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Arizona Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Arizona. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Abies concolor | White Fir Balsam Fir Colorado Fir Concolor Fir Silver Fir White Balsam Oyamel De California | |
| Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | |
| Abronia villosa | Desert Sand Verbena Desert Sand-verbena Desert Sandverbena | |
| Acaciella angustissima | Prairie Acacia Fern Acacia Whiteball Acacia Prairie Wattle White-ball Acacia | |
| Acer glabrum | Rocky Mountain Maple | |
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple Big-toothed Maple Uvalde Bigtooth Maple Southwestern Bigtooth Maple Canyon Maple Sabinal Maple Western Sugar Maple | |
| Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
| Achnatherum speciosum | Desert Needlegrass Desert Rice Grass Spear Grass | |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
| Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass Spiked Bent Spike Red Top | |
| Agave palmeri | Palmer's Century Plant Palmer Agave Blue Century Plant | |
| Agave parryi | Parry's Agave Century Plant Parry Agave | |
| Agrostis scabra | Rough Bentgrass Rough Bent Ticklegrass Fly-away Grass | |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | |
| Allium macropetalum | Largeflower Onion Large-petal Onion Desert Onion Desert Onion Lily | |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle | |
| Anemone tuberosa | Tuber Anemone Desert Anemone | |
| Aquilegia chrysantha | Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Southwestern Yellow Columbine | |
| Arbutus arizonica | Arizona Madrone | |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort Prairie Sagebrush Fringed Sage Pasture Sage | |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Artemisia Louisiana Sage White Sage Prairie Sage Silver Sage White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Silver Wormwood Louisiana Sagewort Gray Sagewort Cudweed Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood | |
| Arctostaphylos pringlei | Pringle Manzanita Pinkbract Manzanita | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
| Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush Great Basin Sagebrush | |
| Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
| Asclepias elata | Nodding Milkweed Tall Milkweed | |
| Asclepias subulata | Rush Milkweed Desert Milkweed Ajamete | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Atriplex hymenelytra | Desert Holly Silver Holly | |
| Bahia absinthifolia | Hairyseed Bahia Hairy-seed False Goldfields Bahia Yerba Raton | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Bouteloua eriopoda | Black Grama | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
| Bouvardia ternifolia | Scarlet Bouvardia Firecracker Bush Trompetilla Clavillo | |
| Bursera microphylla | Elephant Tree Elephant-tree | |
| Calochortus ambiguus | Arizona Mariposa Lily Doubting Mariposa Lily Arizona Mariposa Tulip | |
| Calliandra eriophylla | Pink Fairyduster Fairyduster Mesquitilla Mock Mesquite | |
| Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta | Purple Owl's Clover Owl's Clover Exserted Indian Paintbrush | |
| Carnegiea gigantea | Saguaro Giant Saguaro | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
| Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower Bluebell Of Scotland Bluebell Harebell Witches' Thimble | |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
| Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Ceanothus Fendler Ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus greggii | Desert Ceanothus | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cercocarpus montanus | Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany Mountain Mahogany | |
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