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The plant list combines Chihuahuan Desert Gardens plants with Chihuahuan Desert species not represented in the Gardens. Species represented by images are marked with the sign
§. Garden species are marked on these index pages with the Gaillardia garden icon 
. At present, most plants on the list
are in the Gardens, but of course occur in the Chihuahuan Desert or nearby regions also.
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| Abronia fragrans | Fragrant Sand Verbena |
| § Acacia angustissima | Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia |
| § Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo, Berlandier's Acacia |
| § Acacia constricta | Whitethorn Acacia, Largancillo |
| § Acacia farnesiana | Sweet Acacia, Huisache Dulce |
| § Acacia greggii | Catclaw Acacia, Una De Gato |
| § Acacia millifolia | Fernleaf Acacia |
| § Acacia neovernicosa | Viscid Acacia |
| § Acacia rigidula | Blackbrush, Chaparro Prieto |
| § Acacia roemeriana | Roemer's Acacia |
| Acacia schaffnerii | Twisted Acacia |
| § Acalypha monostachya | Copper Leaf |
| § Acer grandidentatum | Big Tooth Maple |
| § Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass |
| § Acourtia nana | Dwarf Desertpeonia |
| § Acourtia runcinata | Peonia |
| § Acourtia wrightii | Desert Holly |
| Agastache aurantiaca | "Navajo Sunset" |
| § Agastache cana | Bubble Gum Mint |
| § Agastache mexicana | Mexican Giant Hyssop |
| § Agastache pallidiflora | Bill Williams Mountain Giant Hyssop |
| Agastache rupestris | Threadleaf Giant Hyssop |
| Agastache wrightii | Wright's Giant Hyssop |
| Agave albomarginata | White-margined Agave |
| Agave americana var. medio-picta | Striped-edge Agave |
| Agave glomeruliflora | Chisos Agave |
| § Agave havardiana | Havard Agave |
| § Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla, Shindagger |
| § Agave lophantha | Thorn-crested Agave |
| Agave macroculmis | Mountain Agave, Maguey Verde |
| Agave multiflora | Many-flowered Agave |
| § Agave palmeri | Palmer Agave |
| § Agave parryi | Parry Agave |
| § Agave parryi var. neomexicana | New Mexico Agave |
| Agave parviflora |
Small-flowered Agave |
| § Agave scabra | Rough Agave |
| Agave schidigera | Schidiger Agave |
| § Agave schottii | Schott's Agave |
| § Agave striata | Espadín |
| Agave victoriae-reginae | Queen Victoria Agave |
| Agave weberi | Weber Agave |
| Agave wocomahi | Wocomahi Agave |
| Allenrolfea occidentalis | Iodine Bush, Burroweed |
| § Allionia incarnata | Trailing Four O'clock |
| § Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion |
| § Allium coryi | Yellow-flowered Onion |
| Allium geyeri | Geyer Onion |
| Allium kunthii | Kunth Onion |
| § Allium macropetalum | Largepetal Onion |
| Allium rhizomateus | Wild Onion |
| § Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush, Beebrush |
| § Aloysia macrostachya | Sweet Stem |
| § Aloysia wrightii | Oreganillo |
| Amelanchier utahensis | Serviceberry |
| § Ammocodon chenopodioides | Goosefoot Moonpod |
| § Amorpha fruticosa | False Indigo Bush |
| Amorpha nana | Dwarf Amorpha |
| Amorpha roemeriana | Texas Amorpha |
| Amsonia grandiflora | Arizona Slimpod |
| § Amsonia palmeri | Palmers Slimpod |
| § Amsonia tomentosa var. stenophylla | Sand Slimpod |
| Ancistrocactus brevihamatus | Short-spine Fishhook |
| Ancistrocactus tobuschii | Tobusch Fishhook |
| Andropogon saccharoides | Silver Bluestem |
| § Anemone tuberosa | Desert Windflower, Tuber Anemone |
| § Anemopsis californica | Yerba Mansa |
| § Anisacanthus linearis | Dwarf Anisacanthus |
| § Anisacanthus puberulus | Pinky Anisacanthus |
| § Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Hummingbird Bush |
| § Anisacanthus thurberi | Desert Honeysuckle |
| § Antigonon leptopus | Queen's Wreath, Coral Vine, "Baja Red" |
| § Apodanthera undulata | Melon Loco |
| § Aquilegia chrysantha var. chrysantha | Golden Columbine |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinkleyana | Hinkley's Golden Columbine |
| § Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. longissima | Longspur Golden Columbine |
| § Arbutus xalapensis var. texana | Texas Madrone |
| § Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf Manzanita |
| § Argemone sp. | Prickly Poppy |
| § Argemone polyanthemos | Crested Pricklypoppy |
| Argemone squarrosa | Hedgehog Pricklypoppy |
| § Ariocarpus fissuratus | Living Rock |
| § Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn |
| § Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort |
| § Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sagebrush |
| § Asclepias asperula | Spider Milkweed |
| § Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed |
| § Asclepias curassavica | Tropical Milkweed |
| Asclepias linaria | Pineneedle Milkweed |
| Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed |
| § Asclepias subverticillata | Poison Milkweed |
| § Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed |
| Astragalus crassicarpus | Bladderpod Locoweed |
| § Astragalus missouriensis | Missouri Milkvetch |
| § Astragalus nuttallianus | Smallflowered Milkvetch, Annual Locoweed |
| § Astragalus mollissimus var. bigelovii | Wooly Locoweed |
| § Atriplex canescens | Four-wing Saltbush |
Last Update: 12 Dec 2006
Counter started 1 Jan 2006