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