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Home >> Checklist: White Sands National Monument >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): White Sands National Monument Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images: Plant habit trees shrubs vines / lianas herbaceous grass-like cactus-like / succulents aquatic & OBL wetland species special groups composites legumes milkweeds mints spurges dicots monocots longevity annual or biennial perennial armature unarmed armed Leaves arrangement/phyllotaxy basal alternate opposite whorled fascicled/clustered along stem blade division all simple deeply lobed or divided some or all fully compound 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 White Sands National Monument NPS-CHDN Species Count: 254 Aizoaceae Trianthema portulacastrum Amaranthaceae Allenrolfea occidentalis Amaranthus blitoides Amaranthus retroflexus Atriplex canescens Bassia hyssopifolia Salsola kali Salsola tragus Suaeda calceoliformis Suaeda nigra Suaeda suffrutescens Tidestromia lanuginosa Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Rhus microphylla Apocynaceae Amsonia tomentosa Asclepias arenaria Asclepias brachystephana Asclepias latifolia Asclepias subverticillata Asparagaceae Yucca baccata Yucca elata Asteraceae Acourtia nana Acroptilon repens Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia monogyra Aphanostephus ramosissimus Artemisia bigelovii Artemisia filifolia Baccharis bigelovii Baccharis salicifolia Baccharis salicina Bahia absinthifolia Bahia pedata Baileya multiradiata Brickellia laciniata Calycoseris wrightii Centaurea melitensis Chrysothamnus pulchellus Cirsium ochrocentrum Cirsium wheeleri Clappia suaedifolia Conyza canadensis Dicranocarpus parviflorus Dieteria canescens Engelmannia peristenia Ericameria nauseosa Erigeron arenarius Erigeron bellidiastrum Erigeron divergens Erigeron tracyi Flourensia cernua Gutierrezia microcephala Gutierrezia sarothrae Helianthus annuus Helianthus petiolaris Hymenopappus filifolius Hymenoxys odorata Isocoma pluriflora Iva dealbata Laennecia coulteri Machaeranthera linearis Machaeranthera parviflora Machaeranthera scabrella Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Malacothrix fendleri Parthenium incanum Pectis angustifolia Pseudoclappia arenaria Psilostrophe tagetina Ratibida columnifera Sartwellia flaveriae Senecio flaccidus Senecio riddellii Senecio spartioides Stephanomeria pauciflora Thelesperma megapotamicum Thymophylla aurea Thymophylla pentachaeta Verbesina encelioides Xanthisma spinulosum Zinnia grandiflora Bignoniaceae Chilopsis linearis Boraginaceae Cryptantha fulvocanescens Heliotropium curassavicum Heliotropium greggii Lappula occidentalis Nama carnosa Nama hispida Phacelia crenulata Phacelia integrifolia Phacelia robusta Tiquilia canescens Tiquilia hispidissima Brassicaceae Descurainia pinnata Dimorphocarpa wislizeni Diplotaxis tenuifolia Lepidium alyssoides Lepidium montanum Lesquerella fendleri Nerisyrenia camporum Nerisyrenia linearifolia Physaria gordonii Sisymbrium irio Streptanthus carinatus Cactaceae Coryphantha macromeris Coryphantha robustispina Coryphantha vivipara Cylindropuntia imbricata Cylindropuntia imbricata x spinosior Cylindropuntia leptocaulis Cylindropuntia leptocaulis x spinosior Cylindropuntia leptocaulis x thurberi Cylindropuntia leptocaulis x versicolor Cylindropuntia leptocaulis x whipplei Echinocactus horizonthalonius Echinocereus coccineus Echinocereus fendleri Echinocereus triglochidiatus Opuntia engelmannii Opuntia engelmannii x phaeacantha Opuntia macrocentra Opuntia macrorhiza Opuntia phaeacantha Opuntia polyacantha Opuntia pottsii Peniocereus greggii Sclerocactus papyracanthus Convolvulaceae Cressa truxillensis Evolvulus sericeus Ipomoea purpurea Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Ibervillea tenuisecta Cupressaceae Juniperus monosperma Cyperaceae Bolboschoenus maritimus Schoenoplectus americanus Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus angustifolia Ephedraceae Ephedra torreyana Ephedra trifurca Euphorbiaceae Chamaesyce lata Chamaesyce serrula Croton dioicus Euphorbia albomarginata Euphorbia villifera Fabaceae Astragalus allochrous Dalea formosa Hoffmannseggia glauca Medicago sativa Melilotus officinalis Prosopis glandulosa Psorothamnus scoparius Senna lindheimeriana Fouquieriaceae Fouquieria splendens Frankeniaceae Frankenia jamesii Gentianaceae Centaurium maryannum Centaurium texense Eustoma exaltatum Eustoma grandiflorum Zeltnera calycosa Juncaceae Juncus balticus Juncus torreyi Koeberliniaceae Koeberlinia spinosa Lamiaceae Hedeoma nana Poliomintha incana Loasaceae Cevallia sinuata Mentzelia integra Mentzelia multicaulis Mentzelia multiflora Mentzelia pumila Malvaceae Malvella lepidota Malvella leprosa Sphaeralcea angustifolia Sphaeralcea hastulata Sphaeralcea incana Martyniaceae Proboscidea parviflora Nitrariaceae Peganum harmala Nyctaginaceae Abronia angustifolia Acleisanthes chenopodioides Acleisanthes diffusa Acleisanthes lanceolata Allionia choisyi Allionia incarnata Cyphomeris gypsophiloides Mirabilis multiflora Onagraceae Calylophus hartwegii Oenothera albicaulis Oenothera curtiflora Oenothera pallida Oenothera suffrutescens Papaveraceae Argemone polyanthemos Plantaginaceae Linaria dalmatica Plumbaginaceae Limonium limbatum Poaceae Aristida adscensionis Aristida purpurea Arundo donax Bouteloua aristidoides Bouteloua barbata Bouteloua breviseta Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua eriopoda Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua hirsuta Chloris virgata Dasyochloa pulchella Distichlis spicata Eragrostis lehmanniana Eriocoma hymenoides Hilaria mutica Leptochloa crinita Muhlenbergia arenacea Muhlenbergia asperifolia Muhlenbergia porteri Muhlenbergia pungens Phragmites australis Schizachyrium scoparium Scleropogon brevifolius Setaria leucopila Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus contractus Sporobolus cryptandrus Sporobolus flexuosus Sporobolus giganteus Sporobolus nealleyi Sporobolus wrightii Polemoniaceae Ipomopsis longiflora Ipomopsis pumila Polygonaceae Eriogonum rotundifolium Rumex hymenosepalus Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea Portulaca pilosa Resedaceae Oligomeris linifolia Rhamnaceae Condalia spathulata Rosaceae Fallugia paradoxa Rubiaceae Galium proliferum Ruppiaceae Ruppia maritima Salicaceae Populus angustifolia Populus deltoides Populus fremontii Salix gooddingii Santalaceae Comandra umbellata Solanaceae Datura wrightii Lycium berlandieri Lycium pallidum Lycium torreyi Solanum elaeagnifolium Tamaricaceae Tamarix chinensis Tamarix gallica Typhaceae Typha angustifolia Typha latifolia Verbenaceae Aloysia wrightii Glandularia bipinnatifida Phyla nodiflora Verbena bracteata Zygophyllaceae Kallstroemia hirsutissima Larrea tridentata
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