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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.
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| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | Cerocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus | |||
| | ' Sosa Carillo' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum Sosa Carrillo | Tree |     |
| | 'Arizona Sun' blanket flower | Gaillardia species | Perennial | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree |  |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | 'Sosa Carrillo' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Agave sp. | Agave sp. | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Anderson Wolfberry | Lycium andersonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris (Hymenoxys) acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Apache plume | Falugia paradoxa | Medium shrub | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Arizona rosewood | Vauquelinia californica | Large shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Banana Yucca | Yucca baccata baccata | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Bat faced cuphea | Cuphea lavea | Small shrub | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena sagittata | Medium shrub | |
| | Brittlebush | Encelia farinosa | Medium shrub | |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | Butterfly bush | Buddleja marrubiifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Canyon penstemon | Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Perennial | |
| | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Small shrub | |
| | Cat claw vine | Dolichandra unguis-cati | Vine | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum (wild type) | Small shrub | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | Cliffrose | Purshia stansburyana | Medium shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Croosvine | Bignonia capreolata | Large vine | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Deer grass | Muhlenbergia rigens | Grass | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium (Zauschneria) canum | Perennial | |
| | Desert globe mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Desert honeysuckle | Anisacanthus thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis albida (emoryi) | Large shrub | |
| | Desert marigold | Baileya multiradiata | Perennial | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | desert senna | Senna covesii | ||
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion wheeleri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | elderberry | Sambucus mexicana | | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | False indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Firecracker bush | Bouvardia turnifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatoni | Perennial | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | Flattop buckwheat | Eriogonum fasciculatum | Small shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Galaena red sage | Salvia darcyi | Perennial | |
| | Germander sage | Salvia chamaedrioides | Small shrub | |
| | Giant Hesperaloe | Hesperaloe funifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Giant sacaton | Sporobolus wrightii | ||
| | Golden fleece | Thymophylla pentachaeta | Perennial | |
| | Goodding verbena | Glandularia gooddingii | Perennial | |
| | Grape-scented sage | Salvia melissodora | Small shrub | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Jumping cholla | Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Lemmon sage | Salvia lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Little Golden Zinnia | Zinnia grandiflora | Small shrub | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Longneck ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Mangle Dulce | Maytenus phyllanthoides | Small shrub | |
| | Mariola | Parthenium incanum | Small shrub | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa | Perennial | |
| | Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican orange | Choisya dumosa var arizonica | Small shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium (Eupatorium) dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ojo de liebre | Solanum houstonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | Palmer agave | Agave palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| | Palo piojo | Caesalpinia pumila | Medium shrub | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Pams pink honeysuckle | Lonicera "pams pink" | Vine | |
| | Papalotillo | Guardiola platyphylla | Perennial | |
| | Parish Goldeneye | Viguiera deltoidea var. parishii | Small shrub | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. parryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry penstemon | Penstemon parryi | Perennial | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Pata de cabra | Bauhinia pringlii | Large bush/small tree | |
| | Pine-leaf milkweed | Asclepias linaria | Small shrub | |
| | Pineapple Guava | Feijoa sellowiana | Large shrub | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe hybrid | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Pintapán cimarrón | Abutilon mollicomum | Perennial | |
| | Pozo Blue sage | Salvia hybrid | | |
| | Prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Perennial | |
| | Prarie sagewort | Artemisia frigida | Groundcover | |
| | Purple trailing lantana | Lantana montevidensis | Ground cover | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Red Turk's cap | Malvaviscus arborea | Medium shrub | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris var palmeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | S. Mohavensis/Dorii/Cleveland | Salvia hybrid "trident" | ||
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | San Pedro daisy | Lasianthea podocephala | Subshrub | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | Sierra madre lobelia | Lobelia laxiflora | Small shrub | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Siskiyou pink | Gaura lindheimeri | Perennial | |
| | Skeleton-leaf goldeneye | Viguieria stenoloba | Medium shrub | |
| | Slender Goldshower | Galphimia gracilis | ||
| | slipper plant | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | ||
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | Soaptree yucca | Yucca elata | | |
| | Sonoran bursage | Ambrosia cordifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran giant hyssop | Agastache wrightii | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran honeysuckle | Justicia sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran spider lily | Hymenocallis sonorae | Perennial | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vining groundcover | |
| | Starrfire red skullcap | Scutellaria hybrid | Perennial | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago zeylandica | Small shrub | |
| | Sundrop | Calylophus drummondianus | Medium shrub | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Texas creeping oxeye | zexmenia hispida (wedelia acapulcensis) | Small shrub | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas ranger | Leucophyllum frutescens | Large shrub | |
| | Toothless sotol | Dasylirion longissimum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Trailing yellow dalea | Dalea capitata | Small shrub | |
| | Tree marigold | Tithonia diversifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Tufted evening primrose | Oenothera caespitosa | Perennial | |
| | Uruquenia | Croton ciliato-glandulifer | Small shrub | |
| | Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus inserta | Vine | |
| | viscid acacia | Vachellia vernicosa | Large shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild Cotton | Gossypium turneri | Medium shrub | |
| | Winter-fat | krascheninnikovia lanata | Small shrub | |
| | Wright silktassel | Garrya wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Ground cover | |
| | Yellow bells | Tecoma stans | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow chuparosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Yellow orchid vine | Callaeum macropterum | Vine | |
| | Yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |
