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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
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
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
Jacob Gibson
Species Count: 122
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Aizoaceae
Sesuvium verrucosum
Amaranthaceae
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Chenopodium album
Apiaceae
Cymopterus
Heracleum
Lomatium
Osmorhiza
Apocynaceae
Asclepias subulata
Funastrum cynanchoides
Asparagaceae
Agave
Dasylirion
Dasylirion wheeleri
Hesperaloe
Hesperocallis undulata
Nolina
Triteleiopsis palmeri
Yucca
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia dumosa
Ambrosia salsola
Baccharis salicifolia
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Chaenactis
Encelia farinosa
Monoptilon bellioides
Palafoxia arida
Pluchea salicifolia
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Trixis californica
Bignoniaceae
Chilopsis linearis
Tecoma stans
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha
Mertensia arizonica
Nama
Phacelia
Tiquilia palmeri
Brassicaceae
Brassica tournefortii
Dithyrea californica
Burseraceae
Bursera microphylla
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Echinocereus
Ferocactus
Mammillaria
Opuntia
Opuntia basilaris
Pachycereus schottii
Stenocereus thurberi
Celastraceae
Canotia holacantha
Cucurbitaceae
Brandegea bigelovii
Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectus
Ephedraceae
Ephedra
Euphorbiaceae
Ditaxis lanceolata
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia eriantha
Fabaceae
Acacia constricta
Acacia greggii
Calliandra eriophylla
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis glandulosa
Prosopis pubescens
Prosopis velutina
Senna
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Salvia columbariae
Malvaceae
Sphaeralcea
Melanthiaceae
Zigadenus elegans
Nyctaginaceae
Abronia villosa
Allionia
Mirabilis
Onagraceae
Camissonia
Oenothera deltoides
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia minutiflora
Plantaginaceae
Mohavea confertiflora
Plantago ovata
Poaceae
Achnatherum
Agropyron
Agrostis
Alopecurus
Aristida
Blepharoneuron
Bouteloua
Bromus
Cynodon dactylon
Elymus elymoides
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Festuca arizonica
Hesperostipa comata
Hilaria belangeri
Hilaria jamesii
Hilaria mutica
Muhlenbergia montana
Pascopyrum smithii
Phragmites australis
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Polemoniaceae
Gilia stellata
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe rigida
Eriogonum inflatum
Rosaceae
Cercocarpus montanus
Purshia stansburyana
Salicaceae
Populus fremontii
Salix gooddingii
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Lycium
Lycium fremontii
Nicotiana clevelandii
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix
Typhaceae
Typha
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia laevis
Larrea tridentata