Strawberry cactus Mammillaria dioica Cactaceae				Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana Fabaceae [Named for John Torrey, 1796-1873]

		Cactus wren nest
Arizona pencil cholla * Cylindropuntia arbuscula Cactaceae

Desert spike-moss Selaginella eremophila Selaginellaceae

White rhatany Krameria bicolor Krameriaceae [Named for Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer, 1684-1744]

		Viscid lip fern Myriopteris viscida Pteridaceae
Caterpillar phacelia Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida Boraginaceae

California trixis Trixis californica var. californica Asteraceae

Desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha Cactaceae

Desert willow Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata Bignoniaceae		Brittlebush Encelia farinosa Asteraceae [Named for Christoph Entzelt, 1517-1583]		Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Cactaceae

		Common toad rush Juncus bufonius Juncaceae
Coville's lip fern Myriopteris covillei Pteridaceae [Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1937]

Cheesebush Ambrosia salsola var. salsola Asteraceae

Desert mistletoe Phoradendron californicum Viscaceae

Desert lavender Condea emoryi Lamiaceae [Named for William Hemsley Emory, 1811-1887]

Desert agave Agave deserti Agavaceae

 

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