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Home >> Checklist: El Malpais National Monument >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): El Malpais National Monument Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images: Plant habit trees shrubs vines / lianas herbaceous grass-like ferns & allies cactus-like / succulents aquatic & OBL wetland species special groups composites legumes milkweeds mints spurges dicots monocots longevity annual or biennial perennial 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 Flower principal flower color white or cream purple blue green yellow orange red pink brown inconspicuous ovaries/pistils per flower 1 2-5 more than 5 Fruit or Cone fruit consistency at maturity dry/leathery fleshy El Malpais National Monument Species Count: 481 Amaranthaceae Amaranthus acanthochiton Amaranthus albus Amaranthus blitoides Amaranthus palmeri Amaranthus powellii Amaranthus torreyi Atriplex canescens Bassia scoparia Blitum capitatum Blitum nuttallianum Chenopodium desiccatum Chenopodium fremontii Chenopodium leptophyllum Chenopodium neomexicanum Chenopodium pratericola Chenopodium watsonii Dysphania graveolens Froelichia gracilis Krascheninnikovia lanata Salsola collina Salsola paulsenii Salsola tragus Suckleya suckleyana Amaryllidaceae Allium cernuum Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Rhus glabra Rhus microphylla Apiaceae Cymopterus glomeratus Pseudocymopterus montanus Vesper purpurascens Apocynaceae Asclepias asperula Asclepias macrotis Asclepias subverticillata Funastrum cynanchoides Asparagaceae Echeandia flavescens Yucca angustissima Yucca baccata Yucca glauca Aspleniaceae Asplenium septentrionale Asplenium trichomanes Asteraceae Achillea millefolium Acroptilon repens Ageratina herbacea Aldama cordifolia Ambrosia acanthicarpa Ambrosia confertiflora Ambrosia tomentosa Antennaria marginata Antennaria parvifolia Artemisia bigelovii Artemisia campestris Artemisia carruthii Artemisia dracunculus Artemisia filifolia Artemisia frigida Artemisia ludoviciana Baccharis pteronioides Brickellia brachyphylla Brickellia californica Brickellia grandiflora Carduus nutans Chaetopappa ericoides Chrysothamnus depressus Chrysothamnus greenei Cichorium intybus Cirsium neomexicanum Cirsium ochrocentrum Cirsium tracyi Cirsium undulatum Cirsium vulgare Cirsium wheeleri Conyza canadensis Coreopsis tinctoria Cosmos parviflorus Dieteria canescens Dyssodia papposa Ericameria nauseosa Ericameria parryi Erigeron aphanactis Erigeron canus Erigeron divergens Erigeron flagellaris Erigeron formosissimus Erigeron speciosus Erigeron tracyi Gaillardia pinnatifida Grindelia squarrosa Gutierrezia sarothrae Helianthella parryi Helianthella quinquenervis Helianthus annuus Helianthus ciliaris Helianthus petiolaris Heliomeris multiflora Heterosperma pinnatum Heterotheca villosa Hieracium fendleri Hymenopappus filifolius Hymenopappus flavescens Hymenothrix dissecta Hymenoxys bigelovii Hymenoxys richardsonii Lactuca serriola Lorandersonia pulchella Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Malacothrix fendleri Packera cynthioides Packera fendleri Packera multilobata Packera neomexicana Packera streptanthifolia Pericome caudata Picradeniopsis multiflora Picradeniopsis woodhousei Pseudognaphalium macounii Pseudognaphalium pringlei Psilostrophe tagetina Ratibida columnifera Sanvitalia abertii Scabrethia scabra Senecio spartioides Senecio wootonii Solidago missouriensis Solidago velutina Solidago wrightii Sonchus asper Stephanomeria pauciflora Stephanomeria tenuifolia Tagetes micrantha Taraxacum officinale Tetradymia canescens Tetraneuris argentea Tetraneuris scaposa Thelesperma megapotamicum Townsendia exscapa Townsendia incana Tragopogon dubius Tragopogon pratensis Verbesina encelioides Xanthisma gracile Xanthisma spinulosum Xanthium strumarium Zinnia grandiflora Berberidaceae Berberis fendleri Mahonia fremontii Mahonia haematocarpa Mahonia repens Boraginaceae Cryptantha crassisepala Cryptantha fendleri Lappula occidentalis Lithospermum cobrense Lithospermum incisum Lithospermum multiflorum Nama dichotoma Oreocarya suffruticosa Phacelia alba Phacelia caerulea Phacelia integrifolia Brassicaceae Boechera fendleri Boechera perennans Descurainia incisa Descurainia pinnata Dimorphocarpa wislizeni Draba cuneifolia Erysimum capitatum Hesperidanthus linearifolius Lepidium ramosissimum Noccaea fendleri Pennellia micrantha Physaria rectipes Rorippa microtitis Rorippa sinuata Sisymbrium altissimum Thelypodium wrightii Cactaceae Echinocereus coccineus Echinocereus fendleri Echinocereus triglochidiatus Echinocereus viridiflorus Opuntia phaeacantha Opuntia polyacantha Caprifoliaceae Lonicera arizonica Symphoricarpos oreophilus Caryophyllaceae Drymaria glandulosa Drymaria molluginea Eremogone fendleri Silene antirrhina Silene laciniata Celastraceae Paxistima myrsinites Cleomaceae Cleomella serrulata Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis Convolvulaceae Convolvulus arvensis Convolvulus equitans Cuscuta umbellata Evolvulus nuttallianus Ipomoea costellata Ipomoea cristulata Ipomoea plummerae Cupressaceae Juniperus deppeana Juniperus monosperma Juniperus scopulorum Cyperaceae Bulbostylis capillaris Carex filifolia Carex geophila Carex occidentalis Carex rossii Carex vallicola Cyperus esculentus Cyperus fendlerianus Cyperus schweinitzii Cyperus squarrosus Eleocharis acicularis Eleocharis macrostachya Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris filix-mas Ericaceae Pterospora andromedea Euphorbiaceae Acalypha neomexicana Acalypha phleoides Chamaesyce revoluta Euphorbia bilobata Euphorbia brachycera Euphorbia chaetocalyx Euphorbia exstipulata Euphorbia fendleri Euphorbia maculata Euphorbia palmeri Euphorbia serpillifolia Tragia ramosa Fabaceae Astragalus brandegeei Astragalus calycosus Astragalus egglestonii Astragalus humistratus Astragalus mollissimus Calliandra humilis Dalea candida Dalea compacta Dalea lanata Dalea leporina Dalea polygonoides Ladeania lanceolata Lotus wrightii Lupinus kingii Medicago lupulina Melilotus officinalis Pediomelum tenuiflorum Peteria scoparia Phaseolus angustissimus Pomaria jamesii Sophora nuttalliana Thermopsis rhombifolia Vicia americana Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Quercus grisea Quercus turbinella Quercus X pauciloba Gentianaceae Frasera speciosa Geraniaceae Erodium cicutarium Geranium caespitosum Geranium lentum Grossulariaceae Ribes cereum Ribes inerme Ribes leptanthum Ribes mescalerium Ribes wolfii Iridaceae Iris missouriensis Sisyrinchium demissum Krameriaceae Krameria lanceolata Lamiaceae Agastache micrantha Agastache pallidiflora Hedeoma drummondii Hedeoma nana Marrubium vulgare Monarda pectinata Salvia reflexa Salvia subincisa Stachys rothrockii Linaceae Linum aristatum Linum lewisii Linum neomexicanum Linum puberulum Loasaceae Mentzelia albicaulis Mentzelia rusbyi Malvaceae Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea digitata Sphaeralcea fendleri Molluginaceae Mollugo cerviana Montiaceae Phemeranthus brevicaulis Phemeranthus parviflorus Nyctaginaceae Abronia angustifolia Abronia elliptica Abronia fragrans Boerhavia linearifolia Mirabilis albida Mirabilis comata Mirabilis glabra Mirabilis linearis Mirabilis multiflora Mirabilis oxybaphoides Mirabilis pumila Oleaceae Forestiera pubescens Fraxinus cuspidata Menodora scabra Onagraceae Gayophytum ramosissimum Oenothera albicaulis Oenothera cespitosa Oenothera coronopifolia Oenothera curtiflora Oenothera laciniata Oenothera suffrutescens Orobanchaceae Castilleja integra Castilleja linariifolia Conopholis alpina Cordylanthus wrightii Orobanche fasciculata Orthocarpus purpureoalbus Oxalidaceae Oxalis alpina Oxalis corniculata Papaveraceae Corydalis aurea Phrymaceae Erythranthe floribunda Pinaceae Pinus edulis Pinus flexilis Pinus ponderosa Pseudotsuga menziesii Plantaginaceae Penstemon ambiguus Penstemon barbatus Penstemon ophianthus Penstemon virgatus Plantago argyrea Plantago patagonica Schistophragma intermedium Veronica peregrina Plumbaginaceae Limonium limbatum Poaceae Achnatherum perplexum Achnatherum scribneri Agrostis scabra Andropogon gerardi Andropogon hallii Aristida adscensionis Aristida arizonica Aristida divaricata Aristida havardii Aristida purpurea Blepharoneuron tricholepis Bouteloua barbata Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua dactyloides Bouteloua eriopoda Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua hirsuta Bouteloua simplex Bromus ciliatus Bromus frondosus Bromus lanatipes Bromus porteri Bromus tectorum Chloris verticillata Elymus canadensis Elymus elymoides Elymus trachycaulus Enneapogon desvauxii Eragrostis cilianensis Eragrostis curvula Eragrostis mexicana Eragrostis pectinacea Eriocoma hymenoides Erioneuron pilosum Festuca arizonica Hesperostipa comata Hesperostipa neomexicana Hilaria jamesii Hopia obtusa Hordeum jubatum Koeleria macrantha Lycurus setosus Muhlenbergia brevis Muhlenbergia depauperata Muhlenbergia dubia Muhlenbergia fragilis Muhlenbergia minutissima Muhlenbergia montana Muhlenbergia pauciflora Muhlenbergia pungens Muhlenbergia repens Muhlenbergia torreyi Muhlenbergia wrightii Munroa squarrosa Panicum capillare Panicum hirticaule Pascopyrum smithii Phragmites australis Piptatheropsis micrantha Poa bigelovii Poa compressa Poa fendleriana Poa pratensis Schedonnardus paniculatus Schizachyrium scoparium Setaria grisebachii Setaria viridis Sorghastrum nutans Sporobolus airoides Sporobolus contractus Sporobolus cryptandrus Sporobolus flexuosus Tragus berteronianus Vulpia octoflora Zuloagaea bulbosa Polemoniaceae Aliciella pinnatifida Gilia sinuata Ipomopsis aggregata Ipomopsis longiflora Ipomopsis multiflora Phlox gracilis Polygalaceae Polygala alba Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Eriogonum annuum Eriogonum cernuum Eriogonum jamesii Eriogonum polycladon Eriogonum racemosum Polygonum aviculare Polygonum erectum Polygonum sawatchense Rumex crispus Rumex mexicanus Portulacaceae Portulaca halimoides Portulaca oleracea Primulaceae Androsace septentrionalis Pteridaceae Myriopteris fendleri Myriopteris gracilis Pellaea atropurpurea Ranunculaceae Aquilegia chaplinei Aquilegia chrysantha Clematis columbiana Clematis ligusticifolia Delphinium nuttallianum Delphinium wootonii Myosurus patagonicus Thalictrum fendleri Rhamnaceae Ceanothus fendleri Rosaceae Cercocarpus breviflorus Cercocarpus montanus Fallugia paradoxa Fragaria vesca Holodiscus dumosus Potentilla crinita Potentilla pensylvanica Potentilla subviscosa Prunus virginiana Rosa woodsii Rubus aliceae Rubus idaeus Rubiaceae Houstonia rubra Houstonia wrightii Salicaceae Populus fremontii Populus tremuloides Populus x acuminata Salix drummondiana Salix scouleriana Santalaceae Phoradendron juniperinum Sarcobataceae Sarcobatus vermiculatus Scrophulariaceae Verbascum thapsus Solanaceae Chamaesaracha coronopus Lycium pallidum Solanum elaeagnifolium Solanum jamesii Solanum stoloniferum Solanum triflorum Tamaricaceae Tamarix chinensis Typhaceae Typha latifolia Ulmaceae Ulmus pumila Verbenaceae Glandularia bipinnatifida Glandularia wrightii Phyla cuneifolia Verbena bracteata Verbena macdougalii Vitaceae Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vitis arizonica Woodsiaceae Woodsia neomexicana Woodsia plummerae Zygophyllaceae Kallstroemia parviflora Tribulus terrestris
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