Flora of Borrego Springs Desert Floor Area

#	Fam	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name
Ferns
1	Pte	Cheilanthes parryi	woolly lipfern
2	Pte	Notholaena californica ssp. californica	California cloak fern
Gymnosperms
3	Eph	Ephedra californica	desert tea
Eudicots
4	Aca	Carlowrightia arizonica	Arizona carlowrightia
5	Aca	Justicia californica	chuparosa
6	Aiz	Trianthema portulacastrum	horse-purslane
7	Ama	Amaranthus albus	*tumble pigweed
8	Ama	Amaranthus blitoides	*mat amaranth
9	Ama	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth
10	Ama	Tidestromia suffruticosa var. oblongifolia	Arizona honeysweet
11	Api	Spermolepis infernensis	Hellhole Canyon spermolepis
12	Api	Spermolepis lateriflora	bristly spermolepis
13	Apo	Asclepias subulata	rush milkweed
14	Apo	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed
15	Apo	Pilostyles thurberi	Thurber's pilostyles
16	Ast	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed
17	Ast	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed
18	Ast	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed
19	Ast	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush
20	Ast	Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia	mule fat
21	Ast	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's viguiera
22	Ast	Baileya multiradiata	desert marigold
23	Ast	Baileya pauciradiata	Colorado Desert marigold
24	Ast	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush
25	Ast	Calycoseris parryi	yellow tackstem
26	Ast	Calycoseris wrightii	white tackstem
27	Ast	Chaenactis artemisiifolia	meally white pincushion
28	Ast	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	pebble pincushion
29	Ast	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion
30	Ast	Chaenactis stevioides	desert pincushion
31	Ast	Dicoria canescens	desert dicoria
32	Ast	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush
33	Ast	Encelia frutescens	button encelia
34	Ast	Erigeron bonariensis	*little horseweed
35	Ast	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy
36	Ast	Geraea canescens	hairy desert-sunflower
37	Ast	Helianthus petiolaris ssp. canescens	gray desert sunflower
38	Ast	Heterotheca grandiflora	telegraph weed
39	Ast	Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila	toothed-leaved alkali goldenbush
40	Ast	Lactuca serriola	*prickly lettuce
41	Ast	Logfia arizonica	Arizona herba impia
42	Ast	Logfia depressa	dwarf filago
43	Ast	Logfia filaginoides	California filago
44	Ast	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion
45	Ast	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star
46	Ast	Palafoxia arida var. arida	Spanish needle
47	Ast	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed
48	Ast	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy
49	Ast	Peucephyllum schottii	pygmy-cedar
50	Ast	Pleurocoronis pluriseta	arrow-leaf
51	Ast	Pluchea sericea	arrow-weed
52	Ast	Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum	*common cudweed
53	Ast	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory
54	Ast	Senecio mohavensis	Mojave ragwort
55	Ast	Sonchus oleraceus	*sow thistle
56	Ast	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant
57	Ast	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce
58	Ast	Stylocline gnaphaloides	everlasting nest-straw
59	Ast	Stylocline micropoides	desert nest straw
60	Ast	Trichoptilium incisum	yellow-head
61	Ast	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis
62	Ast	Uropappus lindleyi	silver puffs
63	Ast	Volutaria tubuliflora	*Mediterranean desert knapweed
64	Big	Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata	desert-willow
65	Bor	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck
66	Bor	Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata	bristly fiddleneck
67	Bor	Cryptantha angustifolia	narrow-leaved cryptantha
68	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha
69	Bor	Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae	Santa Rosa Mountain bearded cryptantha
70	Bor	Cryptantha costata	ribbed cryptantha
71	Bor	Cryptantha decipiens	gravel cryptantha
72	Bor	Cryptantha ganderi	Gander's cryptantha
73	Bor	Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia	popcorn flower
74	Bor	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha
75	Bor	Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha	red-root cryptantha
76	Bor	Cryptantha muricata	prickly cryptantha
77	Bor	Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis	Nevada cryptantha
78	Bor	Cryptantha pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha
79	Bor	Cryptantha racemosa	bushy cryptantha
80	Bor	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells
81	Bor	Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. bipinnatifida	eucrypta
82	Bor	Eucrypta micrantha	desert eucrypta
83	Bor	Nama demissa var. demissa	purple mat
84	Bor	Pectocarya heterocarpa	chuckwalla pectocarya
85	Bor	Pectocarya peninsularis	Baja pectocarya
86	Bor	Pectocarya platycarpa	broad-fruited combseed
87	Bor	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed
88	Bor	Phacelia brachyloba	short-lobed phacelia
89	Bor	Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua	heliotrope phacelia
90	Bor	Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora	little-flowered heliotrope phacelia
91	Bor	Phacelia distans	common phacelia
92	Bor	Phacelia ivesiana	Ives' phacelia
93	Bor	Phacelia minor	wild canterbury bells
94	Bor	Phacelia pedicellata	pedicellate phacelia
95	Bor	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower
96	Bor	Tiquilia palmeri	Palmer's coldenia
97	Bor	Tiquilia plicata	plicate coldenia
98	Bra	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard
99	Bra	Caulanthus cooperi	Cooper's jewel-flower
100	Bra	Caulanthus hallii	Hall's caulanthus
101	Bra	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard
102	Bra	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard
103	Bra	Dithyrea californica	spectacle-pod
104	Bra	Draba cuneifolia	wedge-leaved draba
105	Bra	Hirschfeldia incana	*shortpod mustard
106	Bra	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass
107	Bra	Lobularia maritima	*sweet alyssum
108	Bra	Lyrocarpa coulteri	Coulter's lyrepod
109	Bra	Nasturtium officinale	water cress
110	Bra	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket
111	Bra	Sisymbrium orientale	*Oriental mustard
112	Bra	Streptanthella longirostris	longbeak streptanthella
113	Bra	Thysanocarpus curvipes	fringe-pod
114	Cac	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla
115	Cac	Cylindropuntia echinocarpa	silver cholla
116	Cac	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla
117	Cac	Cylindropuntia ramosissima	pencil cholla
118	Cac	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
119	Cac	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus
120	Cac	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus
121	Cac	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus
122	Cam	Nemacladus glanduliferus	glandular nemacladus
123	Cam	Nemacladus rubescens	desert nemacladus
124	Car	Achyronychia cooperi	frost mat
125	Car	Loeflingia squarrosa	spreading loeflingia
126	Che	Atriplex canescens var. laciniata	Caleb saltbush
127	Che	Atriplex polycarpa	cattle saltbush
128	Che	Chenopodium murale	*nettle-leaved goosefoot
129	Che	Chenopodium pratericola	meadow goosefoot
130	Che	Monolepis nuttalliana	Nuttall's poverty weed
131	Che	Salsola paulsenii	*Paulsen's Russian thistle
132	Che	Salsola tragus	*Russian thistle
133	Che	Suaeda nigra	bush seepweed
134	Cle	Peritoma arborea	bladderpod
135	Cle	Peritoma arborea var. angustata	desert bladderpod
136	Con	Cuscuta californica var. papillosa	papillate dodder
137	Con	Cuscuta denticulata	desert dodder
138	Cra	Crassula connata	pygmy-weed
139	Cro	Crossosoma bigelovii	rock crossosoma
140	Cuc	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon
141	Eup	Chamaesyce arizonica	Arizona spurge
142	Eup	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge
143	Eup	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge
144	Eup	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge
145	Eup	Croton californicus	California croton
146	Eup	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis
147	Eup	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis
148	Eup	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge
149	Eup	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia
150	Eup	Stillingia spinulosa	annual stillingia
151	Fab	Acmispon maritimus var. brevivexillus	short-bannered coastal lotus
152	Fab	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus
153	Fab	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus
154	Fab	Astragalus aridus	annual desert milk-vetch
155	Fab	Astragalus crotalariae	Salton milk-vetch
156	Fab	Astragalus didymocarpus var. dispermus	dwarf white milk-vetch
157	Fab	Astragalus lentiginosus var. borreganus	Borrego milk-vetch
158	Fab	Astragalus nuttallianus var. cedrosensis	Cedros milk-vetch
159	Fab	Astragalus palmeri	Palmer's milk-vetch
160	Fab	Dalea mollis	silky dalea
161	Fab	Dalea mollissima	downy dalea
162	Fab	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine
163	Fab	Lupinus bicolor	dwarf lupine
164	Fab	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine
165	Fab	Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus	chick lupine
166	Fab	Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus	chick lupine
167	Fab	Lupinus shockleyi	desert lupine
168	Fab	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine
169	Fab	Melilotus indicus	*sourclover
170	Fab	Olneya tesota	ironwood
171	Fab	Parkinsonia florida	blue palo verde
172	Fab	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite
173	Fab	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush
174	Fab	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush
175	Fab	Psorothamnus spinosus	smoke tree
176	Fab	Senna armata	spiny senna
177	Fou	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo
178	Ger	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree
179	Ger	Erodium texanum	Texas filaree
180	Kra	Krameria bicolor	white rhatany
181	Kra	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany
182	Lam	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender
183	Lam	Salvia columbariae	chia
184	Loa	Mentzelia affinis	yellow blazing star
185	Loa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star
186	Loa	Mentzelia involucrata	bracted blazing star
187	Loa	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	Thurber's sandpaper-plant
188	Mal	Ayenia compacta	ayenia
189	Mal	Eremalche exilis	white mallow
190	Mal	Eremalche rotundifolia	desert five-spot
191	Mal	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus
192	Mal	Malva parviflora	*cheeseweed
193	Mal	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow
194	Mol	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed
195	Mon	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress
196	Nyc	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena
197	Nyc	Allionia incarnata	trailing four o'clock
198	Nyc	Allionia incarnata var. incarnata	small-flowered trailing four o'clock
199	Nyc	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling
200	Nyc	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock
201	Ona	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup
202	Ona	Chylismia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf suncup
203	Ona	Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	brown-eyed primrose
204	Ona	Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose
205	Ona	Eremothera chamaenerioides	long-fruit suncup
206	Ona	Eulobus californicus	California suncup
207	Ona	Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides	dune primrose
208	Oro	Orobanche cooperi	Cooper's broomrape
209	Pap	Argemone munita	prickly poppy
210	Pap	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy
211	Pap	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy
212	Phr	Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii	Bigelow's monkeyflower
213	Pla	Antirrhinum coulterianum	Coulter's snapdragon
214	Pla	Antirrhinum filipes	desert twining snapdragon
215	Pla	Linaria maroccana	*Moroccan toad-flax
216	Pla	Mohavea confertiflora	ghost flower
217	Pla	Plantago ovata	desert plantain
218	Pol	Aliciella latifolia ssp. latifolia	broad-leaf gilia
219	Pol	Eriastrum diffusum	miniature woolly-star
220	Pol	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star
221	Pol	Eriastrum harwoodii	Harwood's woolly-star
222	Pol	Gilia scopulorum	rock gilia
223	Pol	Gilia stellata	star gilia
224	Pol	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	bristly langloisia
225	Pol	Linanthus jonesii	Jones' linanthus
226	Pol	Loeseliastrum matthewsii	desert calico
227	Pol	Loeseliastrum schottii	Schott's calico
228	Pol	Saltugilia australis	southern gilia
229	Pol	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	brittle spineflower
230	Pol	Chorizanthe rigida	devil's spineflower
231	Pol	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat
232	Pol	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet
233	Pol	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat
234	Pol	Eriogonum trichopes	little desert trumpet
235	Pol	Pterostegia drymarioides	threadstem
236	Res	Oligomeris linifolia	lineleaf whitepuff
237	Rub	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw
238	Sal	Salix exigua var. exigua	narrowleaf willow
239	Sim	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba
240	Sol	Datura discolor	desert thornapple
241	Sol	Datura wrightii	sacred datura
242	Sol	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn
243	Sol	Lycium brevipes var. brevipes	desert boxthorn
244	Sol	Lycium fremontii	Fremont's boxthorn
245	Sol	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco
246	Sol	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry
247	Sol	Solanum elaeagnifolium	*horse-nettle
248	Tam	Tamarix aphylla	*athel
249	Tam	Tamarix ramosissima	*saltcedar
250	Urt	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	pellitory
251	Vis	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe
252	Zyg	Fagonia laevis	California fagonia
253	Zyg	Kallstroemia californica	California caltrop
254	Zyg	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush
255	Zyg	Tribulus terrestris	*puncture-vine
Monocots
256	Aga	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave
257	Aga	Hesperocallis undulata	desert lily
258	Poa	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn
259	Poa	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn
260	Poa	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama
261	Poa	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome
262	Poa	Cenchrus echinatus	*southern sandbur
263	Poa	Cynodon dactylon	*Bermuda grass
264	Poa	Festuca octoflora	hairy six-weeks fescue
265	Poa	Hilaria rigida	big galleta
266	Poa	Hordeum murinum	*foxtail barley
267	Poa	Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia	Mexican sprangletop
268	Poa	Pennisetum setaceum	*fountain grass
269	Poa	Phalaris minor	*little-seed canarygrass
270	Poa	Polypogon monspeliensis	*rabbits-foot grass
271	Poa	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus
272	The	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	blue dicks