This list shows 114 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. Desert Globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
2. Chuparosa
Justicia californica
3. Palmer’s Indian Mallow
Abutilon palmeri
4. Yellow Paloverde
Parkinsonia microphylla
5. Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota
6. Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides
7. Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
8. Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis
9. Common Sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri
10. Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
11. Apache Plume
Fallugia paradoxa
12. Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
13. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
14. Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
15. Arizona Rosewood
Vauquelinia californica
16. Purple Pricklypear
Opuntia macrocentra
17. Velvet Mesquite
Prosopis velutina
18. Desert Zinnia
Zinnia acerosa
19. Palo Verde
Parkinsonia aculeata
20. Common Hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
21. Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata
22. Desert Penstemon
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
23. Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata
24. Turpentine Bush
Ericameria laricifolia
25. Nevada Jointfir
Ephedra nevadensis
26. Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia macrorhiza
27. Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
28. Broom Snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
29. Whitethorn Acacia
Vachellia constricta
30. Arizona Water-Willow
Justicia candicans
31. Featherplume
Dalea formosa
32. Wishbone-Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
33. Whitestem Paperflower
Psilostrophe cooperi
34. Thurber’s Beardtongue
Penstemon thurberi
35. Thurber’s Desert Honeysuckle
Anisacanthus thurberi
36. Shrubby Indian Mallow
Abutilon abutiloides
37. Hoary Abutilon
Abutilon incanum
38. Stemless Four-Nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
39. Fairy Duster
Calliandra eriophylla
40. Walkingstick Cactus
Cylindropuntia spinosior
41. Emory Oak
Quercus emoryi
42. Staghorn Cholla
Cylindropuntia versicolor
43. Ragged Rockflower
Crossosoma bigelovii
44. Rough Jointfir
Ephedra aspera
45. Heartleaf Limberbush
Jatropha cardiophylla
46. Berlandier’s Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri
47. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha
48. Salt Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
49. Golden Crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
50. Black Greasewood
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
51. California Boxthorn
Lycium californicum
52. Longleaf Jointfir
Ephedra trifurca
53. Paleface
Hibiscus denudatus
54. Tucson Bur Ragweed
Ambrosia cordifolia
55. Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis subsp. arcuata
56. Triangleleaf Bursage
Ambrosia deltoidea
57. Emory’s Baccharis
Baccharis salicina
58. Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
59. Desert Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
60. Desert Senna
Senna covesii
61. Fremont’s Desert-Thorn
Lycium fremontii
62. Burrobrush
Ambrosia salsola
63. Burroweed
Isocoma tenuisecta
64. Desert Lavender
Condea emoryi
65. New Mexico Privet
Forestiera shrevei
66. Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium
67. Rough Menodora
Menodora scabra
68. Arizona Desert-Thorn
Lycium exsertum
69. Cutleaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
70. Wright’s Beebrush
Aloysia wrightii
71. Emory’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea emoryi
72. Narrowleaf Four O’Clock
Mirabilis linearis
73. Desert Tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
74. Alkali Goldenbush
Isocoma acradenia
75. Turpentine Broom
Thamnosma montana
76. Creosote Bush
Larrea divaricata
77. Pima Rhatany
Krameria erecta
78. Sonoran Water-Willow
Justicia sonorae
79. Coulter’s Globemallow
Sphaeralcea coulteri
80. Rosary Babybonnets
Coursetia glandulosa
81. Arizona Wrightwort
Carlowrightia arizonica
82. Brownplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria pauciflora
83. Crown Of Thorns
Koeberlinia spinosa
84. Virgin River Brittlebush
Encelia virginensis
85. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile
86. Caliche Globemallow
Sphaeralcea laxa
87. Thinleaf Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex linearis
88. Crucifixion Thorn
Holacantha emoryi
89. Singlewhorl Burrobrush
Ambrosia monogyra
90. San Felipe Dogweed
Adenophyllum porophylloides
91. Little Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum trichopes
92. Thurber’s Sandpaper Plant
Petalonyx thurberi
93. Rush Milkweed
Asclepias subulata
94. False Daisy
Eclipta alba
95. Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
96. Button Brittlebush
Encelia frutescens
97. Torrey’s Jointfir
Ephedra torreyana
98. Bush Seepweed
Suaeda nigra
99. Mexican Skullcap
Scutellaria mexicana
100. Catclaw Mimosa
Mimosa aculeaticarpa
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