

Scented Penstemon

Scientific name:

Penstemon palmeri

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

3'x2'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Purple; Blue; Pink

Schott Indigo Bush

Scientific name:

Psorothamnus schotii

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

4-6’x4-6’

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Purple