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trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
ferns & allies
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
arums
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
orchids
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Peloncillo Mountains
Desert Research Learning Center
Species Count: 299
Acanthaceae
Anisacanthus thurberi
Elytraria imbricata
Aizoaceae
Trianthema portulacastrum
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus palmeri
Chenopodium fremontii
Froelichia arizonica
Froelichia gracilis
Gomphrena caespitosa
Gomphrena nitida
Guilleminea densa
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Amaryllidaceae
Allium kunthii
Allium macropetalum
Anacardiaceae
Rhus microphylla
Rhus virens
Apiaceae
Daucus pusillus
Eryngium heterophyllum
Yabea microcarpa
Apocynaceae
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias linaria
Funastrum crispum
Matelea producta
Araceae
Lemna minor
Asparagaceae
Agave palmeri
Dasylirion wheeleri
Milla biflora
Yucca baccata
Asteraceae
Ageratina wrightii
Artemisia campestris
Baccharis thesioides
Bahia absinthifolia
Bahiopsis parishii
Bidens heterosperma
Brickellia
Brickellia chenopodina
Brickellia coulteri
Brickellia floribunda
Brickellia lemmonii
Brickellia venosa
Calycoseris wrightii
Carminatia tenuiflora
Carthamus tinctorius
Chaetopappa ericoides
Conyza canadensis
Cosmos parviflorus
Ericameria cuneata
Erigeron bellidiastrum
Erigeron modestus
Erigeron tracyi
Flourensia cernua
Gutierrezia microcephala
Gutierrezia wrightii
Gymnosperma glutinosum
Heliomeris longifolia
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hymenothrix wislizeni
Hymenoxys richardsonii
Layia glandulosa
Logfia filaginoides
Melampodium longicorne
Parthenium incanum
Pectis longipes
Perityle emoryi
Porophyllum ruderale
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Sanvitalia abertii
Schkuhria pinnata
Solidago wrightii
Stephanomeria thurberi
Uropappus lindleyi
Verbesina longifolia
Verbesina rothrockii
Xanthisma gracile
Zinnia acerosa
Zinnia grandiflora
Boraginaceae
Oreocarya suffruticosa
Phacelia caerulea
Phacelia crenulata
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Dryopetalon runcinatum
Erysimum capitatum
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
Lepidium montanum
Pennellia micrantha
Physaria gordonii
Physaria purpurea
Cactaceae
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia spinosior
Cylindropuntia x tetracantha
Echinocereus engelmannii
Echinocereus pectinatus
Grusonia emoryi
Mammillaria grahamii
Opuntia macrocentra
Campanulaceae
Triodanis perfoliata
Caryophyllaceae
Drymaria molluginea
Commelinaceae
Commelina erecta
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus equitans
Evolvulus sericeus
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea cristulata
Ipomoea purpurea
Ipomoea tenuiloba
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita digitata
Cyperaceae
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus rotundus
Cyperus sphaerolepis
Cyperus squarrosus
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis montevidensis
Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos pungens
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha neomexicana
Acalypha phleoides
Chamaesyce dioica
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Croton pottsii
Euphorbia bilobata
Euphorbia cuphosperma
Euphorbia exstipulata
Jatropha macrorhiza
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Acacia millefolia
Acaciella angustissima
Acmispon brachycarpus
Astragalus nothoxys
Chamaecrista nictitans
Cologania angustifolia
Crotalaria pumila
Dalea brachystachys
Dalea filiformis
Dalea grayi
Dalea leporina
Dalea polygonoides
Desmanthus
Desmodium procumbens
Desmodium psilocarpum
Desmodium rosei
Eysenhardtia orthocarpa
Galactia wrightii
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Lotus plebeius
Lupinus concinnus
Macroptilium
Macroptilium gibbosifolium
Medicago sativa
Mimosa dysocarpa
Mimosa grahamii
Phaseolus filiformis
Senna lindheimeriana
Vicia ludoviciana
Fagaceae
Quercus emoryi
Quercus gambelii
Quercus grisea
Quercus hypoleucoides
Quercus oblongifolia
Quercus toumeyi
Hydrangeaceae
Fendlera rupicola
Juglandaceae
Juglans major
Juncaceae
Juncus interior
Juncus tenuis
Krameriaceae
Krameria lanceolata
Lamiaceae
Clerodendrum coulteri
Hedeoma dentata
Monarda pectinata
Salvia pinguifolia
Salvia subincisa
Stachys coccinea
Trichostema arizonicum
Liliaceae
Calochortus flexuosus
Linaceae
Linum neomexicanum
Linum puberulum
Loasaceae
Cevallia sinuata
Mentzelia aspera
Lythraceae
Cuphea wrightii
Malpighiaceae
Aspicarpa hirtella
Malvaceae
Abutilon mollicomum
Abutilon parvulum
Anoda cristata
Malvella lepidota
Sida abutilifolia
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea laxa
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea parviflora
Molluginaceae
Mollugo verticillata
Montiaceae
Phemeranthus humilis
Nyctaginaceae
Acleisanthes chenopodioides
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia erecta
Boerhavia purpurascens
Mirabilis albida
Mirabilis linearis
Mirabilis multiflora
Oleaceae
Menodora scabra
Onagraceae
Oenothera
Orchidaceae
Hexalectris
Hexalectris revoluta
Orobanchaceae
Brachystigma wrightii
Castilleja integra
Castilleja lanata
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe rubella
Plantaginaceae
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Penstemon barbatus
Penstemon fendleri
Penstemon linarioides
Schistophragma intermedium
Poaceae
Achnatherum eminens
Agrostis elliottiana
Agrostis scabra
Alopecurus carolinianus
Aristida purpurea
Aristida ternipes
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua radicosa
Bouteloua repens
Bromus ciliatus
Digitaria cognata
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elionurus barbiculmis
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis curvula
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis mexicana
Erioneuron avenaceum
Hackelochloa granularis
Koeleria macrantha
Lycurus setosus
Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia arizonica
Muhlenbergia emersleyi
Muhlenbergia glauca
Muhlenbergia minutissima
Muhlenbergia polycaulis
Muhlenbergia repens
Muhlenbergia rigens
Muhlenbergia rigida
Panicum hirticaule
Piptochaetium fimbriatum
Schizachyrium cirratum
Setaria grisebachii
Setaria leucopila
Trachypogon spicatus
Tridens muticus
Urochloa arizonica
Zuloagaea bulbosa
Polemoniaceae
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia flavocincta
Gilia mexicana
Ipomopsis longiflora
Ipomopsis macombii
Polygalaceae
Hebecarpa obscura
Monnina wrightii
Polygala alba
Polygala hemipterocarpa
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum abertianum
Eriogonum polycladon
Persicaria lapathifolia
Rumex mexicanus
Rumex salicifolius
Portulacaceae
Portulaca umbraticola
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Pteridaceae
Astrolepis cochisensis
Myriopteris fendleri
Myriopteris lindheimeri
Myriopteris rufa
Myriopteris wrightii
Pellaea wrightiana
Ranunculaceae
Anemone tuberosa
Delphinium wootonii
Myosurus cupulatus
Myosurus patagonicus
Rhamnaceae
Condalia correllii
Rhamnus smithii
Rosaceae
Fallugia paradoxa
Rubiaceae
Bouvardia ternifolia
Galium fendleri
Hexasepalum teres
Salicaceae
Salix
Salix gooddingii
Salix taxifolia
Santalaceae
Phoradendron capitellatum
Sapindaceae
Sapindus saponaria
Saxifragaceae
Heuchera sanguinea
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Chamaesaracha coniodes
Chamaesaracha sordida
Physalis acutifolia
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum jamesii
Solanum rostratum
Talinaceae
Talinum paniculatum
Urticaceae
Parietaria pensylvanica
Verbenaceae
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Verbena bracteata
Vitaceae
Vitis arizonica
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia grandiflora