Flora of Borrego Mountain

#	Fam	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#Pls
Gymnosperms
1	Eph	Ephedra californica	desert tea	15
Eudicots
2	Aca	Justicia californica	chuparosa	V
3	Ama	Amaranthus albus	*tumble pigweed	V
4	Ama	Amaranthus blitoides	*mat amaranth	5
5	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	2
6	Ama	Tidestromia suffruticosa var. oblongifolia	Arizona honeysweet	5
7	Apo	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed	36
8	Apo	Funastrum hirtellum	rambling milkweed	55
9	Apo	Pilostyles thurberi	Thurber's pilostyles	V
10	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	99
11	Ast	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush	99
12	Ast	Baileya pauciradiata	Colorado Desert marigold	21
13	Ast	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	99
14	Ast	Calycoseris wrightii	white tackstem	99
15	Ast	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion	99
16	Ast	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion	1
17	Ast	Chaenactis stevioides	desert pincushion	99
18	Ast	Dicoria canescens	desert dicoria	99
19	Ast	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	99
20	Ast	Encelia farinosa var. farinosa	brittlebush	V
21	Ast	Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta	purple disk flower brittlebush	V
22	Ast	Encelia frutescens	button encelia	99
23	Ast	Ericameria paniculata	blackbanded rabbitbrush	2
24	Ast	Geraea canescens	hairy desert-sunflower	99
25	Ast	Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia	entire-leaved alkali goldenbush	50
26	Ast	Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila	toothed-leaved alkali goldenbush	98
27	Ast	Logfia depressa	dwarf filago	30
28	Ast	Logfia filaginoides	California filago	99
29	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion	99
30	Ast	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	99
31	Ast	Palafoxia arida var. arida	Spanish needle	99
32	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	99
33	Ast	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	99
34	Ast	Peucephyllum schottii	pygmy-cedar	21
35	Ast	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf	99
36	Ast	Psathyrotes ramosissima	turtleback	2
37	Ast	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory	99
38	Ast	Senecio mohavensis	Mojave ragwort	99
39	Ast	Sonchus asper ssp. asper	*prickly sow thistle	1
40	Ast	Sonchus oleraceus	*sow thistle	2
41	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	95
42	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce	52
43	Ast	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head	99
44	Ast	Xylorhiza orcuttii	Orcutt's woody-aster	41
45	Big	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow	42
46	Bor	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck	27
47	Bor	Cryptantha angustifolia	narrow-leaved cryptantha	99
48	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	99
49	Bor	Cryptantha costata	ribbed cryptantha	99
50	Bor	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha	99
51	Bor	Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha	red-root cryptantha	80
52	Bor	Cryptantha pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha	1
53	Bor	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells	99
54	Bor	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta	6
55	Bor	Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum	seaside heliotrope	V
56	Bor	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat	V
57	Bor	Pectocarya heterocarpa	chuckwalla pectocarya	99
58	Bor	Pectocarya platycarpa	broad-fruited combseed	30
59	Bor	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed	99
60	Bor	Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua	heliotrope phacelia	99
61	Bor	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia	99
62	Bor	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	99
63	Bor	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia	18
64	Bor	Tiquilia palmeri	Palmer's coldenia	99
65	Bor	Tiquilia plicata	plicate coldenia	99
66	Bra	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard	99
67	Bra	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	50
68	Bra	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard	iN
69	Bra	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod	99
70	Bra	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	99
71	Bra	Lyrocarpa coulteri	Coulter's lyrepod	8
72	Bra	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket	99
73	Bra	Streptanthella longirostris	longbeak streptanthella	99
74	Cac	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla	99
75	Cac	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa	silver cholla	99
76	Cac	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla	16
77	Cac	Cylindropuntia ramosissima	pencil cholla	2
78	Cac	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus	99
79	Cac	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus	9
80	Cac	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus	2
81	Cam	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus	20
82	Cam	Nemacladus tenuis var. tenuis	desert threadplant	10
83	Car	Achyronychia cooperi	frost mat	99
84	Che	Atriplex canescens var. laciniata	Caleb saltbush	99
85	Che	Atriplex elegans var. fasciculata	wheelscale	1
86	Che	Atriplex hymenelytra	desert holly	99
87	Che	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush	99
88	Che	Chenopodium murale	*nettle-leaved goosefoot	14
89	Che	Monolepis nuttalliana	Nuttall's poverty weed	3
90	Che	Salsola paulsenii	*Paulsen's Russian thistle	7
91	Cle	Cleomella obtusifolia	Mojave cleomella	14
92	Con	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	papillate dodder	22
93	Cuc	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon	1
94	Eup	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge	99
95	Eup	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	99
96	Eup	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	2
97	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton	99
98	Eup	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis	8
99	Eup	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	17
100	Eup	Stillingia spinulosa	annual stillingia	99
101	Fab	Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus	22
102	Fab	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus	99
103	Fab	Astragalus aridus	annual desert milk-vetch	99
104	Fab	Astragalus crotalariae	Salton milk-vetch	32
105	Fab	Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus	dwarf white milk-vetch	39
106	Fab	Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus	Borrego milk-vetch	99
107	Fab	Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii	Peirson's milk-vetch	V
108	Fab	Dalea mollis	silky dalea	20
109	Fab	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea	71
110	Fab	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine	99
111	Fab	Lupinus shockleyi	desert lupine	9
112	Fab	Olneya tesota	ironwood	67
113	Fab	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite	99
114	Fab	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush	99
115	Fab	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush	99
116	Fab	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree	99
117	Fab	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	99
118	Fab	Senna armata	spiny senna	V
119	Fou	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo	99
120	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	99
121	Ger	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree	99
122	Kra	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany	99
123	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	93
124	Lam	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender	99
125	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia	3
126	Lam	Salvia vaseyi	Vasey's sage	9
127	Loa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star	3sp
128	Loa	Mentzelia desertorum	desert blazing star	1?
129	Loa	Mentzelia involucrata	bracted blazing star	99
130	Loa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant	99
131	Mal	Eremalche exilis	white mallow	3
132	Mal	Eremalche rotundifolia	desert five-spot	99
133	Mal	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus	25
134	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow	2
135	Mon	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress	5
136	Mon	Cistanthe ambigua	dead man's fingers	99
137	Nyc	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	99
138	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. incarnata	small-flowered trailing four o'clock	99
139	Nyc	Boerhavia wrightii	Wright's spiderling	77
140	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock	99
141	Nyc	Mirabilis tenuiloba	slender-lobed four o'clock	V
142	Ona	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup	30
143	Ona	Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf suncup	39
144	Ona	Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose	99
145	Ona	Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose	99
146	Ona	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	99
147	Ona	Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides	dune primrose	99
148	Oro	Orobanche cooperi	Cooper's broomrape	99
149	Pap	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy	99
150	Pap	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	24
151	Phr	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower	2
152	Pla	Mohavea confertiflora	ghost flower	99
153	Pla	Plantago ovata	desert plantain	99
154	Pol	Aliciella latifolia ssp. latifolia	broad-leaf gilia	99
155	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star	2
156	Pol	Eriastrum harwoodii	Harwood's woolly-star	~66
157	Pol	Gilia diegensis	coastal gilia	V
158	Pol	Gilia stellata	star gilia	3
159	Pol	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	bristly langloisia	99
160	Pol	Loeseliastrum matthewsii	desert calico	99
161	Pol	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico	99
162	Pol	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower	99
163	Pol	Chorizanthe corrugata	wrinkled spineflower	85
164	Pol	Chorizanthe rigida	devil's spineflower	99
165	Pol	Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum	flat-topped buckwheat	99
166	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	99
167	Pol	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat	99
168	Pol	Eriogonum thurberi	Thurber's buckwheat	V
169	Pol	Eriogonum trichopes	little desert trumpet	99
170	Pol	Pterostegia drymarioides	fairy bowties, threadstem	20
171	Res	Oligomeris linifolia	lineleaf whitepuff	99
172	Sol	Datura discolor	desert thornapple	99
173	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	99
174	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	99
175	Tam	Tamarix ramosissima	*saltcedar	5
176	Vis	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe	99
177	Zyg	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia	44
178	Zyg	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop	99
179	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	99
180	Zyg	Tribulus terrestris	*puncture-vine	5
Monocots
181	Aga	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave	99
182	Aga	Hesperocallis undulata	desert lily	99
183	Poa	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	99
184	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	85
185	Poa	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama	55
186	Poa	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome	30
187	Poa	Festuca bromoides	*brome fescue	40
188	Poa	Hilaria rigida	big galleta	99
189	Poa	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	99
190	Poa	Sorghum bicolor	*sorghum	2

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