Desert tobacco Nicotiana obtusifolia Solanaceae

Elephant tree Bursera microphylla Burseraceae [The Spanish name for this species is torote, and these pictures were taken in Torote Canyon]

Fosberg's cholla Cylindropuntia fosbergii Cactaceae [Named for plant conservationist and U.S. Geological Survey botanist Francis Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993)]

Jumping cholla, Teddy bear cholla Cylindropuntia bigelovii Cactaceae [Named for professor of botany and eminent plant collector Dr. John Milton Bigelow (1804-1878)]

Gander's cholla Cylindropuntia ganderi Cactaceae [Named for San Diego Museum of Natural History Curator of Botany Frank Forest Gander (1899-1976)]

Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Fabaceae

Fremont's thornbush Lycium fremontii Solanaceae

Newberry's velvet mallow Horsfordia newberryi Malvaceae [Named for Frederick Hinsdale Horsford (1855-1923)]

Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens Fouquieriaceae

Narrow-leaf ditaxis Ditaxis lanceolata Euphorbiaceae

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