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habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
ferns & allies
grass-like
cactus-like / succulents
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
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
Inflorescence
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
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
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Sonoran Preserve
Cass Blodgett & Katherine Darrow
Species Count: 267
Acanthaceae
Justicia californica
Aizoaceae
Trianthema portulacastrum
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Amaranthus palmeri
Atriplex canescens
Atriplex elegans
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodiastrum murale
Salsola tragus
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Anacardiaceae
Rhus ovata
Apiaceae
Bowlesia incana
Daucus pusillus
Apocynaceae
Asclepias subulata
Funastrum cynanchoides
Matelea parvifolia
Asparagaceae
Dasylirion wheeleri
Dichelostemma capitatum
Asphodelaceae
Asphodelus fistulosus
Asteraceae
Acourtia wrightii
Adenophyllum porophylloides
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia confertiflora
Ambrosia deltoidea
Ambrosia eriocentra
Ambrosia monogyra
Ambrosia salsola
Ambrosia tomentosa
Artemisia dracunculus
Baccharis
Baccharis brachyphylla
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis sarothroides
Baccharis sergiloides
Bahiopsis deltoidea
Bahiopsis parishii
Baileya multiradiata
Bebbia juncea
Brickellia coulteri
Centaurea melitensis
Chaenactis carphoclinia
Chaenactis stevioides
Cirsium neomexicanum
Encelia farinosa
Erigeron divergens
Eriophyllum lanosum
Filago
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helianthus annuus
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Isocoma acradenia
Lasthenia gracilis
Logfia arizonica
Machaeranthera tagetina
Monoptilon bellioides
Oncosiphon pilulifer
Pectis papposa
Perityle emoryi
Porophyllum gracile
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Senecio flaccidus
Sonchus oleraceus
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Trixis californica
Uropappus lindleyi
Verbesina encelioides
Xanthisma spinulosum
Xanthium strumarium
Boraginaceae
Amsinckia menziesii
Cryptantha pterocarya
Eucrypta micrantha
Harpagonella palmeri
Heliotropium
Heliotropium curassavicum
Johnstonella angustifolia
Pectocarya heterocarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya recurvata
Pectocarya setosa
Phacelia crenulata
Phacelia distans
Pholistoma auritum
Brassicaceae
Brassica nigra
Brassica tournefortii
Descurainia pinnata
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Matthiola parviflora
Physaria gordonii
Sisymbrium irio
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Echinocereus engelmannii
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Mammillaria grahamii
Opuntia engelmannii
Cannabaceae
Celtis pallida
Caryophyllaceae
Herniaria hirsuta
Silene antirrhina
Celastraceae
Canotia holacantha
Cleomaceae
Polanisia dodecandra
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus equitans
Cuscuta
Cuscuta indecora
Ipomoea coccinea
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea cristulata
Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea pubescens
Cucurbitaceae
Citrullus lanatus
Cucumis melo
Cucurbita melopepo
Cucurbita palmata
Cyperaceae
Cyperus odoratus
Ephedraceae
Ephedra
Ephedra fasciculata
Euphorbiaceae
Chamaesyce
Chamaesyce capitellata
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce micromera
Ditaxis lanceolata
Ditaxis neomexicana
Euphorbia abramsiana
Euphorbia albomarginata
Euphorbia arizonica
Euphorbia eriantha
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Euphorbia maculata
Euphorbia polycarpa
Fabaceae
Acacia greggii
Acmispon rigidus
Astragalus nuttallianus
Calliandra eriophylla
Dalea mollis
Lotus salsuginosus
Lupinus arizonicus
Lupinus concinnus
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Marina parryi
Melilotus indica
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Senna artemisioides
Senna covesii
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium texanum
Juncaceae
Juncus bufonius
Krameriaceae
Krameria bicolor
Krameria erecta
Lamiaceae
Condea emoryi
Marrubium vulgare
Nepeta cataria
Salazaria mexicana
Salvia columbariae
Loasaceae
Mentzelia involucrata
Mentzelia multiflora
Malpighiaceae
Cottsia gracilis
Malvaceae
Abutilon incanum
Abutilon palmeri
Ayenia insulicola
Hibiscus denudatus
Horsfordia newberryi
Malva parviflora
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Sphaeralcea coulteri
Sphaeralcea rusbyi
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea altheifolia
Proboscidea parviflora
Montiaceae
Calandrinia ciliata
Nyctaginaceae
Allionia incarnata
Boerhavia coccinea
Boerhavia coulteri
Boerhavia intermedia
Boerhavia spicata
Boerhavia wrightii
Mirabilis laevis
Oleaceae
Menodora scabra
Onagraceae
Eulobus californicus
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja exserta
Orobanche cooperi
Papaveraceae
Eschscholzia californica
Eschscholzia minutiflora
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe guttata
Plantaginaceae
Penstemon parryi
Plantago ovata
Plantago patagonica
Stemodia durantifolia
Poaceae
Aristida adscensionis
Aristida purpurea
Aristida ternipes
Avena fatua
Bouteloua aristidoides
Bouteloua barbata
Bromus arizonicus
Bromus diandrus
Bromus rubens
Bromus tectorum
Cynodon dactylon
Dasyochloa pulchella
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa crus-galli
Eragrostis cilianensis
Hilaria mutica
Hilaria rigida
Hordeum murinum
Leptochloa panicea
Muhlenbergia porteri
Pennisetum ciliare
Pennisetum setaceum
Phalaris minor
Poa bigelovii
Polypogon monspeliensis
Schismus arabicus
Schismus barbatus
Vulpia octoflora
Polemoniaceae
Eriastrum eremicum
Gilia flavocincta
Gilia scopulorum
Gilia stellata
Linanthus demissus
Polygonaceae
Chorizanthe brevicornu
Chorizanthe rigida
Eriogonum
Eriogonum deflexum
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum inflatum
Eriogonum thomasii
Polygonum
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris parryi
Notholaena standleyi
Ranunculaceae
Anemone tuberosa
Clematis drummondii
Rhamnaceae
Sarcomphalus obtusifolius
Rubiaceae
Galium stellatum
Santalaceae
Phoradendron californicum
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella arizonica
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Calibrachoa parviflora
Datura discolor
Datura wrightii
Lycium andersonii
Lycium berlandieri
Lycium exsertum
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Physalis
Physalis acutifolia
Physalis crassifolia
Physalis longifolia
Solanum americanum
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Urticaceae
Parietaria hespera
Verbenaceae
Glandularia gooddingii
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Larrea tridentata
Tribulus terrestris