Desert Plant List

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Screwbean Mesquite

Scientific name:

Prosopis pubescens

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Slow - Moderate

Mature size:

15-30'x15-30'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Showy Penstemon

Scientific name:

Penstemon spectabilis

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2'x3'

Native region:

California Native

Flower color:

Blue

Shrubby Butterweed

Scientific name:

Senecio flaccidus

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2-4'x2-4'

Native region:

Mojave; Sonoran; Chihuahuan Deserts

Flower color:

Yellow

Silver or Golden Cholla

Scientific name:

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

6-10'x3-6'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Native

Flower color:

Yellow

Smoke Tree

Scientific name:

Psorothamnus spinosa

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

20'x20'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Purple; Blue

Spiny Rush

Scientific name:

Juncus acutus

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

5'x5'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Brown

Spiny Senna

Scientific name:

Senna armata

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Sweet Acacia

Scientific name:

Vachellia farnesiana

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Reflected Heat

Growth rate:

Slow

Mature size:

15-20’x15-20’

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Golden Yellow

Sweetbush

Scientific name:

Bebbia juncea

Water needs:

Very Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3'x3'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Yellow

Thai Basil

Scientific name:

Ocimum basilicum var thyrsiflora

Water needs:

Low - Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

2'x2'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Purple

Tiny Tangerine Bulbine

Scientific name:

Bulbine frutescens

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Part Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1’x1.5’

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Orange

Tomatoes

Scientific name:

Solanum lycopersicum

Water needs:

Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1 Gallon

Native region:

Flower color:

Trailing Indigo Bush

Scientific name:

Dalea greggii

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1'x8'

Native region:

Chihuahuan Desert

Flower color:

Purple

Trumpet Flower Cactus

Scientific name:

Tricholobivia hybrid

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

2'x2'

Native region:

Desert Adapted

Flower color:

Yellow

Tufted Evening Primrose

Scientific name:

Oenothera caespitosa

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Part Shade

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

1’x3’

Native region:

Sonoran Desert; Mojave Desert

Flower color:

White

Twining Milkweed

Scientific name:

Funastrum hirtellum

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Native

Flower color:

Lavender

White Sage

Scientific name:

Salvia apiana

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun; Filtered Sun

Growth rate:

Moderate

Mature size:

5-8'x1-6'

Native region:

Local Native; Mojave Native

Flower color:

White

Whitestem Milkweed

Scientific name:

Asclepias albicans

Water needs:

Low

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

3-10'x4'

Native region:

Local Native

Flower color:

Cream

Yellow Bells

Scientific name:

Tecoma stans

Water needs:

Low-Moderate

Exposure:

Full Sun

Growth rate:

Fast

Mature size:

12'x12'

Native region:

Sonoran Desert

Flower color:

Yellow

Yerba Mansa

Scientific name:

Anemopsis californica

Water needs:

Exposure:

Growth rate:

Mature size:

Native region:

Mojave Desert

Flower color: