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Key: NAU-BIO414-Sonoran Desert
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Abutilon
Aloysia
Ambrosia
Asparagaceae
Asteraceae
Bebbia
Cactaceae
Calliandra
Cannabaceae
Carnegiea
Celtis
Cirsium
Crassulaceae
Cylindropuntia
Cynodon
Dichelostemma
Dodonaea
Dudleya
Echinocereus
Encelia
Eriogonum
Fabaceae
Ferocactus
Fouquieria
Fouquieriaceae
Hibiscus
Hyptis
Janusia
Lamiaceae
Lycium
Malpighiaceae
Malvaceae
Mammillaria
Nicotiana
Olneya
Oncosiphon
Opuntia
Parkinsonia
Pellaea
Pennisetum
Poaceae
Polygonaceae
Prosopis
Pteridaceae
Salazaria
Sapindaceae
Senna
Simmondsia
Simmondsiaceae
Solanaceae
Sphaeralcea
Verbenaceae
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Scientific Name
Common Name
Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
stature
scapose
erect or ascending; neither prostrate nor scapose
armature
unarmed
armed
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
flowering season
spring
summer
fall
winter
flowering month
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
Misc.
vegetation type
tropical
tropical deciduous forest
tropical oak woodland
thornscrub
woodland
montane forest
riparian / wetland
desert
grassland
chaparral
tropical montane
NAU-BIO414-Sonoran Desert
Species Count: 41
Asparagaceae
Dichelostemma capitatum
Asteraceae
Ambrosia ambrosioides
Ambrosia dumosa
Bebbia juncea
Cirsium neomexicanum
Encelia farinosa
Oncosiphon pilulifer
Cactaceae
Carnegiea gigantea
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Echinocereus fasciculatus
Ferocactus wislizeni
Mammillaria grahamii
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii x phaeacantha
Cannabaceae
Celtis pallida
Crassulaceae
Dudleya saxosa
Fabaceae
Calliandra eriophylla
Olneya tesota
Parkinsonia florida
Parkinsonia microphylla
Prosopis velutina
Senna covesii
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieria splendens
Lamiaceae
Hyptis emoryi
Salazaria mexicana
Malpighiaceae
Cottsia gracilis
Malvaceae
Abutilon incanum
Hibiscus coulteri
Sphaeralcea laxa
Poaceae
Cynodon dactylon
Pennisetum ciliare
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Eriogonum inflatum
Pteridaceae
Pellaea truncata
Sapindaceae
Dodonaea viscosa
Simmondsiaceae
Simmondsia chinensis
Solanaceae
Lycium fremontii
Nicotiana glauca
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Verbenaceae
Aloysia wrightii