Common Flowering Plants In Arizona. Click on the images for larger pictures and details of the plants. Below are 9 plants that are the most common and general plants that are found in almost every single desert.
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Agaves are some of the most useful desert plants, tolerant of heat, cold, drought, and poor soil. There are many common roadside, household, and garden plants that are poisonous, if ingested in whole or in part. All parts of this plant are poisonous if eaten.
Many of the plants sold as christmas cactus are actually closely related species sometimes called thanksgiving cactus, which usually blooms a few weeks earlier.
Far from being a stereotypical desert devoid of plant life, the sonoran desert is home to a wide variety of indigenous plants and flowers. Click on the images for larger pictures and details of the plants. A selection of landscape plants for the southwest alphabetical by common name. Agaves, or century plants, take from five to fifty years to finally flower, often with a spectacular flowering stalk.
