Plant Care Sheets
The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to perform a Google search for images and information on many of these plants.
Select the 
to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Desert zinnia | Zinnia acerosa | Subshrub |    |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | trans-pecos false acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial |  |
| | Dogweed | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Small shrub | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
 | | Tacinga | Tacinga inamoena Marlon's dwarf | Small cactus | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Large shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Baja senna | Senna polyantha | Small shrub | |
| | Velvet leaf senna | Senna lindheimeriana | Small shrub | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggi | Large shrub | |
| | Swizzle sticks | Senecio anteuphobium | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Darcy's Mexican sage | Salvia darcyii | Medium shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial |  |
| | Littleleaf sumac | Rhus microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Kearney's sumac | Rhus kearneyi | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Quitoboquito Springs' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Quitoboquito' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum 'Garcia Camp' | Large shrub/small tree | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea serricea | Large shrub | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Rockdaisy | Perityle emori | Annual subshrub | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Palmers penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Subshrub | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Guayule | Parthenium argentatum | Small shrub | |
| | blue palo verde | Parkinsonia florida | Tree | |
| | Baja elephant tree | Pachycormus discolor | Medium shrub | |
| | Hecho | Pachycereus pecten-arboriginum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Old Mexico prickly pear | Opuntia gomei 'Old Mexico' | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Prickly pear | Opuntia bravoana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Bamboo muhly | Muhlenbergia dumosa | Grass | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | velvet-pod mimosa | Mimosa dysocarpa | | |
| | morning glory vine | Merremia dissecta | Vine | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Milfoil prickle-free | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Purple bush bean | Macroptilium atropurpureum | Vine | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma divericatum | Small tree | |
| | Wolfberry | Lycium brevipes | Large shrub | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Not known | Lippia formosa | Small tree | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Confiturilla | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | sangrengado | Jatropha cuneata | Large shrub | |
| | Guereque | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | hofmeisteria | Hofmeisteria crassifolia | Subshrub | |
| | Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Giant hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | SantaCatalina Burstwort | Hermannia pauciflora | Subshrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Small tree | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri - rose | Perennial | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja snapdragon | Gambelia juncea | Medium shrub | |
| | Arizona ash | Fraxinus velutina | Tree | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sosa Carrillo heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | santa maria barrel | Ferocactus santa-maria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | biznaga | Ferocactus latispinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Emory Barrel | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardrtia Orthocarpa | Small Tree | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Small shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Valeriana del Monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Subshrub | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth Desert Spoon | Dasylirion longissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Green desert spoon | Dasylirion acrotrichum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Christmas Cholla | cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | bat-faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | |
| | Drummond's clematis | Clematis drummondii | Vine | |
| | Bush verbena | Citharexylum flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | Chain-fruit cholla | Cilindropuntia fulgida | | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagitatta | Small shrub/spreading | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Floriferous desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Desert hackberry | Celtis pallida | Large shrub | |
| | Habanero and others | Capsicum chinense | Medium shrub | |
| | Ahi Limon and others | Capsicum baccatum | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin wild and cultivated varieties | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Various cultivars | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert bird of paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Chihuahuan brickellbush | Brickellia floribunda | Medium shrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Subshrub/groundcover | |
| | Pata de Cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large shrub/ small tree | |
| | Texasplume | Bauhinia lunaroides | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Small shrub | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Purple Three-awn | Aristida purpurea | Grass | |
| | Pink queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | False-indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Large shrub | |
| | burrobush | Ambrosia dumosa | Subshrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | baja ragweed | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cowhorn agave | Agave bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |