This list shows 120 shrubs that are native to your location, and are carried in nurseries. Plants are ordered by their popularity in gardening applications.
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1. Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
2. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
3. Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
4. Chuparosa
Justicia californica
5. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
6. Yellow Paloverde
Parkinsonia microphylla
7. Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota
8. Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides
9. Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
10. Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
11. Common Sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri
12. Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
13. Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
14. California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
15. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
16. Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
17. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
18. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
19. Arizona Rosewood
Vauquelinia californica
20. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
21. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
22. Mule Fat
Baccharis salicifolia
23. Screwbean Mesquite
Prosopis pubescens
24. Desert Zinnia
Zinnia acerosa
25. Palo Verde
Parkinsonia aculeata
26. Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata
27. Desert Penstemon
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
28. Sacahuista
Nolina microcarpa
29. Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
30. Turpentine Bush
Ericameria laricifolia
31. Shrub Oak
Quercus turbinella
32. Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
33. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii
34. Whitethorn Acacia
Vachellia constricta
35. Desert Ceanothus
Ceanothus greggii
36. Arizona Water-Willow
Justicia candicans
37. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
38. Desert Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis
39. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
40. Whitestem Paperflower
Psilostrophe cooperi
41. Thurber’s Desert Honeysuckle
Anisacanthus thurberi
42. Shrubby Indian Mallow
Abutilon abutiloides
43. Hoary Abutilon
Abutilon incanum
44. Stemless Four-Nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
45. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
46. Oneseed Juniper
Juniperus monosperma
47. Walkingstick Cactus
Cylindropuntia spinosior
48. Emory Oak
Quercus emoryi
49. Staghorn Cholla
Cylindropuntia versicolor
50. Ragged Rockflower
Crossosoma bigelovii
51. Rough Jointfir
Ephedra aspera
52. Berlandier’s Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri
53. Sacred Thorn-Apple
Datura wrightii
54. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
55. Salt Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
56. Golden Crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
57. Longleaf Jointfir
Ephedra trifurca
58. Paleface
Hibiscus denudatus
59. Tucson Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia cordifolia
60. Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis subsp. arcuata
61. Triangleleaf Bursage
Ambrosia deltoidea
62. Emory’s Baccharis
Baccharis salicina
63. Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
64. Desert Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
65. Desert Senna
Senna covesii
66. Fremont’s Desert-Thorn
Lycium fremontii
67. Burrobrush
Ambrosia salsola
68. Greenspot Nightshade
Solanum douglasii
69. Burroweed
Isocoma tenuisecta
70. Desert Lavender
Condea emoryi
71. New Mexico Privet
Forestiera shrevei
72. Rough Menodora
Menodora scabra
73. Arizona Desert-Thorn
Lycium exsertum
74. Cutleaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
75. Wright’s Beebrush
Aloysia wrightii
76. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
77. Narrowleaf Four O’Clock
Mirabilis linearis
78. Desert Tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
79. Alkali Goldenbush
Isocoma acradenia
80. Turpentine Broom
Thamnosma montana
81. Creosote Bush
Larrea divaricata
82. Pima Rhatany
Krameria erecta
83. Coulter’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coulteri
84. Arizona Wrightwort
Carlowrightia arizonica
85. Brownplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
86. Crown Of Thorns
Koeberlinia spinosa
87. Virgin River Brittlebush
Encelia virginensis
88. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
89. Caliche Globemallow
Sphaeralcea laxa
90. Thinleaf Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex linearis
91. Crucifixion Thorn
Holacantha emoryi
92. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
93. San Felipe Dogweed
Adenophyllum porophylloides
94. Gumhead
Gymnosperma glutinosum
95. Little Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum trichopes
96. Thurber’s Sandpaper Plant
Petalonyx thurberi
97. Rush Milkweed
Asclepias subulata
98. Interior California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
99. Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
100. Button Brittlebush
Encelia frutescens
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