- Abutilon abutiloides – Shrubby Indian Mallow
- Abutilon incanum – Pelotazo
- Abutilon parvulum – Dwarf Indian Mallow
- Abutilon reventum – Yellowflower Indian Mallow
- Acacia constricta – Whitethorn Acacia
- Acacia greggii – Catclaw Acacia
- Acourtia nana – Dwarf Desertpeony
- Acourtia wrightii – Brownfoot
- Adenophyllum porophylloides – San Felipe Dogweed
- Allionia choisyi – Annual Windmills
- Allionia incarnata – Trailing Windmills
- Amaranthus fimbriatus – Fringed Amaranth
- Amaranthus palmeri – Carelessweed
- Ambrosia ambrosioides – Ambrosia Leaf Bur Ragweed
- Ambrosia confertiflora – Weakleaf Bur Ragweed
- Ambrosia cordifolia – Tucson Bur Ragweed
- Ambrosia deltoidea – Triangle Bur Ragweed
- Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia – Common Fiddleneck
- Anaphalis margaritacea – Western Pearly Everlasting
- Anemone tuberosa – Tuber Anemone
- Anisacanthus thurberi – Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle
- Anoda abutiloides – Indian Anoda
- Antheropeas lanosum – White Easterbonnets
- Apodanthera undulata – Melon Loco
- Arabis perennans – Perennial Rockcress
- Argemone pleiacantha – Southwestern Pricklypoppy
- Arida arizonica – Arid Tansyaster
- Aristolochia watsonii – Watson's Dutchman's Pipe
- Asclepias asperula – Spider Milkweed
- Asclepias linaria – Pineneedle Milkweed
- Asclepias nyctaginifolia – Mojave Milkweed
- Astrolepis cochisensis – Cochise Scaly Cloakfern
- Atriplex canescens – Fourwing Saltbush
- Baccharis sarothroides – Desertbroom
- Bahia absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia
- Baileya multiradiata – Desert Marigold
- Bebbia juncea – Sweetbush
- Boerhavia coccinea – Scarlet Spiderling
- Boerhavia scandens – Climbing Wartclub
- Bowlesia incana – Hoary Bowlesia
- Brassica tournefortii – Asian Mustard
- Brickellia coulteri – Coulter's Brickellbush
- Caesalpinia gilliesii – Bird-of-paradise Shrub
- Calandrinia ciliata – Fringed Redmaids
- Calibrachoa parviflora – Seaside Petunia
- Calliandra eriophylla – Fairyduster
- Calochortus kennedyi – Desert Mariposa Lily
- Calycoseris wrightii – White Tackstem
- Calyptocarpus vialis – Straggler Daisy
- Camissonia californica – California Suncup
- Carlowrightia arizonica – Arizona Wrightwort
- Carnegiea gigantea – Saguaro
- Castilleja exserta – Exserted Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja lanata – Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush
- Ceanothus greggii – Desert Ceanothus
- Celtis ehrenbergiana – Spiny Hackberry
- Centaurea melitensis – Maltese Star-thistle
- Chaenactis stevioides – Esteve's Pincushion
- Chamaesaracha coronopus – Greenleaf Five Eyes
- Chamaesyce florida – Chiricahua Mountain Sandmat
- Chamaesyce hyssopifolia – Hyssopleaf Sandmat
- Chamaesyce polycarpa – Smallseed Sandmat
- Chamaesyce setiloba – Yuma Sandmat
- Chilopsis linearis – Desert Willow
- Chorispora tenella – Crossflower
- Cirsium neomexicanum – New Mexico Thistle
- Clarkia epilobioides – Canyon Clarkia
- Cnidoscolus angustidens – Mala Mujer
- Commelina erecta – Whitemouth Dayflower
- Convolvulus arvensis – Field Bindweed
- Conyza canadensis – Canadian Horseweed
- Corydalis aurea – Scrambled Eggs
- Coursetia glandulosa – Rosary Babybonnets
- Crossosoma bigelovii – Ragged Rockflower
- Crotalaria pumila – Low Rattlebox
- Cryptantha pterocarya – Wingnut Cryptantha
- Cryptantha spp. – Cryptantha
- Cucurbita digitata – Fingerleaf Gourd
- Cucurbita foetidissima – Missouri Gourd
- Cuscuta spp. – Dodder
- Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa – Buck-horn Cholla
- Cylindropuntia arbuscula – Arizona Pencil Cholla
- Cylindropuntia bigelovii – Teddybear Cholla
- Cylindropuntia fulgida – Jumping Cholla
- Cylindropuntia leptocaulis – Christmas Cactus
- Cylindropuntia spinosior – Walkingstick Cactus
- Cylindropuntia versicolor – Staghorn Cholla
- Cymopterus multinervatus – Purplenerve Springparsley
- Dalea formosa – Featherplume
- Dalea pringlei – Pringle's Prairie Clover
- Dalea pulchra – Santa Catalina Prairie Clover
- Dasylirion wheeleri – Common Sotol
- Datura discolor – Desert Thorn-apple
- Datura wrightii – Sacred Thorn-apple
- Delphinium scaposum – Tall Mountain Larkspur
- Dichelostemma capitatum – Bluedicks
- Dicliptera resupinata – Arizona Foldwing
- Dieteria canescens – Hoary Tansyaster
- Dimorphotheca sinuata – Glandular Cape Marigold
- Dodonaea viscosa – Florida Hopbush
- Draba cuneifolia – Wedgeleaf Draba
- Dryopetalon runcinatum – Rockmustard
- Echinocereus fasciculatus – Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
- Echinopepon wrightii – Wild Balsam Apple
- Emmenanthe penduliflora – Whisperingbells
- Encelia farinosa – Brittlebush
- Encelia frutescens – Button Brittlebush
- Ephedra trifurca – Longleaf Jointfir
- Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium – Hummingbird Trumpet
- Eriastrum diffusum – Miniature Woollystar
- Ericameria laricifolia – Turpentine Bush
- Erigeron divergens – Spreading Fleabane
- Eriogonum fasciculatum – Eastern Mojave Buckwheat
- Eriogonum polycladon – Sorrel Buckwheat
- Erodium cicutarium – Redstem Stork's Bill
- Erodium texanum – Texas Stork's Bill
- Erythrina flabelliformis – Coralbean
- Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana – California Poppy
- Eucrypta micrantha – Dainty Desert Hideseed
- Euphorbia schizoloba – Mojave Spurge
- Evolvulus arizonicus – Wild Dwarf Morning-glory
- Evolvulus nuttallianus – Shaggy Dwarf Morning-glory
- Ferocactus wislizeni – Candy Barrelcactus
- Fouquieria splendens – Ocotillo
- Funastrum cynanchoides – Fringed Twinevine
- Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Fanfare' – Gaillardia 'Fanfare'
- Gaillardia pulchella – Firewheel
- Galium aparine – Stickywilly
- Gaura coccinea – Scarlet Beeblossom
- Gaura mollis – Velvetweed
- Glandularia bipinnatifida – Dakota Mock Vervain
- Glandularia gooddingii – Southwestern Mock Vervain
- Gomphrena sonorae – Sonoran Globe Amaranth
- Gossypium thurberi – Thurber's Cotton
- Grusonia kunzei – Devil's Cholla
- Guillenia lasiophylla – California Mustard
- Gutierrezia serotina – Late Snakeweed
- Haplophyton crooksii – Cockroachplant
- Helianthus annuus – Common Sunflower
- Heliomeris longifolia – Longleaf False Goldeneye
- Herissantia crispa – Bladdermallow
- Heterotheca subaxillaris – Camphorweed
- Hibiscus coulteri – Desert Rosemallow
- Hibiscus denudatus – Paleface
- Hoffmannseggia glauca – Indian Rushpea
- Hymenoclea salsola – Burrobrush
- Hymenothrix wislizeni – Trans-Pecos Thimblehead
- Hyptis emoryi – Desert Lavender
- Ipomoea barbatisepala – Canyon Morning-glory
- Ipomoea cristulata – Trans-Pecos Morning-glory
- Ipomoea hederacea – Ivyleaf Morning-glory
- Ipomoea ternifolia – Tripleleaf Morning-glory
- Ipomopsis longiflora – Flaxflowered Ipomopsis
- Isocoma tenuisecta – Burroweed
- Jacquemontia pringlei – Pringle's Clustervine
- Janusia gracilis – Slender Janusia
- Jatropha cardiophylla – Sangre de Cristo
- Justicia californica – Beloperone
- Justicia longii – Longflower Tube Tongue
- Kallstroemia grandiflora – Arizona Poppy
- Krameria erecta – Littleleaf Ratany
- Krameria grayi – White Ratany
- Lactuca serriola – Prickly Lettuce
- Lamium amplexicaule – Henbit Deadnettle
- Lappula occidentalis – Flatspine Stickseed
- Larrea tridentata – Creosote Bush
- Leptosiphon aureus – Golden Linanthus
- Lesquerella gordonii – Gordon's Bladderpod
- Lesquerella purpurea – Rose Bladderpod
- Linaria maroccana – Moroccan Toadflax
- Linum lewisii – Lewis Flax
- Linum pratense – Meadow Flax
- Lotus humistratus – Foothill Deervetch
- Lotus rigidus – Shrubby Deervetch
- Lotus strigosus var. tomentellus – Strigose Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Lupinus arizonicus – Arizona Lupine
- Lupinus bicolor – Miniature Lupine
- Lupinus concinnus – Bajada Lupine
- Lupinus sparsiflorus – Coulter's Lupine
- Lupinus succulentus – Hollowleaf Annual Lupine
- Lycium pallidum – Pale Desert-thorn
- Machaeranthera tagetina – Mesa Tansyaster
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia – Tanseyleaf Tansyaster
- Macrosiphonia brachysiphon – Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet
- Malacothrix fendleri – Fendler's Desertdandelion
- Malacothrix glabrata – Smooth Desertdandelion
- Malva parviflora – Cheeseweed Mallow
- Mammillaria grahamii – Graham's Nipple Cactus
- Mammillaria heyderi var. macdougalii – Macdougal's Nipple Cactus
- Marah gilensis – Gila Manroot
- Marina parryi – Parry's False Prairie-clover
- Marrubium vulgare – Horehound
- Matthiola longipetala – Night Scented Stock
- Matthiola parviflora
- Maurandella antirrhiniflora – Roving Sailor
- Medicago lupulina – Black Medick
- Medicago sativa – Alfalfa
- Melampodium leucanthum – Plains Blackfoot
- Melilotus indicus – Annual Yellow Sweetclover
- Melilotus officinalis – Yellow Sweetclover
- Melinis repens – Rose Natal Grass
- Menodora scabra – Rough Menodora
- Mentzelia jonesii – Jones' Blazingstar
- Mentzelia multiflora – Adonis Blazingstar
- Microseris lindleyi – Lindley's Silverpuffs
- Mimetanthe pilosa – False Monkeyflower
- Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera – Catclaw Mimosa
- Mimosa dysocarpa – Velvetpod Mimosa
- Mimulus rubellus – Little Redstem Monkeyflower
- Mirabilis laevis – Desert Wishbone-bush
- Mirabilis longiflora – Sweet Four O'Clock
- Modiola caroliniana – Carolina Bristlemallow
- Monoptilon bellioides – Mojave Desertstar
- Mortonia scabrella – Rio Grande Saddlebush
- Nama hispidum – Bristly Nama
- Nemacladus glanduliferus – Glandular Threadplant
- Nicotiana glauca – Tree Tobacco
- Nicotiana obtusifolia – Desert Tobacco
- Nolina microcarpa – Sacahuista
- Notholaena standleyi – Star Cloak Fern
- Nuttallanthus texanus – Texas Toadflax
- Oenothera caespitosa – Tufted Evening Primrose
- Oenothera elata – Hooker's Evening Primrose
- Oenothera primiveris – Desert Evening Primrose
- Olneya tesota – Desert Ironwood
- Opuntia aciculata – Chenille Pricklypear
- Opuntia engelmannii – Cactus Apple
- Opuntia ficus-indica – Barbary Fig
- Opuntia microdasys – Angel's-wings
- Opuntia santa-rita – Santa Rita Pricklypear
- Orobanche cooperi – Desert Broomrape
- Oxalis corniculata – Creeping Woodsorrel
- Papaver somniferum – Opium Poppy
- Parkinsonia aculeata – Jerusalem Thorn
- Parkinsonia florida – Blue Paloverde
- Parkinsonia microphylla – Yellow Paloverde
- Parthenice mollis – Annual Monsterwort
- Parthenium incanum – Mariola
- Passiflora mexicana – Mexican Passionflower
- Pellaea truncata – Spiny Cliffbrake
- Peniocereus greggii – Nightblooming Cereus
- Pennisetum setaceum – Crimson Fountaingrass
- Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon
- Penstemon palmeri – Palmer's Penstemon
- Penstemon parryi – Parry's Beardtongue
- Penstemon pseudospectabilis – Desert Penstemon
- Penstemon subulatus – Hackberry Beardtongue
- Phacelia affinis – Limestone Phacelia
- Phacelia arizonica – Arizona Phacelia
- Phacelia campanularia – Desertbells
- Phacelia crenulata – Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope
- Phacelia distans – Distant Phacelia
- Phaseolus acutifolius var. tenuifolius – Tepary Bean
- Phemeranthus aurantiacus – Orange Flameflower
- Phlox tenuifolia – Santa Catalina Mountain Phlox
- Pholistoma auritum – Blue Fiestaflower
- Phoradendron californicum – Mesquite Mistletoe
- Phoradendron macrophyllum – Colorado Desert Mistletoe
- Physalis acutifolia – Sharpleaf Groundcherry
- Physalis hederifolia – Ivyleaf Groundcherry
- Plagiobothrys arizonicus – Arizona Popcornflower
- Plantago ovata – Desert Indianwheat
- Plantago patagonica – Woolly Plantain
- Platanus wrightii – Arizona Sycamore
- Platystemon californicus – Creamcups
- Plumbago scandens – Doctorbush
- Polanisia dodecandra – Redwhisker Clammyweed
- Polygala macradenia – Glandleaf Milkwort
- Populus fremontii – Fremont Cottonwood
- Porophyllum gracile – Slender Poreleaf
- Portulaca oleracea – Little Hogweed
- Portulaca suffrutescens – Shrubby Purslane
- Portulaca umbraticola – Wingpod Purslane
- Proboscidea althaeifolia – Desert Unicorn-plant
- Proboscidea louisianica – Ram's Horn
- Proboscidea parviflora – Doubleclaw
- Prosopis velutina – Velvet Mesquite
- Psilostrophe cooperi – Whitestem Paperflower
- Purshia stansburiana – Stansbury Cliffrose
- Quincula lobata – Chinese Lantern
- Rafinesquia neomexicana – New Mexico Plumeseed
- Rhus trilobata – Skunkbush Sumac
- Rhynchosida physocalyx – Buffpetal
- Rumex hymenosepalus – Canaigre Dock
- Salsola tragus – Prickly Russian Thistle
- Salvia columbariae – Chia
- Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis – American Black Elderberry
- Sapindus saponaria – Wingleaf Soapberry
- Schoenocrambe linearifolia – Slimleaf Plainsmustard
- Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis – Smooth Threadleaf Ragwort
- Senecio lemmonii – Lemmon's Ragwort
- Senna covesii – Coves' Cassia
- Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima – Woolly Senna
- Senna wislizeni – Wislizenus' Senna
- Sida abutifolia – Spreading Fanpetals
- Silene antirrhina – Sleepy Silene
- Simmondsia chinensis – Jojoba
- Sisymbrium irio – London Rocket
- Solanum americanum – American Black Nightshade
- Solanum elaeagnifolium – Silverleaf Nightshade
- Solanum rostratum – Buffalobur Nightshade
- Sonchus asper – Spiny Sowthistle
- Sonchus oleraceus – Common Sowthistle
- Sphaeralcea ambigua – Desert Globemallow
- Sphaeralcea angustifolia – Copper Globemallow
- Sphaeralcea emoryi – Emory's Globemallow
- Sphaeralcea fendleri – Fendler's Globemallow
- Sphaeralcea laxa – Caliche Globemallow
- Stephanomeria pauciflora – Brownplume Wirelettuce
- Streptanthus carinatus – Lyreleaf Jewelflower
- Talinum paniculatum – Jewels of Opar
- Taraxacum officinale – Common Dandelion
- Tecoma stans – Yellow Trumpetbush
- Tetraclea coulteri – Coulter's Wrinklefruit
- Tetramerium nervosum – Hairy Fournwort
- Thymophylla pentachaeta – Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
- Thysanocarpus curvipes – Sand Fringepod
- Tidestromia lanuginosa – Woolly Tidestromia
- Tiquilia canescens – Woody Crinklemat
- Tradescantia occidentalis – Prairie Spiderwort
- Trianthema portulacastrum – Desert Horsepurslane
- Tribulus terrestris – Puncturevine
- Trixis californica – American Threefold
- Vauquelinia californica – Arizona Rosewood
- Verbena neomexicana – Hillside Vervain
- Verbesina encelioides – Golden Crownbeard
- Vitis arizonica – Canyon Grape
- Wislizenia refracta – Spectacle Fruit
- Xanthium strumarium – Rough Cocklebur
- Yucca elata – Soaptree Yucca
- Zinnia acerosa – Desert Zinnia
Desert Plants
Here in southeastern Arizona, desert vegetation is generally found below 4000 feet (1219 m) in elevation in the Sonoran Desert and below 5000 feet (1524 m) in elevation in the higher elevation Chihuahuan Desert to the east. The typical vegetation of the Sonoran desert near Tucson is desertscrub and it includes small, thorny trees and shrubs, Ocotillos, Saguaros and many species of cacti.
Listed below are some of the desert wildflowers and plants found in southeastern Arizona.