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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
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
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Thunderbird Semi-Regional Park
Species Count: 94
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus palmeri
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodiastrum murale
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Salsola tragus
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Apocynaceae
Funastrum heterophyllum
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia deltoidea
Ambrosia monogyra
Baccharis sarothroides
Centaurea melitensis
Chaenactis stevioides
Eriophyllum lanosum
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Lasthenia californica
Logfia arizonica
Logfia filaginoides
Matricaria discoidea
Perityle emoryi
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Sonchus oleraceus
Stylocline micropoides
Uropappus lindleyi
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha barbigera
Cryptantha decipiens
Eucrypta micrantha
Harpagonella arizonica
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Phacelia distans
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Physaria gordonii
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Caryophyllaceae
Silene antirrhina
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita digitata
Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce capitellata
Ditaxis lanceolata
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia abramsiana
Euphorbia polycarpa
Fabaceae
Acmispon brachycarpus
Acmispon strigosus
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Geraniaceae
Erodium texanum
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Krameria erecta
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Loasaceae
Mentzelia affinis
Mentzelia albicaulis
Malvaceae
Eremalche exilis
Malva neglecta
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia intermedia
Onagraceae
Eremothera chamaenerioides
Eulobus californicus
Plantaginaceae
Nuttallanthus texanus
Plantago ovata
Plantago patagonica
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus carinatus
Bromus marginatus
Bromus rubens
Dasyochloa pulchella
Hilaria rigida
Hordeum vulgare
Poa bigelovii
Schismus barbatus
Sorghum halepense
Polemoniaceae
Gilia sinuata
Gilia stellata
Linanthus bigelovii
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum thomasii
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris parryi
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Solanaceae
Lycium exsertum
Quincula lobata
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis