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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub |   |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent |   |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Perennial |  |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Limita | Anisacanthus andersonii | ||
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linearis | Small shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Chiltepin (wild type) | Capsicum annum | Small shrub | |
| | Burgundy desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Medium tree | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactina mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Arizona grape ivy | Cissus trifoliata | Vine | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium greggii | Perennial | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boisieri | Tree | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea llavea | Small shrub | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Silver dalea "Monterey" | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Golden barrel | Echinocactus grusonii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia (Zauschneria) | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xantii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Apache plume | Fallugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Coville barrel cactus | Ferocactus emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fire barrel | Ferocactus gracilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Fishhook barrel "yellow flower" | Ferocactus wislezenii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
 | | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia goodingii | Perennial | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | San Marcos hibiscus | Gossypium harsnekii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorensis | Perennial | |
| | Desert lavender (emoryi) | Hyptis albida | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagaceae decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocerus schottii f. monstrosa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsonii | Medium tree | |
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Red snapdragon vine | Maurandya antirrhyniflora | Vine | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phillanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow morning glory vine | Merremia aurea | Vine | |
| | White Cloud Muhly Grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris | Grass | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert Museum palo verde | Parkinsonia 'Desert Museum' | Tree | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet Flame Passion Vine | Passiflora × "Scarlet Flame" | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Scented penstemon | Penstemon palmeri | Perennial | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylanica | Small shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha madrensis | Small shrub | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Blue sage | Salvia azurea | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Scarlet red Salvia | Salvia microphylla | Small shrub | |
| | Coffee senna | Senna occidentalis | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas mountain laurel | Sophora secundiflora | Large shrub | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Chapacolor | Stegnosperma halimifolium | Medium shrub | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy (Hymenoxys) | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Glory of Texas | Thelocactus bicolor | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Nacapule jasmine | Vallesia laciniata | Large shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata | | |
| | Texas creeping oxeye | Zexmenia hispida | Small shrub | |
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
