Maricopa Native Seed Library

A guide to the native plants of the Sonoran Desert that are included in the Maricopa Native Seed Library, where members of the community can obtain free seeds.

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Palmer's Indian mallow ¹
Abutilon palmeri

Coues' senna ²
Senna covesii

pelotazo ³
Abutilon incanum

rush milkweed ⁴
Asclepias subulata

Encelia farinosa phenicodonta ⁵

sideoats grama ⁶
Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn ⁷
Aristida purpurea

brownfoot ⁸
Acourtia wrightii

San Felipe dogweed ⁹
Adenophyllum porophylloides

Rough Sweetbush ¹⁰
Bebbia juncea aspera

parralena ¹¹
Thymophylla pentachaeta

brownplume wirelettuce ¹²
Stephanomeria pauciflora

cowpen daisy ¹³
Verbesina encelioides

desert globemallow ¹⁴
Sphaeralcea ambigua

chia ¹⁵
Salvia columbariae

desert penstemon ¹⁶
Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Parry's beardtongue ¹⁷
Penstemon parryi

firecracker penstemon ¹⁸
Penstemon eatonii

Adonis blazingstar ¹⁹
Mentzelia multiflora

Hibiscus biseptus ²⁰

great blanketflower ²¹
Gaillardia aristata

Tahoka daisy ²²
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

American threefold ²³
Trixis californica

desert rosemallow ²⁴
Hibiscus coulteri

Dieteria asteroides glandulosa ²⁵

sacred datura ²⁶
Datura wrightii

desert marigold ²⁷
Baileya multiradiata

lyre-leaf greeneyes ²⁸
Berlandiera lyrata

New Mexico thistle ²⁹
Cirsium neomexicanum

spreading fleabane ⁵
Erigeron divergens

common sunflower ³⁰
Helianthus annuus

snapdragon vine ¹⁹
Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Arizona passionflower ³¹
Passiflora arizonica

Palmer's penstemon ³²
Penstemon palmeri

odora ⁹
Porophyllum gracile

shrubby deervetch ⁹
Acmispon rigidus

Thurber's desert honeysuckle ³³
Anisacanthus thurberi

pink fairy-duster ³⁴
Calliandra eriophylla

Hartweg's climbing milkweed ³⁵
Funastrum heterophyllum

distant phacelia ⁹
Phacelia distans

sugar bush ³⁶
Rhus ovata

Doubleclaw ⁹
Proboscidea parviflora

Palmleaf thoroughwort ³⁷
Conoclinium dissectum

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Maricopa Native Seed Library

Palmer's Indian mallow 1 Abutilon palmeri

Coues' senna 2 Senna covesii

pelotazo 3 Abutilon incanum

rush milkweed 4 Asclepias subulata

Encelia farinosa phenicodonta 5

sideoats grama 6 Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn 7 Aristida purpurea

brownfoot 8 Acourtia wrightii

San Felipe dogweed 9 Adenophyllum porophylloides

Rough Sweetbush 10 Bebbia juncea aspera

parralena 11 Thymophylla pentachaeta

brownplume wirelettuce 12 Stephanomeria pauciflora

cowpen daisy 13 Verbesina encelioides

desert globemallow 14 Sphaeralcea ambigua

chia 15 Salvia columbariae

desert penstemon 16 Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Parry's beardtongue 17 Penstemon parryi

firecracker penstemon 18 Penstemon eatonii

Adonis blazingstar 19 Mentzelia multiflora

Hibiscus biseptus 20

great blanketflower 21 Gaillardia aristata

Tahoka daisy 22 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

American threefold 23 Trixis californica

desert rosemallow 24 Hibiscus coulteri

Dieteria asteroides glandulosa 25

sacred datura 26 Datura wrightii

desert marigold 27 Baileya multiradiata

lyre-leaf greeneyes 28 Berlandiera lyrata

New Mexico thistle 29 Cirsium neomexicanum

spreading fleabane 5 Erigeron divergens

common sunflower 30 Helianthus annuus

snapdragon vine 19 Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Arizona passionflower 31 Passiflora arizonica

Palmer's penstemon 32 Penstemon palmeri

odora 9 Porophyllum gracile

shrubby deervetch 9 Acmispon rigidus

Thurber's desert honeysuckle 33 Anisacanthus thurberi

pink fairy-duster 34 Calliandra eriophylla

Hartweg's climbing milkweed 35 Funastrum heterophyllum

distant phacelia 9 Phacelia distans

sugar bush 36 Rhus ovata

Doubleclaw 9 Proboscidea parviflora

Palmleaf thoroughwort 37 Conoclinium dissectum