Official Plant List of the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program

Our plant list contains species suitable for the Middle Rio Grande Valley, Albuquerque Metro Area, and East Mountains. It provides the approximate size, whether it is deciduous or evergreen, the best level of light exposure, water needs, the season in which the species flowers and/or fruits in ...more ↓

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Candle Cholla ¹
Cylindropuntia kleiniae

walkingstick cactus ²
Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior

Havard's Century Plant ³
Agave havardiana

tree cholla ⁴
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla ⁵
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Palmer's agave ⁶
Agave palmeri

Texas sotol ⁷
Dasylirion texanum

Wheeler sotol ⁸
Dasylirion wheeleri

scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus

ocotillo ⁹
Fouquieria splendens

New Mexico False Yucca ¹⁰
Hesperaloe funifera

sacahuista ¹¹
Nolina microcarpa

red yucca ³
Hesperaloe parviflora

Opuntia cacanapa ¹²

claret-cup hedgehog ¹³
Echinocereus triglochidiatus

purple prickly pear
Opuntia macrocentra

soaptree yucca ¹⁴
Yucca elata

banana yucca ¹⁵
Yucca baccata

Engelmann's prickly pear ¹¹
Opuntia engelmannii

brown-spined prickly-pear ¹¹
Opuntia phaeacantha

Great Plains yucca ¹⁶
Yucca glauca

broadleaf milkweed ¹⁷
Asclepias latifolia

golden columbine ¹⁸
Aquilegia chrysantha

common yarrow ¹⁹
Achillea millefolium

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop ²⁰
Agastache rupestris

southwestern prickly poppy ²¹
Argemone pleiacantha

mosquito plant
Agastache cana

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush ²²
Castilleja pulchella

horsetail milkweed ²³
Asclepias subverticillata

showy milkweed ²⁴
Asclepias speciosa

lyre-leaf greeneyes ²⁵
Berlandiera lyrata

Oenothera sect. Calylophus ²⁶
Calylophus

butterfly milkweed ²⁷
Asclepias tuberosa

Garrett's California Fuchsia ²⁸
Epilobium canum garrettii

sacred datura ²⁹
Datura wrightii

Rocky Mountain bee plant ³⁰
Peritoma serrulata

Engelmann Daisy ³¹
Engelmannia peristenia

Fleabanes and Horseweeds ³²
Erigeron

Blanket Flowers ³³
Gaillardia

purple prairie clover ³⁴
Dalea purpurea

common sunflower ³⁵
Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower ³⁶
Helianthus maximiliani

prairie sunflower ³⁷
Helianthus petiolaris

showy goldeneye ⁸
Heliomeris multiflora

dotted gayfeather ³⁸
Liatris punctata

blackfoot daisy ³⁹
Melampodium leucanthum

Tahoka daisy ⁴⁰
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

wild bergamot ⁴¹
Monarda fistulosa

clockweed ⁴²
Oenothera lindheimeri

Colorado four o'clock ⁴³
Mirabilis multiflora

bigfruit evening primrose ⁴⁴
Oenothera macrocarpa

Origanum ⁴²

Blue Sage ⁴⁵
Salvia azurea grandiflora

Palmer's penstemon ⁴⁶
Penstemon palmeri

Rocky Mountain penstemon ⁴⁷
Penstemon strictus

woolly paperflower
Psilostrophe tagetina

upright prairie coneflower ⁴⁰
Ratibida columnifera

Rue ⁴⁸
Ruta graveolens

Darcy's Sage ⁴⁹
Salvia darcyi

Desert Mule-ears ³
Scabrethia scabra

threadleaf groundsel ⁵⁰
Senecio flaccidus

goldenrods ⁵¹
Solidago

pricklyleaf dogweed
Thymophylla acerosa

globemallows ⁵²
Sphaeralcea

white heath aster ⁵³
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Greenthread ⁵⁴
Thelesperma filifolium

Slender Vervain ⁵⁵
Verbena rigida

Rocky Mountain zinnia ⁵⁶
Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy ⁵⁰
Verbesina encelioides

Indian ricegrass ⁵⁷
Achnatherum hymenoides

Purple Muhly
Muhlenbergia rigida

sideoats grama ⁵⁸
Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn ⁵⁹
Aristida purpurea

Bush Muhly ⁶⁰
Muhlenbergia porteri

blue grama ⁶¹
Bouteloua gracilis

deergrass ⁶²
Muhlenbergia rigens

switchgrass ⁶³
Panicum virgatum

James' galleta ⁶⁴
Hilaria jamesii

little bluestem ⁶⁵
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ⁵³
Sorghastrum nutans

sand dropseed ²²
Sporobolus cryptandrus

alkali sacaton ⁶⁶
Sporobolus airoides

big sacaton ⁶⁷
Sporobolus wrightii

Mexican feathergrass ⁶⁸
Nassella tenuissima

Wright's beebrush ²³
Aloysia wrightii

Utah serviceberry ⁵⁶
Amelanchier utahensis

Wright's Desert Honeysuckle ⁶⁹
Anisacanthus quadrifidus wrightii

leadplant ⁷⁰
Amorpha canescens

desert false indigo ⁷¹
Amorpha fruticosa

sand sagebrush ¹⁴
Artemisia filifolia

fourwing saltbush ⁷²
Atriplex canescens

Shadscale ²²
Atriplex confertifolia

desert broom ⁷³
Baccharis sarothroides

Butterfly bush ⁷⁴
Buddleja davidii

hairy mountain mahogany ⁷⁵
Cercocarpus montanus paucidentatus

Woolly Butterflybush ⁶⁹
Buddleja marrubiifolia

yellow bird-of-paradise shrub ⁷⁶
Erythrostemon gilliesii

Curl-leaf mountain-mahogany ²²
Cercocarpus ledifolius

fernbush ⁶⁰
Chamaebatiaria millefolium

eastern Mojave buckwheat ⁷⁷
Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium

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Official Plant List of the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program

Candle Cholla 1 Cylindropuntia kleiniae

walkingstick cactus 2 Cylindropuntia imbricata spinosior

Havard's Century Plant 3 Agave havardiana

tree cholla 4 Cylindropuntia imbricata

Christmas cholla 5 Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Palmer's agave 6 Agave palmeri

Texas sotol 7 Dasylirion texanum

Wheeler sotol 8 Dasylirion wheeleri

scarlet hedgehog cactus Echinocereus coccineus

ocotillo 9 Fouquieria splendens

New Mexico False Yucca 10 Hesperaloe funifera

sacahuista 11 Nolina microcarpa

red yucca 3 Hesperaloe parviflora

Opuntia cacanapa 12

claret-cup hedgehog 13 Echinocereus triglochidiatus

purple prickly pear Opuntia macrocentra

soaptree yucca 14 Yucca elata

banana yucca 15 Yucca baccata

Engelmann's prickly pear 11 Opuntia engelmannii

brown-spined prickly-pear 11 Opuntia phaeacantha

Great Plains yucca 16 Yucca glauca

broadleaf milkweed 17 Asclepias latifolia

golden columbine 18 Aquilegia chrysantha

common yarrow 19 Achillea millefolium

Threadleaf Giant Hyssop 20 Agastache rupestris

southwestern prickly poppy 21 Argemone pleiacantha

mosquito plant Agastache cana

Beautiful Indian Paintbrush 22 Castilleja pulchella

horsetail milkweed 23 Asclepias subverticillata

showy milkweed 24 Asclepias speciosa

lyre-leaf greeneyes 25 Berlandiera lyrata

Oenothera sect. Calylophus 26 Calylophus

butterfly milkweed 27 Asclepias tuberosa

Garrett's California Fuchsia 28 Epilobium canum garrettii

sacred datura 29 Datura wrightii

Rocky Mountain bee plant 30 Peritoma serrulata

Engelmann Daisy 31 Engelmannia peristenia

Fleabanes and Horseweeds 32 Erigeron

Blanket Flowers 33 Gaillardia

purple prairie clover 34 Dalea purpurea

common sunflower 35 Helianthus annuus

Maximilian sunflower 36 Helianthus maximiliani

prairie sunflower 37 Helianthus petiolaris

showy goldeneye 8 Heliomeris multiflora

dotted gayfeather 38 Liatris punctata

blackfoot daisy 39 Melampodium leucanthum

Tahoka daisy 40 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

wild bergamot 41 Monarda fistulosa

clockweed 42 Oenothera lindheimeri

Colorado four o'clock 43 Mirabilis multiflora

bigfruit evening primrose 44 Oenothera macrocarpa

Origanum 42

Blue Sage 45 Salvia azurea grandiflora

Palmer's penstemon 46 Penstemon palmeri

Rocky Mountain penstemon 47 Penstemon strictus

woolly paperflower Psilostrophe tagetina

upright prairie coneflower 40 Ratibida columnifera

Rue 48 Ruta graveolens

Darcy's Sage 49 Salvia darcyi

Desert Mule-ears 3 Scabrethia scabra

threadleaf groundsel 50 Senecio flaccidus

goldenrods 51 Solidago

pricklyleaf dogweed Thymophylla acerosa

globemallows 52 Sphaeralcea

white heath aster 53 Symphyotrichum ericoides

Greenthread 54 Thelesperma filifolium

Slender Vervain 55 Verbena rigida

Rocky Mountain zinnia 56 Zinnia grandiflora

cowpen daisy 50 Verbesina encelioides

Indian ricegrass 57 Achnatherum hymenoides

Purple Muhly Muhlenbergia rigida

sideoats grama 58 Bouteloua curtipendula

purple three-awn 59 Aristida purpurea

Bush Muhly 60 Muhlenbergia porteri

blue grama 61 Bouteloua gracilis

deergrass 62 Muhlenbergia rigens

switchgrass 63 Panicum virgatum

James' galleta 64 Hilaria jamesii

little bluestem 65 Schizachyrium scoparium