Select Shrubs profiled
in Southwest Desert Flora
in Southwest Desert Flora
- Acacia greggii, Catclaw Acacia
- Acaciellia angustissima, White-ball Acacia
- Agave chrysantha, Goldenflower Century Plant
- Agave lechuguilla, Lechuguilla
- Agave schottii, Schott's Century Plant
- Agave toumeyana, Toumey's Agave
- Allowissadula holosericea, Chisos Mtn False Indianmallow
- Ambrosia ambrosioides, Canyon Ragweed
- Ambrosia deltoidea, Triangle-leaf Bursage
- Ambrosia dumosa, White Bursage
- Ambrosia eriocentra, Woolly Bursage
- Ambrosia monogyra, Singlewhorl Burrobrush
- Ambrosia salsola, Cheesebush
- Amelanchier utahensis, Utah Serviceberry
- Anisacanthus thurberi, Thurber’s Desert Honeysuckle
- Arctostaphylos pringlei, Pringle Manzanita
- Arctostaphylos pungens, Pointleaf Manzanita
- Atriplex canescens, Four-wing Salt Bush
- Atriplex hymenelytra, Desertholly
- Atriplex lentiformis, Quailbush
- Atriplex semibaccata, Australian Saltbush
- Atriplex torreyi var. griffithsii, Griffiths Saltbush
- Baccharis pteronioides, Yerba de Pasmo
- Baccharis salicifolia, Seep Willow
- Baccharis sarothroides, Desertbroom
- Bebbia juncea, Sweetbush Bebbia
- Berberis haematocarpa, Red Barberry
- Berberis repens, Creeping Barberry
- Brickellia californica, California Brickellbush
- Brickellia coulteri, Coulter's Brickellbush
- Brickellia floribunda, Chihuahuan Brickellbush
- Bursera microphylla, Elephant Tree
- Caesalpinia gilliesii, Bird-of-Paradise Shrub
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Red Bird-of-Paradise
- Canotia holacantha, Crucifixion Thorn
- Castela emoryi, Crucifixion Thorn
- Ceanothus fendleri, Fendler's Ceanothus
- Ceanothus greggii, Desert Ceanothus
- Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus Deerbrush
- Celtis pallida, Spiny Hackberry
- Celtis reticulata, Netleaf Hackberry
- Cephalanthus occidentalis, Common Buttonbush
- Cercocarpus montanus, Mountain Mahogany
- Chilopsis linearis, Desert Willow
- Cleome isomeris, Bladderpod Spiderflower = Peritoma arborea
- Colubrina californica, Las Animas Nakedwood
- Comandra umbellata, Bastard Toadflax
- Condalia warnockii, Mexican Crucillo
- Cordia parvifolia, Little-leaf Cordia
- Cornus sericea, Red-osier Dogwood
- Crossosoma bigelovii, Ragged Rockflower
- Croton wigginsii, Wiggins Croton
- Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Buckhorn Cholla
- Cylindropuntia arbuscula, Arizona Pencil Cholla
- Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Teddy Bear Cholla
- Cylindropuntia ganderi, Gander's Buckhorn Cholla
- Cylindropuntia kleiniae, Klein's Pencil Cactus
- Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Christmas Cactus
- Cylindropuntia spinosior, Walkingstick Cactus
- Dasylirion wheeleri, Sotol
- Echinocereus bonkerae, Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
- Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus
- Echinocereus engelmannii, Hedgehog Cactus
- Echinocereus fasciculatus, Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
- Echinocereus rigidissimus, Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus
- Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush
- Encelia frutescens, Button Brittlebush
- Encelia virginensis, Virgin River Brittlebush
- Ericameria linearifolia, Narrowleaf Goldenbush
- Eriogonum fasciculatum, Flat-top Buckwheat
- Eriogonum umbellatum, Sulphur-flower Buckwheat
- Eriogonum wrightii, Wright Buckwheat
- Fallugia paradoxa, Apache Plume
- Fendlera rupicola, Cliff Fendlerbush
- Ferocactus cylindraceus, California Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus wislizeni, Candy Barrelcactus
- Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo
- Frangula californica, California Buckthorn
- Garrya flavescens, Ashy Silktassel
- Garrya wrightii, Wright's Silktassel
- Hibiscus coulteri, Desert Rosemallow
- Hoffmannseggia microphylla, Wand Holdback
- Jatropha cuneata, Physicnut
- Juniperus californica, California Juniper
- Justicia californica, Chuparosa
- Juniperus californica, California Juniper
- Juniperus coahuilensis, Redberry Juniper
- Juniperus deppeana, Alligator Juniper
- Juniperus monosperma, Oneseed Juniper
- Juniperus osteosperma, Utah Juniper
- Larrea tridentata, Creosote Bush
- Lippia graveolens, Mexican Oregano
- Lonicera albiflora, Western White Honeysuckle
- Lonicera arizonica, Arizona Honeysuckle
- Lonicera interrupta, Chaparral Honeysuckle
- Lycium exsertum, Arizona Desert-thorn
- Lycium fremontii, Fremont's Thornbush
- Lycium macrodon, Desert Wolfberry
- Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Bush Mallow
- Melochia tomentosa, Teabush
- Morus microphylla, Texas Mulberry
- Nicotiana glauca, Tree Tobacco
- Nicotiana obtusifolia, Desert Tobacco
- Nolina bigelovii, Bigelow's Beargrass
- Nolina microcarpa, Beargrass
- Opuntia basilaris, Beavertail Pricklypear
- Opuntia engelmannii, Cactus Apple
- Opuntia macrocentra, Long-spined Prickly Pear
- Opuntia macrorhiza, Twistspine Pricklypear
- Opuntia phaeacantha, Tulip Pricklypear
- Opuntia santa-rita, Santa Rita Pricklypear
- Pachycormus discolor, Baja Elephant Tree
- Parkinsonia microphylla, Yellow Paloverde
- Pavonia lasiopetala, Rock Rose
- Peniocereus johnstonii, Matraca, Pitayita, Saramatraca
- Penstemon pseudospectabilis, Desert Penstemon
- Peritoma arborea, Bladderpod =Cleome isomeris
- Peucephyllum schottii, Schott's Pygmycedar
- Phoradendron juniperinum, Juniper Mistletoe
- Pluchea sericea, Arrow Weed
- Psorothamnus schottii, Schott's Dalea
- Psorothamnus spinosus, Smoketree
- Purshia stansburiana, Cliffrose
- Quercus emoryi, Emory Oak
- Quercus gambelii, Gambel Oak
- Quercus turbinella, Sonoran Scrub Oak
- Rhamnus crocea, Redberry Buckthorn
- Rhamnus ilicifolia, Holly-leaf Buckthorn
- Rhus glabra, Smooth Sumac
- Rhus kearneyi, Kearney's Sumac
- Rhus microphylla, Littleleaf Sumac
- Rhus ovata, Sugar Berry
- Rhus trilobata var. trilobata, Skunkbush Sumac
- Rhynchosida physocalyx, Buffpetal
- Ricinus communis, Castorbean
- Rivina humilis, Rougeplant
- Roemer's Mimosa, Mimosa roemeriana
- Rosa woodsii, Woods Rose
- Rubus leucodermis, Whitebark Raspberry
- Rubus neomexicanus, New Mexico Raspberry
- Salix amygdaloides, Peachleaf Willow
- Salix exigua, Narrowleaf Willow
- Salix gooddingii, Goodding's Willow
- Salsola tragus, Prickly Russian Thistle
- Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, Blue Elderberry
- Sapindus saponaria, Western Soapberry
- Simmondsia chinensis, Jojoba
- Tamarix chinensis, Chinese Saltcedar
- Toxicodendron rydbergii, Western Poison Ivy
- Tecoma stans, Yellow Trumpetbush
- Vachellia constricta, Whitethorn Acacia
- Vachellia farnesiana, Sweet Acacia
- Viguiera stenoloba, Resinbush
- Yucca baccata, Banana Yucca
- Yucca brevifolia, Joshua Tree
- Yucca elata, Soaptree Yucca
- Yucca faxoniana, Spanish Bayonet
- Yucca rigida, Blue Yucca
- Yucca rostrata, Beaked Yucca
- Ziziphus obtusifolia, Lotebush