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ABQ Backyard Refuge Program plants

These species are on the official plant list for building a certified ABQ Backyard Refuge.
Visit ABQbackyardrefuge.org for an introductory guide, workbook, pdf of the plant list, and many more resources.

claret-cup hedgehog 1
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
horsetail milkweed 2
Asclepias subverticillata
butterfly milkweed 3
Asclepias tuberosa
walkingstick cactus 4
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior
Maximilian sunflower 5
Helianthus maximiliani
Havard's Century Plant 6
Agave havardiana
Palmer's agave 7
Agave palmeri
Wheeler sotol 8
Dasylirion wheeleri
Engelmann Daisy 9
Engelmannia peristenia
sacred datura 10
Datura wrightii
upright prairie coneflower 11
Ratibida columnifera
Texas sotol 12
Dasylirion texanum
common sunflower 13
Helianthus annuus
Garrett's California Fuchsia 14
Epilobium canum garrettii
Blanket Flowers 15
Gaillardia
New Mexico agave 16
Agave parryi neomexicana
woolly paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina
wild buckwheats 17
Eriogonum
Rocky Mountain penstemon 18
Penstemon strictus
Fleabanes and Horseweeds 19
Erigeron
Palmer's penstemon 20
Penstemon palmeri
Candle Cholla 21
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Origanum 22
bigfruit evening primrose 23
Oenothera macrocarpa
wild bergamot 24
Monarda fistulosa
tree cholla 25
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Colorado four o'clock 26
Mirabilis multiflora
blackfoot daisy 27
Melampodium leucanthum
Tahoka daisy 11
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Christmas cholla 28
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
dotted gayfeather 29
Liatris punctata
scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
clockweed 22
Oenothera lindheimeri
showy goldeneye 8
Heliomeris multiflora
Beautiful Indian Paintbrush 30
Castilleja pulchella
claret-cup hedgehog 1
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
prairie sunflower 31
Helianthus petiolaris
Rocky Mountain bee plant 32
Peritoma serrulata
ocotillo 33
Fouquieria splendens
Oenothera sect. Calylophus 34
Calylophus
Texas Sacahuiste 35
Nolina texana
New Mexico False Yucca 36
Hesperaloe funifera
red yucca 6
Hesperaloe parviflora
lyre-leaf greeneyes 37
Berlandiera lyrata
golden columbine 38
Aquilegia chrysantha
purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra
Opuntia cacanapa 39
broadleaf milkweed 40
Asclepias latifolia
Engelmann's prickly pear 41
Opuntia engelmannii
sacahuista 41
Nolina microcarpa
purple prairie clover 42
Dalea purpurea
banana yucca 43
Yucca baccata
brown-spined prickly-pear 41
Opuntia phaeacantha
soaptree yucca 44
Yucca elata
Great Plains yucca 45
Yucca glauca
Threadleaf Giant Hyssop 46
Agastache rupestris
common yarrow 47
Achillea millefolium
mosquito plant
Agastache cana
southwestern prickly poppy 48
Argemone pleiacantha
pitcher sage
Salvia azurea grandiflora
Rue 49
Ruta graveolens
Rocky Mountain zinnia 50
Zinnia grandiflora
globemallows 51
Sphaeralcea
Darcy's Sage 52
Salvia darcyi
cowpen daisy 53
Verbesina encelioides
Greenthread 54
Thelesperma filifolium
white heath aster 55
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Slender Vervain 56
Verbena rigida
pricklyleaf dogweed
Thymophylla acerosa
Badlands Mule-ears 6
Scabrethia scabra
threadleaf groundsel 53
Senecio flaccidus
goldenrods 57
Solidago
Purple Muhly
Muhlenbergia rigida
Indian ricegrass 58
Achnatherum hymenoides
sideoats grama 59
Bouteloua curtipendula
blue grama 60
Bouteloua gracilis
purple three-awn 61
Aristida purpurea
Bush Muhly 62
Muhlenbergia porteri
deergrass 63
Muhlenbergia rigens
switchgrass 64
Panicum virgatum
James' galleta 65
Hilaria jamesii
Utah serviceberry 50
Amelanchier utahensis
garden sage 66
Salvia officinalis
Mexican Plum 23
Prunus mexicana
Mexican feathergrass 67
Nassella tenuissima
big sacaton 68
Sporobolus wrightii
leadplant 69
Amorpha canescens
desert false indigo 70
Amorpha fruticosa
Wright's Desert Honeysuckle 71
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii
American plum 72
Prunus americana
alkali sacaton 73
Sporobolus airoides
Wright's beebrush 2
Aloysia wrightii
little bluestem 74
Schizachyrium scoparium
sand dropseed 30
Sporobolus cryptandrus
apricot 75
Prunus armeniaca
Canyon Sage 71
Salvia lycioides
Shadscale 30
Atriplex confertifolia
honey mesquite 58
Prosopis glandulosa
sand sagebrush 44
Artemisia filifolia
fourwing saltbush 76
Atriplex canescens

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