Native Plants
Image Gallery
Chihuahuan Desert Gardens Collection
This collection contains Wynn Anderson's images of North American native flora photographed at the University of Texas at El Paso's Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abronia angustifolia | Purple Sand Verbena Narrow-leaf Sand-verbena |  |
| Acaciella angustissima | Prairie Acacia Fern Acacia Whiteball Acacia Prairie Wattle White-ball Acacia |  |
| Acaciella angustissima | Prairie Acacia Fern Acacia Whiteball Acacia Prairie Wattle White-ball Acacia |  |
| Acaciella angustissima | Prairie Acacia Fern Acacia Whiteball Acacia Prairie Wattle White-ball Acacia |  |
| Acalypha monostachya | Round Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha monostachya | Round Copperleaf |  |
| Acalypha monostachya | Round Copperleaf |  |
| Agastache cana | Mosquito Plant Mosquito-plant Texas Hummingbird Mint |  |
| Agave palmeri | Palmer's Century Plant Palmer Agave Blue Century Plant |  |
| Agave schottii | Schott's Century Plant Schott Agave |  |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion |  |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush Woolly Bee-brush |  |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush Woolly Bee-brush |  |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush Woolly Bee-brush |  |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande Beebrush Woolly Bee-brush |  |
| Amsonia grandiflora | Arizona Bluestar Big Bluestar |  |
| Amsonia grandiflora | Arizona Bluestar Big Bluestar |  |
| Amsonia palmeri | Palmer's Bluestar Slimpod Star Flower |  |
| Anisacanthus linearis | Big Bend Anisacanthus Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle Dwarf Anisacanthus Chisos Anisacanthus |  |
| Anisacanthus linearis | Big Bend Anisacanthus Narrowleaf Desert Honeysuckle Dwarf Anisacanthus Chisos Anisacanthus |  |
| Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth |  |
| Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth |  |
| Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth |  |
| Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth |  |
| Anisacanthus puberulus | Dwarf Desert Honeysuckle Pinky Anisacanthus Pinkie Anisacanth |  |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame |  |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame |  |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle |  |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle |  |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle |  |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle |  |
| Anisacanthus thurberi | Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle Chuparosa Desert Honeysuckle |  |
| Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine Longspur Yellow Columbine |  |
| Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine Longspur Yellow Columbine |  |
| Aquilegia longissima | Longspur Columbine Longspur Yellow Columbine |  |
| 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 |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn |  |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume |  |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya |  |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya |  |
| Bebbia juncea | Sweetbush |  |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy Chocolate Flower Lyreleaf Greeneyes Green-eyed Lyre Leaf |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Groovestem Bouchea Flaxleaf Bouchea |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Groovestem Bouchea Flaxleaf Bouchea |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Groovestem Bouchea Flaxleaf Bouchea |  |
| Bouchea linifolia | Groovestem Bouchea Flaxleaf Bouchea |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Bouchea spathulata | Spoonleaf |  |
| Brickellia laciniata | Splitleaf Brickellbush |  |
| Brickellia laciniata | Splitleaf Brickellbush |  |
| Brickellia laciniata | Splitleaf Brickellbush |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Brongniartia minutifolia | Littleleaf Greentwig Little-leaf Greentwig |  |
| Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush Butterfly Bush Woolly Butterfly-bush |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Drummond Sundrops Square-bud Primrose |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Drummond Sundrops Square-bud Primrose |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Drummond Sundrops Square-bud Primrose |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose |  |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose |  |
| Calliandra eriophylla | Pink Fairyduster Fairyduster Mesquitilla Mock Mesquite |  |
| Calylophus hartwegii ssp. fendleri | Hartweg's Sundrops |  |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow |  |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow |  |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose |  |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose |  |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose |  |
| Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops Yellow Evening Primrose Plains Evening Primrose |  |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower |  |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud |  |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush |  |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush |  |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush |  |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush |  |
| Cevallia sinuata | Stinging Serpent Stinging Cevallia |  |
| Cevallia sinuata | Stinging Serpent Stinging Cevallia |  |
| Choisya dumosa | Mexican Orange Starleaf Mexican Orange Zorrillo Fragrant Starleaf |  |
| Choisya dumosa | Mexican Orange Starleaf Mexican Orange Zorrillo Fragrant Starleaf |  |
| Choisya dumosa | Mexican Orange Starleaf Mexican Orange Zorrillo Fragrant Starleaf |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |