| Tucson Wildflowers
and Other Plants Listed by Plant Type - List
by: Common Name, Plant Family,
Scientific Name
The plant species listed here are grouped according to their most common
growth form in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Some plants are quite variable and
may have multiple or intermediate growth forms. Growth forms can also vary
depending on local conditions such as soil type, temperature (microclimate),
availability of water, and level of sunlight.
Cactus - Grass - Herb
/ Forb - Parasite - Shrub - Subshrub - Tree - Unusual
Shrub (Agave, Yucca, etc.) - Fern - Vine |
| Tree 
Acacia constricta
Celtis laevigata
var. reticulata
Chilopsis linearis
Fraxinus velutina
Juniperus deppeana
Juniperus monosperma
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia aculeata
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Platanus wrightii
Populus
fremontii
Prosopis velutina Salix
gooddingii
Sambucus nigra ssp.
canadensis
Sapindus saponaria
Tamarix sp. - Pink, White
Shrub
Acacia angustissima
Acacia greggii
Anisacanthus thurberi - Orange, Red
Arctostaphylos pungens
Atriplex
canescens
Baccharis salicifolia
Baccharis sarothroides
Bouvardia ternifolia
Celtis ehrenbergiana
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
Coursetia glandulosa
Crossosoma bigelovii
Dalea pulchra - Purple, White Dodonaea
viscosa
Erythrina
flabelliformis
Fallugia paradoxa
Gossypium thurberi
Hyptis emoryi
Jacquemontia
pringlei
Jatropha
cardiophylla
Justicia californica
Larrea tridentata
Lycium berlandieri
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
var. biuncifera
Mimosa dysocarpa
Mortonia scabrella
Nerium oleander
Nicotiana glauca
Rhus trilobata
Senna hirsuta var.
glaberrima
Senna wislizeni
Simmondsia chinensis
Tecoma stans
Vauquelinia californica
Subshrub
Abutilon abutiloides
Abutilon incanum - Pink,
Yellow
Adenophyllum
porophylloides
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia
cordifolia
Ambrosia
deltoidea
Asclepias linaria
Bebbia
juncea
Brickellia
coulteri
Calliandra eriophylla
Carlowrightia
arizonica
Comandra umbellata
Dalea
albiflora
Dalea candida
Dalea
pringlei
Dalea purpurea
Datura wrightii
Encelia farinosa
Encelia frutescens
Epilobium canum
Ericameria laricifolia
Eriogonum fasciculatum - Pink, White
Gaura coccinea
Gomphrena caespitosa
Gutierrezia
serotina
Haplophyton crooksii
Herissantia crispa
Hibiscus coulteri
Hibiscus denudatus
Hymenoclea salsola
Isocoma tenuisecta
Justicia longii
Krameria erecta
Krameria grayi
Linum lewisii
Lotus rigidus
Macrosiphonia brachysiphon
Marina parryi
Melampodium leucanthum
Menodora scabra
Mirabilis longiflora
Phlox tenuifolia
Plumbago scandens
Porophyllum gracile
Psilostrophe cooperi
Senna
covesii
Sphaeralcea ambigua - Pink, White, Red
Sphaeralcea emoryi
Sphaeralcea fendleri
Sphaeralcea laxa
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Tetraclea coulteri
Tetramerium nervosum
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Tiquilia canescens
Trichostema arizonicum
Trixis californica
Zinnia acerosa
Unusual Shrub (Agave, Yucca,
etc.)
Agave
chrysantha
Agave palmeri - Green, Pink
Agave
schottii
Dasylirion
wheeleri
Fouquieria splendens
Yucca
elata
Vine
Apodanthera undulata
Aristolochia watsonii
Boerhavia
scandens
Clematis
drummondii
Cucurbita digitata
Cucurbita foetidissima
Echinopepon wrightii
Funastrum cynanchoides
- Purple, White Janusia gracilis
Ipomoea barbatisepala
Ipomoea costellata
Ipomoea
cristulata
Ipomoea hederacea
Marah gilensis Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Passiflora mexicana
Phaseolus angustissimus
Vitis arizonica
Grass
Arundo
donax
Melinis repens
Cactus
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa - Orange, Pink, Red, Yellow, Yellow-green
Cylindropuntia arbuscula - Bronze, Red, Yellow-green
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia spinosior - Greenish, Pink, Red, Yellow
Cylindropuntia versicolor
- Bronze, Orange, Pink, Red, Yellow, Yellow-green
Echinocereus fasciculatus
Echinocereus rigidissimus
Escobaria vivipara
Ferocactus wislizeni - Orange, Red, Yellow
Grusonia kunzei
Mammillaria
grahamii
Mammillaria heyderi var.
macdougalii
Opuntia aciculata
Opuntia engelmannii - Orange, Pink, Yellow
Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia santa-rita
Peniocereus greggii
Fern
Astrolepis cochisensis
Notholaena standleyi
Pellaea truncata
Parasite
Cuscuta sp.
Orobanche cooperi
Phoradendron californicum
Phoradendron
juniperinum
Phoradendron
macrophyllum |
Herb
/ Forb
Acourtia
nana
Acourtia
wrightii
Allionia incarnata
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Amaranthus
palmeri
Ambrosia
confertiflora
Amsinckia menziesii
var. intermedia
Anagallis arvensis
Anagallis arvensis
ssp. foemina
Anaphalis margaritacea
Anemone tuberosa
Anemopsis
californica
Antheropeas lanosum
Arabis perennans
Argemone pleiacantha
Asclepias nyctaginifolia
Asclepias
subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Bahia absinthifolia
Baileya multiradiata
Boerhavia coccinea
Bowlesia
incana
Brassica tournefortii Calandrinia
ciliata
Calibrachoa
parviflora
Calochortus ambiguus
Calochortus kennedyi
Calycoseris wrightii
Calyptocarpus
vialis
Camissonia californica
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Castilleja exserta
Castilleja
lanata
Centaurea
melitensis
Centaurium
arizonicum
Chaenactis stevioides
Chamaesaracha coronopus Chamaesyce florida - White, Pink
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Chamaesyce polycarpa
Cirsium arizonicum
Cirsium
neomexicanum
Clarkia epilobioides
Claytonia perfoliata
Cnidoscolus angustidens
Commelina erecta
Conyza canadensis
Corydalis
aurea
Crotalaria pumila
Cryptantha
pterocarya
Cryptantha sp.
Datura discolor
Daucus pusillus Delphinium scaposum
Dichelostemma
capitatum
Dicliptera resupinata
Dimorphotheca sinuata
- Orange, Yellow
Draba cuneifolia
Dryopetalon runcinatum
Emmenanthe
penduliflora
Eriastrum diffusum
Erigeron divergens
Eriogonum polycladon
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium texanum Eschscholzia californica
ssp. mexicana
Eucrypta
micrantha
Evolvulus arizonicus
Gaillardia x grandiflora
'Fanfare'
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Gaillardia
pulchella
Galium aparine
Gaura hexandra
Gaura mollis
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Glandularia
gooddingii
Gomphrena sonorae - Pink, White
Guardiola platyphylla
Guillenia
lasiophylla
Helianthus annuus
Heliomeris longifolia
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Hymenothrix wislizeni
Hymenothrix wrightii
Ipomoea ternifolia
Ipomopsis
longiflora
Jatropha macrorhiza
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Lactuca serriola
Lamium amplexicaule Lappula
occidentalis - Blue, White
Leptosiphon aureus
Lesquerella gordonii
Lesquerella purpurea
Linum pratense
Lithospermum cobrense
Lotus humistratus
Lotus strigosus var.
tomentellus
Lupinus arizonicus
Lupinus bicolor
Lupinus concinnus
Lupinus sparsiflorus - Violet, White Lupinus
succulentus
Malacothrix
clevelandii
Malva
parviflora
Marrubium vulgare
Matthiola longipetala
Mecardonia procumbens
Medicago sativa
Melilotus
indicus
Melilotus officinalis
Mentzelia asperula
Mentzelia jonesii Mentzelia multiflora
Microseris lindleyi
Mimetanthe pilosa
Mimulus guttatus Mimulus
rubellus
Mirabilis laevis - Pink, White
Mirabilis linearis
Modiola caroliniana
Monoptilon bellioides
Nama hispidum
Nemacladus glanduliferus
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Nuttallanthus texanus
Oenothera caespitosa
Oenothera
elata
Oenothera primiveris
Oxalis corniculata Papaver somniferum
Penstemon barbatus
Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon palmeri
Penstemon parryi
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Penstemon subulatus
Phacelia campanularia
Phacelia crenulata
Phacelia distans
Phemeranthus aurantiacus - Orange, Yellow
Pholistoma auritum
Physalis
hederifolia
Plagiobothrys arizonicus Plantago ovata
Plantago patagonica
Platystemon californicus
Polanisia dodecandra
Polygala obscura
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Portulaca
oleracea
Portulaca suffrutescens
Portulaca umbraticola
Proboscidea
althaeifolia
Proboscidea
louisianica
Proboscidea parviflora
Quincula lobata
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Rhynchosida physocalyx
Rivina humilis
Ruellia nudiflora
Rumex hymenosepalus
Salsola tragus
Salvia columbariae - Violet, White Sanvitalia
abertii
Schoenocrambe
linearifolia
Scrophularia
parviflora
Senecio flaccidus
var. monoensis
Senecio lemmonii Sida abutifolia
Silene antirrhina
Sisymbrium irio
Solanum americanum Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum rostratum
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Stachys coccinea
Stemodia durantifolia
Streptanthus carinatus
Taraxacum officinale
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Tradescantia
occidentalis
Trianthema portulacastrum
Tribulus terrestris
Triodanis holzingeri
Verbesina encelioides
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Wislizenia refracta
Xanthium
strumarium |
