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