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habit
trees
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grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
special groups
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
spurges
dicots
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longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
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Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
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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
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Karen Reichhardt
Species Count: 112
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Apocynaceae
Asclepias albicans
Funastrum heterophyllum
Apodanthaceae
Pilostyles thurberi
Asparagaceae
Agave deserti
Agave simplex
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ilicifolia
Ambrosia salsola
Atrichoseris platyphylla
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Chaenactis carphoclinia
Geraea canescens
Monoptilon bellioides
Perityle emoryi
Porophyllum gracile
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Senecio mohavensis
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Trixis californica
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia intermedia
Cryptantha
Cryptantha pterocarya
Johnstonella angustifolia
Nama demissa
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Tiquilia palmeri
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Caulanthus lasiophyllus
Descurainia pinnata
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Burseraceae
Bursera microphylla
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Echinocactus polycephalus
Mammillaria grahamii
Mammillaria tetrancistra
Opuntia basilaris
Cucurbitaceae
Brandegea bigelovii
Ephedraceae
Ephedra aspera
Euphorbiaceae
Ditaxis brandegeei
Ditaxis lanceolata
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia eriantha
Fabaceae
Acacia greggii
Caesalpinia virgata
Dalea mollis
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Lupinus arizonicus
Marina parryi
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis velutina
Psorothamnus emoryi
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Krameria erecta
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Salvia columbariae
Loasaceae
Mentzelia involucrata
Petalonyx linearis
Malvaceae
Hibiscus denudatus
Horsfordia newberryi
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Nyctaginaceae
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia spicata
Onagraceae
Camissonia
Camissonia cardiophylla
Chylismia arenaria
Eremothera refracta
Eulobus californicus
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia minutiflora
Plantaginaceae
Mohavea confertiflora
Plantago ovata
Pseudorontium cyathiferum
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Cynodon dactylon
Dasyochloa pulchella
Hilaria rigida
Muhlenbergia microsperma
Pennisetum ciliare
Schismus arabicus
Polemoniaceae
Gilia stellata
Linanthus bigelovii
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe brevicornu
Eriogonum inflatum
Eriogonum thomasii
Resedaceae
Oligomeris linifolia
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Solanaceae
Lycium
Lycium andersonii
Lycium fremontii
Nicotiana clevelandii
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis crassifolia
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia laevis
Larrea tridentata
Tribulus terrestris