Placitas Site: Plant List

Family Agavaceae

Nolina microcarpa

Beargrass

Yucca glauca

Soapweed yucca

Family Apiaceae

Cymopterus acaulis

Chimaja

Family Aristochiaceae

Asclepias involucrata

Dwarf milkweed

Family Asteraceae

Artemisia filifolia

Sand sage

Berlandiera lyrata

Chocolate flower

Chaetopappa ericoides

Baby aster

Cirsium sp.

Thistle

Ericameria nauseosa

Rabbit brush

Gutierrezia sarothrae

Broom snakeweed

Machaeranthera sp.

Goldenweed

Malacothrix fendleri

Desert dandelion

Melampodium leucanthum

Blackfoot daisy

Senecio flaccidus

Thread leaf

Stephanomeria sp.

Wire Lettuce

Tetraneuris argentea

Perky Sue

Zinnia grandiflora

Little golden zinnia

Family Brassicaceae

Descurainia obtusa

Tansy mustard

Draba reptans

Draba

Lepidium lasiocarpum

Hairy-pod pepperwort

Lesquerella fendleri

Fendler bladderpod

Family Cactaceae

Escobaria vivipara

Pincushion cactus

Opuntia phaeacantha

Prickly pear

Opuntia clavata

Club cholla

Opuntia imbricata

Tree cholla

Opuntia leptocaulis

Pencil cactus

Family Chenopodiaceae

Atriplex canescens

4-wing salt brush

Family Cupressaceae

Juniperus monosperma

One-seed juniper

Family Euphorbiaceae

Chamaesyce fendleri

Fendler's sandmat

Family Fabaceae

Astragalus sp.

Milkvetch

Family Fagaceae

Quercus turbinella

Shrub live oak

Family Malvaceae

Sphaeralcea coccinea

Orange globemallow

Sphaeralcea digitata

Palmate globemallow

Family Onagraceae

Gaura sp.

Gaura

Oenothera albicaulis

Prairie evening primrose

Family Pinaceae

Pinus edulis

Pinyon pine

Family Plantaginaceae

Plantago patagonica

Woolly plaintain

Family Poaceae

Aristida purpurea

Purple three awn

Bouteloua eriopoda

Black grama

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue grama

Bouteloua hirsuta

Hairy grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Side oats grama

Bromus tectorum

Downy chess

Elymus longifolius

Squirrel tail

Muhlenbergia torreyi

Ring muhly

Muhlenbergia porteri

Bush muhly

Pleuraphis jamesii

Galleta

Sporobolus cryptandrus

Sand dropseed

Stipa neomexicana

New Mexican feathergrass

Vulpia octoflora

Eight-flower six-week's grass

Family Polemoniaceae

Eriastrum diffusum

Miniature wool star

Gilia rigidula

Blue bowls

Gilia sinuata

Rosy gily-flower

Family Polygonaceae

Eriogonum corybosum

Crisp leaf wild buckwheat

Family Portulaceae

Portulaca sp.

Purslane

Family Rosaceae

Fallugia paradoxa

Apache plume

Family Scrophulariaceae

Castilleja integra

Foothills paintbrush

Penstemon ophianthus

Shortstem penstemon

Family Solanaceae

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Purple nightshade

Family Verebenaceae

Verbena ciliata

Creeping vervain