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Edible Plants of Arizona

A running list of edible plants that can be found in Arizona!

bulb panicgrass 1
Zuloagaea bulbosa
Rocky Mountain Beeplant 2
Cleomella serrulata
American yellowrocket 3
Barbarea orthoceras
tepary bean 4
Phaseolus acutifolius
Arizona dewberry 5
Rubus arizonensis
violettas 6
Anoda cristata
Spotted Bean 7
Phaseolus maculatus
Nevada biscuitroot 8
Lomatium nevadense
black cherry 9
Prunus serotina
Armenian Blackberry 10
Rubus armeniacus
common bracken 11
Pteridium aquilinum
whitemouth dayflower 12
Commelina erecta
birdbill dayflower 13
Commelina dianthifolia
wingpod purslane 14
Portulaca umbraticola
creeping mahonia 15
Berberis repens
golden currant 16
Ribes aureum
hairy evening primrose 17
Oenothera elata hirsutissima
Hooker's evening primrose 18
Oenothera elata hookeri
wax currant 19
Ribes cereum
Fendler's Flatsedge
Cyperus fendlerianus
blue elder 20
Sambucus cerulea
Emory oak 21
Quercus emoryi
rough-fruited fairybells 22
Prosartes trachycarpa
thicket creeper 11
Parthenocissus inserta
Jones' beeplant 23
Cleomella jonesii
orange gooseberry 24
Ribes pinetorum
Rayless Greenthread 25
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Indian rushpea 25
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Alpine False Springparsley 26
Cymopterus lemmonii
Fremont barberry 27
Berberis fremontii
Mountain Nettle 28
Urtica gracilenta
pointleaf manzanita 29
Arctostaphylos pungens
Arizona madrone 30
Arbutus arizonica
great mullein 31
Verbascum thapsus
Mexican pinyon 32
Pinus cembroides
slender stinging nettle 33
Urtica gracilis
greater plantain 34
Plantago major
oxeye daisy 35
Leucanthemum vulgare
New Mexico raspberry
Rubus neomexicanus
Mexican panicgrass 36
Panicum hirticaule
singleleaf pinyon 37
Pinus monophylla
Pinyon Ricegrass 38
Piptochaetium fimbriatum
Colorado Pinyon 39
Pinus edulis
Sand Ricegrass 8
Eriocoma hymenoides
Western Redbud 40
Cercis occidentalis
American red raspberry 11
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Saltbushes 41
Atriplex
Yellow Salsify 42
Tragopogon dubius
Saskatoon 43
Amelanchier alnifolia
Jackass-clover 44
Cleomella refracta
Sheep's sorrel 45
Rumex acetosella
Utah Serviceberry 46
Amelanchier utahensis
knotweeds, smartweeds, and waterpeppers 47
Persicaria
woodsorrels 48
Oxalis
Western Spiderwort 49
Tradescantia occidentalis
Springparsleys 50
Cymopterus
canyon wild grape 24
Vitis arizonica
thimbleberry 51
Rubus parviflorus
tumbling orache 52
Atriplex rosea
Utah Honeysuckle 53
Lonicera utahensis
pinewoods spiderwort 54
Tradescantia pinetorum
onions 55
Allium
Woods' rose 56
Rosa woodsii
wild potato
Solanum jamesii
woodland strawberry 57
Fragaria vesca
Virginia strawberry 58
Fragaria virginiana
Parish's yampah 59
Perideridia parishii

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