Special Collections
Chihuahuan Desert
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 16 counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Texas, this ecoregion covers roughly the same area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Trans-Pecos vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Opuntia aureispina | Rio Grande Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear Long-spined Prickly Pear Black Spine Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear Hair-spine Prickly Pear Nopal Peludito | |
| Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha | Hairspine Pricklypear Utah Grizzlybear Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia rufida | Blind Pricklypear Blind Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia santa-rita | Santa Rita Prickly Pear Purple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia strigil | Marblefruit Pricklypear Marblefruit Prickly Pear | |
| Orobanche ludoviciana | Louisiana Broomrape | |
| Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. multiflora | Manyflower Broomrape | |
| Orobanche uniflora | One-flowered Broomrape One-flower Cancer Root | |
| Oxalis albicans | Radishroot Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis dichondrifolia | Peonyleaf Woodsorrel | |
| Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
| Oxypolis rigidior | Stiff Cowbane | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower | |
| Parthenium argentatum | Guayule Rubber Plant | |
| Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass Pink Pappusgrass | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | |
| Parthenium confertum | Gray's Feverfew | |
| Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass | |
| Packera fendleri | Fendler's Ragwort | |
| Panicum hallii | Hall's Panicgrass Hall's Panic Grass | |
| Panicum hirticaule var. hirticaule | Mexican Panicgrass Sauwi Mexican Panic Grass | |
| Parthenium incanum | Mariola | |
| Paronychia jamesii | James' Nailwort | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Paronychia lindheimeri | Forked Nailwort | |
| Packera millelobata | Uinta Ragwort | |
| Packera neomexicana var. neomexicana | New Mexico Groundsel | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory Pennsylvania Cucumber Plant | |
| Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel Prairie Ragwort | |
| Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum | |
| Palafoxia riograndensis | Rio Grande Palafox | |
| Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
| Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis | Rosy Palafox | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
| Packera tampicana | Yellowtop Great Plains Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
| Parkinsonia texana | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde Retama China | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. texana | Texas Paloverde Texas Palo-verde Palo-verde | |
| Pappophorum vaginatum | Whiplash Pappusgrass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Parthenocissus vitacea | Woodbine Hiedra Creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Perityle aglossa | Bluff Rockdaisy Rayless Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Perityle angustifolia | Narrow-leaved Rockdaisy | |
| Pectis angustifolia var. fastigiata | Lemonscent | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon barbatus | Scarlet Bugler Beard-lip Penstemon Beard-lip Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Goldenbeard Penstemon Goldenbeard Beardtongue Saint Joseph's Staff Varita De San Jose | |
| Perityle bisetosa var. scalaris | Twobristle Rockdaisy Twospike Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon Buckley's Beardtongue | |
| Pericome caudata | Mountain Tail-leaf Tail-leaf Pericome | |
| Penstemon cardinalis | Cardinal Penstemon Cardinal Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon dasyphyllus | Cochise Penstemon Cochise Beardtongue | |
| Perityle dissecta | Slimlobe Rockdaisy Dissected Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
| Pectis filipes | Fivebract Cinchweed | |
| Peniocereus greggii | Nightblooming Cereus Night-blooming Cereus | |
| Peniocereus greggii var. greggii | Nightblooming Cereus Night-blooming-cereus Queen Of The Night | |
| Penstemon havardii | Havard Penstemon Havard Beardtongue Big Bend Penstemon Big Bend Beardtongue Havard's Penstemon Havard's Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum var. hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum latestipulatum var. appressum | Texas Plains Indian Breadroot Scurfpea Scurf-pea | |
| Perityle lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy Rock Daisy | |
| Perityle lindheimeri var. halimifolia | Lindheimer's Rockdaisy | |
| Peganum mexicanum | Garbancillo | |
| Pellaea ovata | Ovateleaf Cliffbrake Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake | |
| Pectis papposa | Manybristle Cinchweed Chinchweed | |
| Perityle quinqueflora | Fiveflower Rockdaisy | |
| Pediomelum rhombifolium | Gulf Indian Breadroot Brown-flowered Psoralea Round-leaf Scurf-pea | |
| Perityle rupestris var. albiflora | White Leafy Rockdaisy | |
| Pellaea ternifolia | Trans-pecos Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon triflorus ssp. integrifolius | Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
| Perityle vaseyi | Vasey's Rockdaisy | |
| Pellaea wrightiana | Wright's Cliffbrake Fern Wright's Cliffbrake | |
| Penstemon wrightii | Wright's Penstemon Wright's Beardtongue Wright Penstemon Wright Beardtongue | |
| Phyllanthus abnormis | Drummond's Leaf-flower | |
| Phaseolus acutifolius | Tepary Bean | |
| Phytolacca americana | American Pokeweed Great Pokeweed Pokeweed Pokeberry Red Ink Plant Pigeonberry | |
| Physalis angulata | Cutleaf Groundcherry | |
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