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Flora of McDowell Sonoran Preserve

Checklist derived from Vegetation and Flora of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Astrolepis cochisensis subsp. cochisensis 1
Astrolepis cochisensis cochisensis
wavy scale cloakfern 2
Astrolepis sinuata
Astrolepis windhamii 1
Coville's lip fern 3
Cheilanthes covillei
Parry's Lipfern 4
Cheilanthes parryi
wright's lipfern 1
Cheilanthes wrightii
Notholaena standleyi 5
spiny cliff-brake 4
Pellaea truncata
Pentagramma triangularis subsp. maxonii 1
Pentagramma triangularis maxonii
Selaginella arizonica 1
boundary ephedra 6
Ephedra aspera
Juniperus arizonica 1
Whitethorn Acacia 7
Acacia constricta
catclaw acacia 2
Senegalia greggii (=Acacia greggii)
bajada lupine 8
Lupinus concinnus
Coulter's lupine 9
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Lotus rigidus 1
Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus 1
Lotus salsuginosus brevivexillus
pink fairy-duster 1
Calliandra eriophylla
Small-flowered Milkvetch 2
Astragalus nuttallianus
Silver Senna 10
Senna artemisioides
Coues' cassia 2
Senna covesii
Vicia ludoviciana subsp. ludoviciana 1
Vicia ludoviciana ludoviciana
Marina parryi 1
Blue Palo Verde 11
Parkinsonia florida
little-leaved palo verde 1
Parkinsonia microphylla
Lotus humistratus 11
Acmispon brachycarpus
Lotus strigosus var. tomentellus 12
Acmispon strigosus
ironwood 13
Olneya tesota
Velvet Mesquite 14
Prosopis velutina
Mountain-Mahogany 15
Cercocarpus montanus
Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens 1
Ziziphus obtusifolia canescens
Parietaria hespera var. hespera 1
Parietaria hespera hespera
Sand Pygmyweed 16
Crassula connata
Granjeno 17
Celtis pallida
netleaf hackberry 18
Celtis reticulata
western rock-jasmine 13
Androsace occidentalis
Gilia flavocincta 1
star gilia 19
Gilia stellata
Santa Catalina Mountain Phlox 20
Phlox tenuifolia
Miniature Woollystar 21
Eriastrum diffusum
Desert Woollystar 16
Eriastrum eremicum
Leptosiphon aureus subsp. aureus 1
Leptosiphon aureus aureus
Phlox gracilis
Microsteris gracilis
Ocotillo 22
Fouquieria splendens
yellowcomet 23
Mentzelia affinis
White-stem Stickleaf 24
Mentzelia albicaulis
Adonis blazingstar 25
Mentzelia multiflora
Sarcostemma cynanchoides subsp. hartwegii 1
Sarcostemma cynanchoides hartwegii
Metastelma arizonicum 1
Mojave milkweed 26
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
spearleaf 27
Matelea parvifolia
Catchweed Bedstraw 28
Galium aparine
Galium stellatum subsp. eremicum 29
Galium stellatum eremicum
Common purslane 30
Portulaca oleracea
Shaggy Portulaca 1
Portulaca pilosa
Wing-pod Portulaca 1
Portulaca umbraticola
Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus 1
Peniocereus greggii transmontanus
Pancake Prickly-pear 1
Opuntia chlorotica
Brown-spined Prickly-Pear 29
Opuntia phaeacantha
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii 1
Opuntia engelmannii engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis 31
Opuntia engelmannii linguiformis
Arizona Pencil Cholla 32
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Chain Fruit Cholla 33
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Christmas Cholla 34
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. bigelovii 1
Cylindropuntia bigelovii bigelovii
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis 1
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa coloradensis
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major 1
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa major
Saguaro Cactus 35
Carnegiea gigantea
California Barrel Cactus 36
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus 37
Echinocereus engelmannii
Graham's Fishhook Cactus 38
Mammillaria grahamii
Abert's Buckwheat 1
Eriogonum abertianum
Desert Trumpet 39
Eriogonum inflatum
palmer's wild buckwheat 1
Eriogonum palmerianum
little desert trumpet 40
Eriogonum trichopes
Wright's buckwheat 25
Eriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum 41
Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 42
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium
Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum 5
Eriogonum deflexum deflexum
woodland pterostegia 43
Pterostegia drymarioides
wild rhubarb 8
Rumex hymenosepalus
sagebrush chorizanthe 13
Chorizanthe brevicornu
shining chickweed 44
Stellaria nitens
sleepy catchfly 45
Silene antirrhina
Douglas' stitchwort 46
Minuartia douglasii
Hairy Rupturewort 47
Herniaria hirsuta
Loeflingia squarrosa 48
Commicarpus scandens 1
red four o'clock 5
Mirabilis coccinea
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora 1
Mirabilis multiflora multiflora
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa 49
Mirabilis laevis villosa
Annual Windmills 1
Allionia choisyi
Allionia incarnata var. villosa 1
Allionia incarnata villosa
scarlet spiderling 1
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia coulteri 25
Boerhavia intermedia 1
Boerhavia spicata 1
largebract spiderling 50
Boerhavia wrightii
fivestamen tamarisk 25
Tamarix chinensis

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