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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
mints
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
NPS-SODN
Species Count: 155
Amaranthaceae
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex elegans
Atriplex polycarpa
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodiastrum murale
Salsola tragus
Suaeda nigra
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Apocynaceae
Funastrum cynanchoides
Nerium oleander
Asparagaceae
Dichelostemma capitatum
Asteraceae
Acourtia nana
Ambrosia deltoidea
Ambrosia dumosa
Ambrosia psilostachya
Arida arizonica
Baccharis sarothroides
Baileya multiradiata
Calycoseris wrightii
Centaurea melitensis
Conyza canadensis
Diaperia verna
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Encelia farinosa
Erigeron divergens
Eriophyllum lanosum
Geraea canescens
Helianthus annuus
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Isocoma acradenia
Isocoma pluriflora
Lactuca serriola
Laennecia coulteri
Laennecia schiedeana
Lasthenia californica
Logfia arizonica
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Matricaria discoidea
Oncosiphon pilulifer
Pectis papposa
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Verbesina encelioides
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Amsinckia tessellata
Cryptantha barbigera
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Eucrypta micrantha
Heliotropium curassavicum
Johnstonella angustifolia
Lappula occidentalis
Nama demissa
Nama hispida
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Phacelia crenulata
Phacelia distans
Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
Descurainia pinnata
Descurainia sophia
Draba cuneifolia
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Lepidium lasiocarpum x oblongum
Matthiola longipetala
Matthiola parviflora
Physaria gordonii
Physaria tenella
Sisymbrium irio
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Ferocactus wislizeni
Peniocereus greggii
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita digitata
Ephedraceae
Ephedra trifurca
Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce capitellata
Chamaesyce micromera
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia polycarpa
Fabaceae
Acacia greggii
Acmispon brachycarpus
Acmispon strigosus
Astragalus didymocarpus
Calliandra eriophylla
Canavalia ensiformis
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Medicago polymorpha
Melilotus indicus
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Phaseolus acutifolius
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis velutina
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium texanum
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Krameria erecta
Lamiaceae
Salvia columbariae
Teucrium cubense
Loasaceae
Mentzelia multiflora
Malvaceae
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea ambigua X emoryi
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Sphaeralcea emoryi
Sphaeralcea laxa
Sphaeralcea orcuttii
Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia coccinea
Onagraceae
Chylismia claviformis
Oenothera cespitosa
Oenothera primiveris
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja exserta
Papaveraceae
Argemone pleiacantha
Corydalis aurea
Eschscholzia californica
Plantaginaceae
Plantago ovata
Poaceae
Aristida purpurea
Avena fatua
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus carinatus
Bromus rubens
Cynodon dactylon
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Hordeum murinum
Hordeum vulgare
Pennisetum ciliare
Phalaris minor
Poa bigelovii
Schismus arabicus
Schismus barbatus
Sorghum halepense
Vulpia octoflora
Polemoniaceae
Eriastrum diffusum
Gilia scopulorum
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Polygonum argyrocoleon
Polygonum aviculare
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris wootonii
Ranunculaceae
Delphinium parishii
Delphinium scaposum
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Salicaceae
Salix gooddingii
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Solanaceae
Lycium andersonii
Lycium andersonii x brevipes
Lycium exsertum
Lycium fremontii
Lycium torreyi
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis acutifolia
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Zygophyllaceae
Larrea tridentata
Tribulus terrestris