Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens Fouquieriaceae [Named for Pierre Éloi Fouquier, 1776-1850]

Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae		Brittle spineflower Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu Polygonaceae

		Smoke tree Psorothamnus spinosus Fabaceae		Hairy milkweed Funastrum hirtellum Apocynaceae
Arizona lupine Lupinus arizonicus Fabaceae

		Desert-fir Peucephyllum schottii Asteraceae

Wright's spiderling Boerhavia wrightii Nyctaginaceae [Named for Herman Boerhaave, 1668-1738, and Charles Wright, 1811-1885]

Rock hibiscus Hibiscus denudatus Malvaceae

			Desert alyssum Lepidium fremontii var. fremontii Brassicaceae [Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]

	Desert lavender Hyptis emoryi Lamiaceae [Named for William Hemsley Emory, 1811-1887]
			Catclaw acacia Senegalia greggii Fabaceae [Named for Josiah Gregg, 1806-1850]

Milkweed bugs Oncopeltus fasciatus Lygaeidae

Yellowheads Trichoptilium incisum Asteraceae Trailing windmills Allionia incarnata var. incarnata Nyctaginaceae [Named for Carlo Ludovico Allioni, 1728-1804]

Littleleaf rhatany Krameria erecta Krameriaceae [Named for Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer, 1684-1744]

Arrowleaf Pleurocoronis pluriseta Asteraceae				Bigelow's monkeyflower Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Phrymaceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow (1804-1878)

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