By county or by Elevation
Counties of Arizona
(Don’t know what county it is in? Map here with community names)
Apache
Cochise
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
La Paz
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
PInal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma
What elevation is the plant located?
less than 5,000 feet
What is the state flower of Arizona?
The Saguaro cactus blossom is the Arizona state flower. (2)
Plants of Arizona
Aster (Almutaster pauciflorus)
Baja Desert Thorn (Lycium brevipes)
Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum)
Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)
Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) (1)
Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Burroweed (Isocoma tenuisecta) Known as Haplopappus.
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) ssp. Mexican Golden Poppy
Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)
Chuparosa (Beloperone californica)
Coulter’s Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus)
Coyote Melon (Cucurbita palmata)
Creosote (Larea tridentata)
Desert Chia (Salvia columbariae)
Desert Chicory (Rafinesquia neomexicana)
Desert Marigold (Baileya multiradiata)
Desert Mariposa Lilly (Calochortus kennedyi)
Desert Senna (Senna covesii)
Euphorbia (Euphorbia arizonica)
Fairy Duster (Calliandra eriophylla)
Fiddleneck (Amsinckia intermedia)
Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
Globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)
Golden Tickseed (Coreoposis tinctorial)
Southwestern Mock Vervain (Glandularia gooddingii)
Gravel Ghost (Atrichoseris platyphylla)
Hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa)
California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum)
Jojoba (Simmondisia chinensis)
Miner’s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
Mormon Tea (Ephedra fasciculata)
New Mexico Thistle (Cirsium neomexicanum)
Owl’s Clover (Castilleja exserta)
Palmer’s Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri)
Parry’s Penstemon (Penstemon parryi)
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Prairie Fire (Castilleja linariifolia)
Prickly Poppy (Argemone pleiacantha)
Purple Mat (Nama demissum)
Rhatany (Krameria erecta)
Rush Milkweed (Ascepias subulata)
Scorpionweed (Phacelia distans) known as Phacelia
Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
Skeletonweed (Eriogonum deflexum)
Snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarohrae)
Storksbill (Erodium cicutarium) known as Filaree
Tall Mountain Larkspur (Delphinium scaposum)
Texas Toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus)
Wooly Lotus (Acmispon glaber) known as Deerweed
Yellow Cups (Camissonia brevipes)
saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)
organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)
jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida)
ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
Yellow Palo Verde (Parkinsonia microphylla)
Resources
1. https://arizona-content.usedirect.com/storage/Wildflower%20Guide%20-%20main_1.pdf
2. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol/arizona/state-flower/saguaro-cactus-blossom
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