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The Desert Museum's Annual Plant Sale is held at the end of September. The list below displays the plants from the most recent sale.
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to view the Plant Care Sheet. These sheets have been compiled by the Desert Museum Botany Department. In some cases, plant care information from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery has been used to supplement the museum's own knowledge base.
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Graythorn | Ziziphus obtusifolia | Large shrub |   |
| | Yellow rain lily | Zephyranthes sulphurea | Bulb | |
| | White rain lily | Zephyranthes candida | Bulb | |
| | 'Prairie Sunset' coral rain lily | Zephyranthes × | Bulb | |
| | Mountain yucca | Yucca madrensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Mission San Gabriel' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine |  |
| | 'Mission San Borja' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage grape | Vitis species | Vine | |
| | Felger crownbeard | Verbesina felgeri | Small shrub | |
| | Nuevo Leon rosewood | Vauquelinia corymbosa var. heterondon | Large shrub | |
| | Torch cactus hybrids | Trichocereus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bush sunflower | Tithonia fruticosa | Large shrub | |
| | Sonoran air plant | Tillandsia exserta | Perennial |  |
| | Alamos air plant | Tillandsia elizabethae | Perennial | |
| | Angelita daisy | Tetraneuris acaulis | Small shrub | |
| | Pine cone cactus | Tephrocactus articulatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Orange bells | Tecoma garocha | Large shrub | |
| | 'Orange Jubilee' | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Crimson Flare® tecoma | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Solar Flare+C129 orange tecoma | Tecoma × | Large shrub | |
| | Mexican tarragon | Tagetes lucida | Small shrub |  |
| | Mountain marigold | Tagetes lemmonii | Small shrub | |
| | Minature prickly pear | Tacinga inamoena | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Day-of-the-dead flower | Symphiotrichum lanceolatum | Perennial | |
| | Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Perennial | |
| | Caliche globe mallow | Sphaeralcea laxa | Small shrub | |
| | Fendler globe mallow | Sphaeralcea fendleri | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert mallow | Sphaeralcea ambigua | Small shrub | |
| | Sonoran nightshade | Solanum hindsianum | Large shrub | |
| | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinensis | Large shrub | |
| | Palo prieto | Senna polyantha | Large shrub | |
| | Slimpod senna | Senna hirsuta var. glaberrima | Small shrub | |
| | Catclaw acacia | Senegalia greggii | Large shrub | |
| | Sina volador | Selenicereus vagens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink skullcap | Scutellaria suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Scutellaria potosina var. tessellata | |||
| | Red skullcap | Scutellaria × | Perennial | |
| | Baseball bat | Sanseveria | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Scallopleaf sage | Salvia vaseyi | Small shrub | |
| | West Texas grass sage | Salvia reptans | Small shrub | |
| | Rose sage | Salvia pachyphylla | Small shrub | |
| | 'May Night' sage | Salvia nemarosa | Small shrub | |
| | Mohave sage | Salvia mohavensis | Small shrub | |
| | PP# 21411 'Ultra Violet' canyon sage | Salvia lycoides × | Perennial | |
| | Salvia 'Pozo Blue' | Salvia leucophylla × S. clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | Purple autumn sage | Salvia greggii × | Small shrub | |
| | Red autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Small shrub | |
| | Purple sage | Salvia dorrii | Small shrub | |
| | Chaparral sage | Salvia clevelandii | Medium shrub | |
| | White sage | Salvia apiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral fountain | Russelia equisetiformis | Small shrub | |
| | St. Elmo's FireTM Red firecracker plant | Russelia × | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert ruellia | Ruellia peninsularis | Medium shrub | |
| | Longneck Ruel | Ruellia nudiflora | Perennial | |
| | Sugar sumac | Rhus ovata | Large shrub | |
| | Skunkbush | Rhus aromatica | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Mission Tumacacori' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Five Points' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage pomegranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Mission San Luis Obispo' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | 'Garcia Camp' heritage pomagranate | Punica granatum | Small tree | |
| | Smoke tree | Psorothamnus spinosus | Tree | |
| | Paper flower | Psilostrophe cooperi | Small shrub | |
| | Velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina | Tree | |
| | Screwbean mesquite | Prosopis pubescens | Large shrub | |
| | Lavender spice | Poliomintha maderensis | Small shrub | |
| | Summer Snow™ plumbago | Plumbago scandens | Small shrub | |
| | Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Large shrub | |
| | Frog fruit | Phyla nodiflora | Ground cover | |
| | Superb penstemon | Penstemon superbus | Perennial | |
| | Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | Perennial | |
| | Mexican blue penstemon | Penstemon amphorellae | Perennial | |
| | Dahlia-rooted cereus | Peniocereus striatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus serpentinus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming cereus | Peniocereus greggii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slipper flower | Pedilanthus macrocarpus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tall slipper plant | Pedilanthus bracteatus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Passion flower | Passiflora mexicana | Vine | |
| | 'Incense' passion vine | Passiflora incarnata× P. cincinnata | Vine | |
| | Edible passion fruit | Passiflora edulis | Vine | |
| | Passion fruit | Passiflora arida | Vine | |
| | Tomate de guajolote | Passiflora (foetida) arizonica | Vine | |
| | Foothill palo verde | Parkinsonia microphylla | Tree | |
| | Cardon | Pachycereus pringlei | Succulent/semisucculent |  |
| | Nopal | Opuntia wilcoxii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tuna colorada | Opuntia stenopetala | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Santa Rita prickly pear | Opuntia santa-rita | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Sonoran nopal | Opuntia puberula | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Smooth prickly pear | Opuntia phaeacantha var. laevis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Long-spined prickly pear | Opuntia macrocentra | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Violet prickly pear | Opuntia gosseliniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Dwarf beavertail prickly pear | Opuntia basilaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert ironwood tree | Olneya tesota | Tree | |
| | Scarlet bee blossom | Oenothera suffrutescens | Perennial | |
| | Hooker evening primrose | Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Biennial | |
| | Hummingbird nopal | Nopalaea karwinskiana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Devil's shoestring | Nolina texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Beargrass | Nolina microcarpa | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candelabra cactus | Myrtillocactus geometrizans | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Cochal | Myrtillocactus cochal | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Undaunted® ruby grass | Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Grass | |
| | Bush muhly | Muhlenbergia porteri | Grass | |
| | Autumn Glow™ | Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Grass | |
| | Bull grass | Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Grass | |
| | 'Pink Flamingo' | Muhlenbergia × | Grass | |
| | Snake cactus | Morengaya pensilis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage mint | Mentha species | Ground cover | |
| | Pyramid bush | Melochia tomentosa | Small shrub | |
| | Blackfoot daisy | Melampodium leucanthum | Small shrub | |
| | Whitebark acacia | Mariosousa willardiana | ||
| | Santa Rita acacia | Mariosousa (Acacia) millefolia | Large shrub | |
| | Hummingbird pincushion cactus | Mammillaria poselgeri | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Ladyfinger cactus | Mammillaria elongata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tansy aster | Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Perennial | |
| | Feather tree | Lysiloma watsoni | Medium tree | |
| | Lophocereus schottii fa. spiralis | Succulent/semisucculent | | |
| | Totempole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. monstrosus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Slender totem pole cactus | Lophocereus schottii fa. mieckleyanus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Senita | Lophocereus schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican oregano | Lippia graveolens | Small shrub | |
| | Blue flax | Linum lewisii | Perennial | |
| | Agave cactus | Leuchtenbergia principis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Creosotebush | Larrea tridentata | Large shrub | |
| | Gold lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Red lantana | Lantana camara × | Small shrub | |
| | Confiturilla grande | Lagascea decipiens | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera | Small shrub | |
| | Red jacobinia | Justicia candicans | Small shrub | |
| | Red chuparrosa | Justicia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Clustervine | Jacquemontia pringlei | Vine | |
| | Tree morning glory | Ipomoea arborescens | Small tree | |
| | Guaregui | Ibervillea sonorae | Vine | |
| | Desert lavender | Hyptis (albida) emoryi | Large shrub | |
| | Curly mesquite | Hilaria belangeri | Grass | |
| | Desert Flamenco® | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Red hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow hesperaloe | Hesperaloe parviflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Night-blooming hesperaloe | Hesperaloe nocturna | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Buttercup' hesperaloe | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Brake Lights® crimson yucca | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pink Parade® | Hesperaloe × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | Medium shrub | |
| | Texas false agave | Hechtia texana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Moon cactus | Harrisia pomanensis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas firecracker bush | Hamelia patens | Medium shrub | |
| | Guayacán | Guaiacum coulteri | Large shrub | |
| | Devil's club cholla | Grusonia invicta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Club cholla | Grusonia emoryi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium thurberi | Medium shrub | |
| | Wild cotton | Gossypium davidsonii | Medium shrub | |
| | Airy bachelor's buttons | Gomphrena decumbens | Small shrub | |
| | Ocotillo | Fouquieria splendens | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican bottle tree | Fouquieria purpusii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Mexican tree ocotillo | Fouquieria macdougalii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Boojum | Fouquieria columnaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert olive | Forestiera shrevei | Large shrub | |
| | Rock fig | Ficus petiolaris | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Quitovac' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Santa Ignacio Kino' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission Santa Ines' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Mission San Antonio' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage fig | Ficus carica | Medium tree | |
| | Golden fishhook barrel | Ferocactus wislizeni fa. flavispina | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Texas barrel cactus | Ferocactus haematacanthus | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Kidneywood | Eysenhardtia orthocarpa | Tree | |
| | White spurge | Euphorbia xanti | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | African milk tree | Euphorbia trigonis | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Waxy spurge | Euphorbia ceroderma | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Zipehui | Euphorbia californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Wax spurge | Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Yellow bird-of-paradise | Erythrostemon gilliesii | Medium shrub | |
| | Coral bean | Erythrina _bidwelii | Medium shrub | |
| | Southwest coral bean | Erythrina flabelliformis | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Magdelena' heritage loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | Small tree | |
| | Rabbit brush | Ericameria nauseosus | Medium shrub | |
| | Aguirre™ turpentine bush | Ericameria laricifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert fuschia | Epilobium canum | Perennial | |
| | Button brittlebush | Encelia frutescens | Small shrub | |
| | Casa de rata | Echinocereus brandegeei | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Valeriana del monte | Dyschoriste hirsutissima | Perennial | |
| | Hopbush | Dodonaea viscosa | Large shrub | |
| | Arizona cottontop | Digitaria californica | Grass | |
| | Arizona foldwing | Dicliptera resupinata | Perennial | |
| | Green-flowered bromel | Deuterocchonia brevifolia | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert spoon | Dasylirion texanum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Toothless desert spoon | Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Pea flower | Dalea pulchra | Medium shrub | |
| | Trailing indigo bush | Dalea greggii | Ground cover | |
| | Silver dalea | Dalea bicolor | Large shrub | |
| | Baja plum tree | Cyrtocarpa edulis | Medium shrub | |
| | Sonoran staghorn cholla | Cylindropuntia thurberi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Tesajo | Cylindropuntia tesajo | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Diamond cholla | Cylindropuntia ramosissima | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Coastal cholla | Cylindropuntia prolifera | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Goodwin Homestead' heritage quince | Cydonia oblonga | Small tree | |
| | Arizona cypress | Cupressus arizonica | Tree | |
| | Sand cholla | Corynopuntia marenae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Little-leaf cordia | Cordia parvifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Texas olive | Cordia boissieri | Tree | |
| | Mist flower | Conoclinium dissectum | Perennial | |
| | Hybrid silver torch | Cleistocactus hyalacanthus × | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Candle cactus | Cleistocactus candelilla | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Heritage sweet lime | Citrus limettioides | Small tree | |
| | Seville orange | Citrus × aurantium | Small tree | |
| | Damianita | Chrysactinia mexicana | Small shrub | |
| | Boneset | Chromolaena saggitata | Medium shrub | |
| | Fragrant mist flower | Chromolaena odorata | Medium shrub | |
| | Desert willow | Chilopsis linearis | Tree | |
| | Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Large shrub | |
| | False grama | Cathestecum brevifolium | Grass | |
| | Saguaro | Carnegiea gigantea | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Chiltepin | Capsicum annuum | Medium shrub | |
| | Crucifixion thorn | Canotia holocantha | Large shrub | |
| | Yellow evening primrose | Calylophus hartwegii | Ground cover | |
| | Fairy duster | Calliandra eriophylla | Small shrub | |
| | Baja fairy duster | Calliandra californica | Medium shrub | |
| | Red bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia pulcherrima | Medium shrub | |
| | Mexican bird-of-paradise | Caesalpinia mexicana | Large shrub | |
| | Elephant tree | Bursera microphylla | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote prieto | Bursera hindsiana | Medium shrub | |
| | Torote | Bursera filicifolia | Medium shrub | |
| | Rio Grande butterfly bush | Buddleja sessiliflora | Medium shrub | |
| | Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | Grass | |
| | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass | |
| | Chocolate flower | Berlandiera lyrata | Perennial | |
| | White orchid tree | Bauhinia aculeata | Small tree | |
| | Seep willow | Baccharis salicifolia | Large shrub | |
| | Quail bush | Atriplex lentiformis | Large shrub | |
| | Butterfly milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | Perennial | |
| | Horse-tail milkweed | Asclepias subverticillata | Perennial | |
| | Desert milkweed | Asclepias subulata | Small shrub | |
| | Antelope horn milkweed | Asclepias asperula | Perennial | |
| | Narrow-leaf milkweed | Asclepias angustifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana | Perennial | |
| | Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | Perennial | |
| | Southwestern pipevine | Aristolochia watsonii | Vine | |
| | Pipevine | Aristolochia quercitorum | Vine | |
| | Calico flower | Aristolochia littoralis | Vine | |
| | White-veined Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia fimbriata | Vining groundcover | |
| | Baja Red queen's wreath | Antigonon leptopus | Vine | |
| | Flame bush | Anisacanthus quadrifidus | Medium shrub | |
| | 'Quitobaquito Springs' heritage yerba mansa | Anemopsis californica | Ground cover | |
| | Hollyleaf bursage | Ambrosia lilicifolia | Small shrub | |
| | Triangleleaf bursage | Ambrosia deltoidea | Small shrub | |
| | Baja bursage | Ambrosia bryantii | Small shrub | |
| | Lemon verbena | Aloysia wrightii | Medium shrub | |
| | Bee brush | Aloysia gratissima | Medium shrub | |
| | Floss flower | Ageratum corymbosum | Small shrub | |
| | Octopus agave | Agave vilmoriniana | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Queen Victoria agave | Agave victoria-reginae | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Agave univitata variegata | Succulent/semisucculent | | |
| | Maguey | Agave subsimplex | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Shindagger | Agave schottii | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Parry agave | Agave parryi var. truncata | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Rodney' (variegated) Murphey agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Hohokam agave | Agave murpheyi | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Twin-flowered agave | Agave geminiflora | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Desert agave | Agave deserti var. simplex | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | 'Red Cow' agave | Agave colorata × bovicornuta | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Arizona agave | Agave arizonica | Succulent/semisucculent | |
| | Adelia | Adelia obovata | Large shrub | |
| | Rasberry FuzziesTM | Acalypha monostachya | Ground cover | |
| | Palmer Indian mallow | Abutilon palmeri | Small shrub | |
| Common Name ↑ ↓ | Botanical Name ↑ ↓ | Form ↑ ↓ | Purpose |