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

brownfoot ⁶
Acourtia wrightii

San Felipe dogweed ⁷
Adenophyllum porophylloides

Rough Sweetbush ⁸
Bebbia juncea aspera

parralena ⁹
Thymophylla pentachaeta

brownplume wirelettuce ¹⁰
Stephanomeria pauciflora

cowpen daisy ¹¹
Verbesina encelioides

desert globemallow ¹²
Sphaeralcea ambigua

chia ¹³
Salvia columbariae

desert penstemon ¹⁴
Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Parry's beardtongue ¹⁵
Penstemon parryi

firecracker penstemon ¹⁶
Penstemon eatonii

Adonis blazingstar ¹⁷
Mentzelia multiflora

Hibiscus biseptus ¹⁸

great blanketflower ¹⁹
Gaillardia aristata

Tahoka daisy ²⁰
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

American threefold ²¹
Trixis californica

desert rosemallow ²²
Hibiscus coulteri

Dieteria asteroides glandulosa ²³

sacred datura ²⁴
Datura wrightii

desert marigold ²⁵
Baileya multiradiata

lyre-leaf greeneyes ²⁶
Berlandiera lyrata

New Mexico thistle ²⁷
Cirsium neomexicanum

spreading fleabane ⁵
Erigeron divergens

common sunflower ²⁸
Helianthus annuus

snapdragon vine ¹⁷
Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Arizona passionflower ²⁹
Passiflora arizonica

Palmer's penstemon ³⁰
Penstemon palmeri

odora ⁷
Porophyllum gracile

shrubby deervetch ⁷
Acmispon rigidus

Thurber's desert honeysuckle ³¹
Anisacanthus thurberi

pink fairy-duster ³²
Calliandra eriophylla

Hartweg's climbing milkweed ³³
Funastrum heterophyllum

distant phacelia ⁷
Phacelia distans

sugar bush ³⁴
Rhus ovata

Doubleclaw ⁷
Proboscidea parviflora

Palmleaf thoroughwort ³⁵
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

brownfoot 6 Acourtia wrightii

San Felipe dogweed 7 Adenophyllum porophylloides

Rough Sweetbush 8 Bebbia juncea aspera

parralena 9 Thymophylla pentachaeta

brownplume wirelettuce 10 Stephanomeria pauciflora

cowpen daisy 11 Verbesina encelioides

desert globemallow 12 Sphaeralcea ambigua

chia 13 Salvia columbariae

desert penstemon 14 Penstemon pseudospectabilis

Parry's beardtongue 15 Penstemon parryi

firecracker penstemon 16 Penstemon eatonii

Adonis blazingstar 17 Mentzelia multiflora

Hibiscus biseptus 18

great blanketflower 19 Gaillardia aristata

Tahoka daisy 20 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

American threefold 21 Trixis californica

desert rosemallow 22 Hibiscus coulteri

Dieteria asteroides glandulosa 23

sacred datura 24 Datura wrightii

desert marigold 25 Baileya multiradiata

lyre-leaf greeneyes 26 Berlandiera lyrata

New Mexico thistle 27 Cirsium neomexicanum

spreading fleabane 5 Erigeron divergens

common sunflower 28 Helianthus annuus

snapdragon vine 17 Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Arizona passionflower 29 Passiflora arizonica

Palmer's penstemon 30 Penstemon palmeri

odora 7 Porophyllum gracile

shrubby deervetch 7 Acmispon rigidus

Thurber's desert honeysuckle 31 Anisacanthus thurberi

pink fairy-duster 32 Calliandra eriophylla

Hartweg's climbing milkweed 33 Funastrum heterophyllum

distant phacelia 7 Phacelia distans

sugar bush 34 Rhus ovata

Doubleclaw 7 Proboscidea parviflora

Palmleaf thoroughwort 35 Conoclinium dissectum