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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus denudatus | Paleface Rock Hibiscus | |
| Holodiscus dumosus | Rockspirea Glandular Oceanspray Bush Rockspirea Cream Bush | |
| Hymenoxys cooperi | Cooper's Rubberweed | |
| Ipomopsis aggregata | Scarlet Gilia Scarlet Standing-cypress Skyrocket Skunkflower | |
| Ipomopsis longiflora | Flaxflowered Ipomopsis Pale Trumpets Paleflower Gilia White-flower Skyrocket White-flowered Gilia | |
| Ipomopsis thurberi | El Paso Skyrocket Thurber's Skyrocket Thurber's Gilia | |
| Iris missouriensis | Rocky Mountain Iris Western Blue Flag | |
| Justicia californica | Beloperone Hummingbird Bush Chuparosa | |
| Juniperus communis | Common Juniper | |
| Juniperus deppeana | Alligator Juniper Checkerbark Juniper Western Juniper Oakbark Cedar Thickbark Cedar Mountain Cedar Tascate Tacate Tlascal | |
| Juglans major | Arizona Walnut Arizona Black Walnut River Walnut Mountain Walnut Nogal Silvestre | |
| Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper One-seed Juniper Cherrystone Juniper New Mexico Juniper West Texas Juniper | |
| Juniperus osteosperma | Utah Juniper | |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper Rocky Mountain Red Cedar Mountain Red Cedar Colorado Red Cedar Western Red Cedar River Juniper Western Juniper Cedro Rojo | |
| Kallstroemia grandiflora | Arizona Poppy Desert Poppy Orange Caltrop Summer Poppy | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Krascheninnikovia lanata | Winterfat | |
| Lasthenia californica | California Goldfields | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lesquerella arizonica | Arizona Bladderpod | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
| Linum neomexicanum | New Mexico Yellow Flax | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lupinus palmeri | Bluebonnet Lupine | |
| Lupinus sparsiflorus | Mojave Lupine Sand Lupine | |
| Lycium andersonii | Water Jacket Red-berry Desert-thorn Anderson Wolfberry | |
| Machaeranthera bigelovii | Bigelow's Tansyaster Sticky Aster | |
| Mahonia haematocarpa | Red Barberry Red Oregon-grape Algerita | |
| Mahonia repens | Creeping Barberry Creeping Oregon-grape | |
| Mertensia franciscana | Franciscan Bluebells Franciscan Lungwort | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mimulus bigelovii | Bigelow's Monkeyflower Yellow-throat Monkeyflower | |
| Mimulus cardinalis | Scarlet Monkeyflower Crimson Monkeyflower Scarlet Monkey-flower | |
| Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa Velvet-pod Mimosa Gatuno | |
| Mirabilis multiflora | Colorado Four O'Clock | |
| Mimulus primuloides | Primrose Monkeyflower Yellow Creeping Monkeyflower Creeping Yellow Monkeyflower Yellow Creeping Monkey-flower | |
| Monardella odoratissima | Mountain Monardella Alpine Mountainbalm Coyote Mint Mountain Pennyroyal | |
| Muhlenbergia montana | Mountain Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia porteri | Bush Muhly | |
| Nolina microcarpa | Sacahuista Sacahuista Beargrass | |
| Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening Primrose Gumbo Evening Primrose Gumbo Lily Fragrant Evening Primrose Tufted Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera deltoides | Birdcage Evening-primrose Fragrant Primrose Desert Evening-primrose Birdcage Primrose Dune Evening Primrose Devil's-lantern | |
| Oenothera flava | Yellow Evening-primrose Long-tube Evening-primrose Shortfin Evening-primrose Yellow Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera primiveris | Desert Evening-primrose Yellow-flower Desert Evening-primrose Bottle Evening Primrose Large Yellow Desert Primrose | |
| Olneya tesota | Desert Ironwood Tesota Palo De Hierro | |
| Opuntia basilaris | Beavertail Prickly Pear Beavertail Pricklypear Beavertail Cactus | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Parkinsonia florida | Blue Paloverde | |
| Parkinsonia microphylla | Yellow Paloverde Foothill Paloverde Littleleaf Paloverde | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon eatonii | Firecracker Penstemon Firecracker Beardtongue Eaton's Penstemon Eaton's Beardtongue | |
| Pedicularis groenlandica | Elephanthead Lousewort | |
| Peniocereus greggii | Nightblooming Cereus Night-blooming Cereus | |
| Peritoma jonesii | Jones Bee-plant Jones Spiderflower | |
| Peritoma lutea | Yellow Bee-plant Yellow Spiderflower | |
| Peritoma multicaulis | Slender Bee-plant Slender Spiderflower | |
| Penstemon parryi | Parry's Penstemon Parry's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon palmeri | Palmer's Penstemon Palmer's Beardtongue Scented Penstemon Scented Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon pseudospectabilis | Desert Penstemon Desert Beardtongue Rosy Desert Penstemon Rosy Desert Beardtongue Canyon Penstemon Canyon Beardtongue Mohave Penstemon Mohave Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon rostriflorus | Bridge's Penstemon Bridge's Beardtongue Beaked Penstemon Beaked Beardtongue Mountain Scarlet Penstemon Mountain Scarlet Beardtongue | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican Pinyon Mexican Pinyon Pine Pinyon Nut Pine Border Pinyon | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Picea engelmannii | Engelmann's Spruce Engelmann Spruce | |
| Pinus engelmannii | Apache Pine | |
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine Western Yellow Pine Pino Blanco | |
| Picea pungens | Blue Spruce Colorado Spruce | |
| Pinus strobiformis | Southwestern White Pine Border White Pine Mexican White Pine Border Limber Pine Limber Pine | |
| Platystemon californicus | Creamcups California Creamcups | |
| Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosagrass Tobosa Grass | |
| Platanus wrightii | Arizona Sycamore Alamo | |
| Populus angustifolia | Narrowleaf Cottonwood Narrow-leaf Cottonwood | |
| Polemonium foliosissimum | Towering Jacob's-ladder Leafy Polemonium | |
| Populus fremontii | Fremont Cottonwood Western Cottonwood Gila Cottonwood Alamo | |
| Poliomintha incana | Frosted Mint Hoary Rosemary-mint Mintbush | |
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum | Jacob's-ladder | |
| Potentilla thurberi | Scarlet Cinquefoil | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen Golden Aspen Trembling Aspen Mountain Aspen Aspen Trembling Poplar Alamo Blanco | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
| Psilostrophe cooperi | Whitestem Paperflower White-stem Paper-flower Yellow Paper Daisy | |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Coast Douglas Fir | |
| Psorothamnus spinosus | Smoketree Smokethorn Smoke Tree Indigobush Smokethorn Dalea Corona De Cristo | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
| Purshia mexicana | Mexican Cliffrose Chinacates Chivatillo Romerillo Cimarră³N Romero Romero Cedro | |
| Purshia tridentata | Antelope Bitterbrush Bitterbrush Antelope Brush | |
| Quercus arizonica | Arizona White Oak Arizona Oak | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain White Oak Utah White Oak | |
| Quercus oblongifolia | Blue Oak Mexican Blue Oak | |
| Quercus turbinella | Shrub Live Oak Sonoran Scrub Oak Scrub Oak Turbinella Oak Turbinella Encino | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhus ovata | Sugar Sumac Sugarbush | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Robinia neomexicana | New Mexico Locust Southwestern Locust Hojalito | |
| Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana | Woods' Rose Arizona Wild Rose | |
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