Archives: Native Plants

Salt Grass (Distichlis stricta)

Salt Grass forming characteristic dense mats in saline habitat — one of North America’s most salt-tolerant native grasses. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Distichlis

Purple Aster (Machaeranthera bigelovii)

Purple Aster with its cheerful lavender-purple blooms in desert meadow habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Machaeranthera bigelovii (syn. Aster bigelovii), commonly known as Purple

Lindheimer Senna (Senna lindheimeriana)

Lindheimer Senna bearing its bright yellow flowers amid soft, velvety foliage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Senna lindheimeriana, commonly known as Lindheimer Senna, Velvet

False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)

False Indigo Bush with its characteristic dark purple-violet flower spikes in bloom. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Amorpha fruticosa, commonly known as False Indigo

Desert Bahia (Bahia absinthifolia)

Desert Bahia blooming with cheerful yellow flowers in its native desert grassland. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Bahia absinthifolia, commonly called Desert Bahia or Wormwood Bahia,

Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)

Camphorweed in bloom — bright yellow-orange daisy-like flowers are characteristic of this fast-growing native pioneer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Heterotheca subaxillaris, commonly known

Brittlebrush (Encelia farinosa)

Brittlebrush in full bloom — one of the Sonoran Desert’s most spectacular spring wildflower displays. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5) Encelia farinosa, commonly known

Arizona Cottontop (Digitaria californica)

Arizona Cottontop bunchgrass growing in its native desert grassland habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Digitaria californica, known as Arizona Cottontop or Tortoise Grass, is a

Silver Beard Grass (Andropogon saccharoides)

Silver Beard Grass herbarium specimen showing characteristic leaf structure and seed-bearing stems. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0 Public Domain) Andropogon saccharoides (syn. Bothriochloa saccharoides), commonly known

Arizona Walnut (Juglans major)

Arizona Walnut’s large pinnately compound leaf. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Juglans major, the Arizona Walnut, is a handsome native deciduous tree found in the mountain

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