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Home >> Checklist: Sonoran Desert Spring Flora >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): Sonoran Desert Spring Flora Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images Plant habit shrubs grass-like special groups composites legumes mints dicots monocots longevity annual or biennial perennial stature prostrate scapose erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose armature unarmed armed sap latex absent (sap clear) latex present leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed without marked odor clearly odiferous Leaves arrangement/phyllotaxy basal alternate opposite whorled fascicled/clustered along stem blade division all simple deeply lobed or divided some or all fully compound leaf attachment sessile or nearly so leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present winged petiolate sheathing stipules stipules absent stipules or their scars present leaf (leaflet) margin entire toothed lobed revolute Inflorescence flowering month Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. plant sexuality monoecious bisexual flowers Flower principal flower color white or cream purple blue green yellow orange red pink brown inconspicuous corolla symmetry regular bilateral ovary position sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary) sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior) Fruit or Cone Fruit Dehiscence dehiscent (splits open) indehiscent Stem & Twigs succulent vs non-succulent succulent not succulent Sonoran Desert Spring Flora Arizona State University Herbarium Species Count: 68 Apiaceae Bowlesia incana Daucus pusillus Asteraceae Baileya multiradiata Chaenactis stevioides Logfia arizonica Monoptilon bellioides Rafinesquia neomexicana Sonchus oleraceus Stylocline micropoides Boraginaceae Amsinckia intermedia Cryptantha barbigera Cryptantha maritima Eucrypta micrantha Harpagonella palmeri Heliotropium curassavicum Johnstonella angustifolia Lappula occidentalis Nama hispida Pectocarya heterocarpa Pectocarya recurvata Phacelia crenulata Phacelia distans Pholistoma auritum Plagiobothrys arizonicus Brassicaceae Brassica tournefortii Caulanthus lasiophyllus Descurainia pinnata Draba cuneifolia Lepidium lasiocarpum Physaria gordonii Physaria tenella Sisymbrium irio Thysanocarpus curvipes Caryophyllaceae Herniaria hirsuta Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis Fabaceae Lotus salsuginosus Lotus strigosus Lupinus concinnus Lupinus sparsiflorus Geraniaceae Erodium cicutarium Lamiaceae Salvia columbariae Malvaceae Malva parviflora Sphaeralcea ambigua Montiaceae Calandrinia ciliata Claytonia perfoliata Onagraceae Chylismia claviformis Eulobus californicus Orobanchaceae Castilleja exserta Papaveraceae Eschscholzia californica Platystemon californicus Plantaginaceae Penstemon parryi Plantago ovata Plantago patagonica Poaceae Hordeum murinum Lamarckia aurea Poa bigelovii Schismus barbatus Vulpia octoflora Polemoniaceae Allophyllum gilioides Eriastrum diffusum Gilia flavocincta Leptosiphon chrysanthus Linanthus bigelovii Phlox gracilis Polygonaceae Chorizanthe brevicornu Chorizanthe rigida Resedaceae Oligomeris linifolia Urticaceae Parietaria hespera
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