WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

WILDFLOWERS BY COMMON NAMES

A

Agrimony, Roadside

Alkali Yellowtops

Alumroot, Sandia Mountain

Alumroot, Small-leaf

Amaranth, Palmer’s

Anemone, Canada

Anemone, Candle

Anemone, Desert

Angelica, Small-leaf

Arnica, Heartleaf

Aster, Leafy-bracted

Aster, Smooth Blue

Avens, Large-leaf

B

Baccharis, Willow

Bahia, Bluntscale

Bahia, Sageleaf

Barberry, Colorado

Barberry, Creeping

Barberry, Fendler’s

Bean, Narrow-leaf

Beardtongues (see Penstemons)

Bedstraw, Catchweed

Bedstraw, Northern

Beebalm, Plains

Beebalm, Spotted

Beeblossom, Scarlet

Beebrush, Wright’s

Beeplant, Yellow

Beeplant, Rocky Mountain

Beggarticks, Nodding

Bellflower, Parry’s

Bindweed, Field

Bindweed, Texas

Bird’s Beak, Wright’s

Biscuitroot, Nevada

Biscuitroot, Parish’s

Bistort, American

Bitterbush, Antelope

Bittercress, Heartleaf

Bittercress, Large Mountain

Bitterroot, Alpine

Bitterroot, Pygmy

Blackeyed Susan

Bladderpod, Fendler’s

Bladderpod, White Mountain

Blazing Star, Adonis

Blazingstar, Bractless

Blazingstar, Whitestem

Blue-eyed Grass, Mountain

Bluebells, Franciscan

Bluebells, Tall Fringed

Bluebells, Streamside

Bluestar, Trumpet

Brickellbush, Tassel-flower

Broomrape, Clustered

Buckwheat Brush

Buckwheat, Abert’s

Buckwheat, Annual

Buckwheat, James'

Buckwheat, Narrow-leaf

Buckwheat, Redroot

Buckwheat, Roundleaf

Buckwheat, Simpson’s

Buckwheat, Sorrel

Buckwheat, Winged

Buckwheat, Wright’s

Bundleflower, Prairie

Burdock, Common

Burdock, Lesser

Butter and Eggs

Buttercup, Fanleaf

Buttercup, Graceful

C

Cactus, Beehive

Cactus, Brown-flowering Fishhook

Cactus, Christmas

Cactus, Claret Cup

Cactus, Clover’s Fishhook

Cactus, Cob Beehive

Cactus, Devil’s Head

Cactus, Eagle Claw

Cactus, Fendler’s Hedgehog

Cactus, Fishhook Barrel

Cactus, Golf Ball

Cactus, Graham’s Fishhook

Cactus, Graham’s Nipple

Cactus, Green-flowered Hedgehog

Cactus, Horse Crippler

Cactus, Kingcup

Cactus, Little Nipple

Cactus, Missouri Pincushion

Cactus, New Mexico Rainbow

Cactus, Pincushion

Cactus, Pink-flowering Hedgehog

Cactus, Red-spined

Cactus, Silverlace

Cactus, Small-flower Fishhook

Cactus, Strawberry

Cactus, Strawberry Hedgehog

Cactus, Texas Rainbow

Cactus, Wright’s Nipple

Cactus, Wright’s Fishhook

Cactus, Woven-spine Pineapple

Candytuft, Wild

Caraway, Mountain

Cardinal Flower

Catchfly, Cardinal

Catchfly, Scouler’s

Catchfly, Simple

Catchfly, Sleepy

Cattail, Broad-leaf

Ceanothus, Desert

Ceanothus, Fendler’s

Centaury, Arizona

Cevallia, Stinging

Checkermallow, New Mexico

Checkermallow, Rocky Mountain

Checkermallow, White

Chickweed, Field

Chicory, Desert

Chocolate Flower

Chokecherry, Western

Cholla, Walkingstick

Cholla, Whipple

Cinquefoil, Beautiful

Cinquefoil, Pennsylvania

Cinquefoil, Red

Cinquefoil, Shrubby

Cinquefoil, Silverleaf

Cinquefoil, Silverweed

Cinquefoil, Woolly

Clematis, Columbia Rock

Clover, Rocky Mountain

Columbine, Colorado Blue

Columbine, Golden

Coneflower, Cutleaf

Coneflower, Green Prairie

Coneflower, Prairie

Coneflower, Short-ray Prairie

Corydalis, Golden

Cosmos, Southwest

Cotton Batting Plant

Cowbane, Fendler’s

Crinklemat, Hairy

Crinklemat, Woody

Crownbeard, Golden

Crown of Thorns

Cryptantha, Bow-nut

Cryptantha, Tawny

Cryptantha, Thicksepal

Cryptantha, Yellow

Cudweed, Macoun’s

Currant, Golden

Currant, Gooseberry

Currant, Wolf’s

D

Daisy, Alpine Stemless

Daisy, Annual Townsend

Daisy, Blackfoot

Daisy, Englemann

Daisy, Fleabane

Daisy, Four-nerve

Daisy, Stemless Easter

Daisy, Tall Townsend

Daisy, Yellow Spiny

Daisy, Whiplash

Dandelion, Burnt-orange

Dandelion, Fendler’s Desert

Dandelion, Pale

Dandelion, Texas

Dayflower, Birdbill

Death Camas, Meadow

Death Camas, Mountain

Desert Marigold

Devil’s Bouquet

Dodder, Flatglobe

Dogbane, Spreading

Dogbane, Common

Dogweed, Fiveneedle

Dogwood, Red-osier

Dozedaisy, Plains

Draba, Twisted-pod

Draba, Wedge-leaf

E

Elderberry, Blue

Elderberry, Red

Elephant’s Head

Evening Primrose, Crownleaf

Evening Primrose, Cutleaf

Evening Primrose, Desert

Evening Primrose, Engelmann’s

Evening Primrose, Hooker’s

Evening Primrose, Long-tube

Evening Primrose, Pale

Evening Primrose, Prairie

Evening Primrose, Short-fruit

Evening Primrose, Stemless

Evening Primrose, Square-Bud

Evening Primrose, Tufted

F

Fairy Candelabra

Fairy Duster, Pink

Fan-mustard, Bicolored

Fanpetals, Spreading

False Nightshade, Gray

False Nightshade, Greenleaf

False Nightshade, Hairy

Fameflower, Showy

Fendlerbush, Cliff

Feverfew, Gray’s

Figwort, Mountain

Flax, Yellow Desert

Fleabane, Beautiful

Fleabane, Broad-leaf

Fleabane, Early Blue-top

Fleabane, Philadelphia

Fleabane, Plains

Fleabane, Prairie

Fleabane, Showy

Fleabane, Spreading

Fleabane, Three-nerve

Fleabane, Trailing

Forget-Me-Not, Alpine

Four-O’Clock, Meadow

Four-O’Clock, Narrow-leaf

Four-O’Clock, Showy

Four-O’Clock, Smooth

Four-O’Clock, Spreading

Four-O’Clock, Trailing

Four-O’Cock, Sweet

Foxglove, Purple

G

Gaura, Velvet-leaf

Gentian, Bottle

Gentian, Fringed

Gentian, Parry’s Mountain

Gentian, Pleated

Gentian, Prairie

Geranium, Mogollon

Geranium, Purple

Germander, Cut-leaf

Germander, Lacy

Gilia, Lesser Yellowthroat

Gilia, Lynda’s

Globeberry, Slimlobe

Globemallow, Copper

Globemallow, Gray

Globemallow, Juniper

Globemallow, Narrow-leaf

Globemallow, Palmate

Globemallow, Scaly

Globemallow, Scarlet

Globemallow, Slender-leaf

Globemallow, Slim-leaf

Globemallow, Small-leaf

Globemallow, Spear

Goldenaster, Hairy

Goldenaster, Rockyscree False

Goldeneye, Heartleaf

Goldeneye, Plateau

Goldeneye, Showy

Goldeneye, Skeleton-leaf

Goldenrod, Prairie

Goldenrod, Rock

Goldenrod, Sticky

Goldenrod, Tall

Goldenrod, Three-nerved

Goldenrod, Wright’s

Goldenweed, Curly-head

Goldenweed, Cutleaf

Goldenweed, Parry’s

Goldenweed, Pygmy

Goldenweed, Thrift Mock

Goosefoot, Fetid

Gourd, Stinking

Gray’s Feverfew

Groundcherry, Ivyleaf

Groundcherry, New Mexico

Groundcherry, Purple

Groundcherry, Small-flowered

Groundsel, Arrowleaf

Groundsel, Broom

Groundsel, Cutleaf

Groundsel, Hoary

Groundsel, Nodding

Groundsel, Riddell’s

Groundsel, Rocky Mountain

Groundsel, Threadleaf

Groundsel, Wooton’s

Gumweed, Curlycup

H

Hedgenettle, Marsh

Hedgenettle, Scarlet

Heliotrope, Fragrant

Heliotrope, Phlox

Heliotrope, Salt

Hemlock, Poison

Hemlock, Spotted Water

Honeysuckle, Thurber’s Desert

Honeysuckle, Twinberry

Hop Tree, Common

Horsemint, Purple

I

Ipomopsis, Many-flowered

Ipomopsis, Pale Trumpets

Ironweed, Plains

Ivy, Western Poison

J

Jewelflower, Lyreleaf

K

Knotweed, Curlytop

L

Ladder, Tall Jacob’s

Lady’s Tresses, Hooded

Larkspur, Barbey’s

Larkspur, Bare-stem

Larkspur, Dwarf

Larkspur, Mountain

Larkspur, Nuttall’s

Larkspur, Rocky Mountain

Larkspur, Sapello Canyon

Larkspur, Subalpine

Larkspur, Tall Mountain

Larkspur, Wooton’s

Leatherflower, Hairy

Leatherflower, Purple

Lily, Gunnison’s Mariposa

Lily, Winding Mariposa

Lily, Yellow Rain

Locoweed, Purple

Locoweed, White

Locoweed, Woolly

Locust, New Mexico

Lousewort, Dwarf

Lousewort, Fern-leaf

Lousewort, Giant

Lousewort, Leafy

Lousewort, Sickletop

Lousewort, Towering

Lupine, King’s

Lupine, Shortstem

Lupine, Silvery

M

Mallow, Dwarf Indian

Marigold, Desert

Marigold, Fetid

Marigold, Marsh

Menodora, Rough

Meadowrue, Fendler’s

Mercury, Three-seeded

Mexican Cancer Root

Milkvetch, Crescent

Milkvetch, Freckled

Milkvetch, Giant

Milkvetch, Groundplum

Milkvetch, Halfmoon

Milkvetch, Missouri

Milkvetch, Small-flowered

Milkvetch, Stinking

Milkweed, Antelope Horns

Milkweed, Broadleaf

Milkweed, Butterfly

Milkweed, Climbing

Milkweed, Dwarf

Milkweed, Green

Milkweed, Horsetail

Milkweed, Plains

Milkweed, Poison

Milkweed, Showy

Milkweed, Whorled

Milkweed, Zizotes

Milkwort, White

Mistflower, Gregg’s

Mistflower, Palmleaf

Monkey Flower, Golden

Monkey Flower, Seep

Moonpod, Spreading

Mountain Mahogany, Alder-leaf

Morning Glory, Bush

Morning Glory, Heartleaf

Morning Glory, Lindheimer’s

Morning Glory, Plummer’s

Morning Glory, Scarlet

Morning Glory, Shaggy Dwarf

Mountain-pink, Arizona

Mule-Ears, Badlands

Mule-Ears, Sandpaper

Mullein, Woolly

Muskflower, Scarlet

Mustard, Spectacle Pod

Mustard, Tall Hedge

Mustard, Tall Tumble

Mustard, Western Tansy

N

Nettle, American Stinging

Nightshade, Silverleaf

Ninebark, Mountain

O

Old Man’s Beard

Old Man’s Whiskers

Onion, Drummond’s

Onion, Geyer’s

Onion, Large-petaled Wild

Orchid, Chatterbox

Orchid, Fairy Slipper

Orchid, Giant Helleborine

Orchid, Hooded Lady’s Tresses

Orchid, Rattlesnake Plantain

Orchid, Short-leaved Bog

Orchid, Spotted Coralroot

Orchid, Striped Coralroot

Orchid, Tall Northern Green Bog

Orchid, Yellow Lady’s Slipper

Owl-clover, Purple-white

Owl-clover, Yellow

P

Paintbrush, Desert

Paintbrush, Downy

Paintbrush, Great Plains

Paintbrush, Rosy

Paintbrush, Scarlet

Paintbrush, Wholeleaf

Paintbrush, Woolly

Paintbrush, Wyoming

Paintbrush, Yellow

Palafoxia, Sand

Paperfower, Woolly

Parsley, Hemlock

Parsley, Indian

Parsley, Mountain

Parsley, Rocky Mountain Hemlock

Pearly Everlasting

Pennycress, Fendler’s

Penstemon, Bush

Penstemon, Cardinal

Penstemon, Crandall’s

Penstemon, Desert

Penstemon, Dusky

Penstemon, Fendler’s

Penstemon, Firecracker

Penstemon, Inflated

Penstemon, James'

Penstemon, Narrow-leaf

Penstemon, New Mexico

Penstemon, Palmer’s

Penstemon, Perfoliate

Penstemon, Pineleaf

Penstemon, Pineneedle

Penstemon, Redline

Penstemon, Rocky Mountain

Penstemon, Rydberg’s

Penstemon, Sand

Penstemon, Sidebells

Penstemon, Thurber’s

Penstemon, Toadflax

Penstemon, Wand-bloom

Penstemon, Whipple’s

Penstemon, White

Penstemon, White-throated

Peony, Dwarf Desert

Peony, Wright’s Desert

Pepperweed, Mesa

Pepperweed, Thurber’s

Phlox, Nuttall’s

Phlox, Santa Fe

Plainsmustard, Slimleaf

Plantain, Woolly

Poinsettia, Wild

Poppy, Long-headed

Poppy, Long-pod

Poppy, Mexican Gold

Poreleaf, Trans-Pecos

Potato, Fendler’s Wild

Prairie-Clover, Albuquerque

Prairie-Clover, Bearded

Prairie-Clover, Downy

Prairie-Clover, Dwarf

Prairie-Clover, Golden

Prairie-Clover, James'

Prairie-Clover, Sandsage

Prairie-Clover, Purple

Prairie-Clover, Large-spike

Prairie-Clover, White

Prairie-Clover, Woolly

Prairie-Clover, Wright’s

Prickly Pear, Brittle

Prickly Pear, Brown-spine

Prickly Pear, Engelmann’s

Prickly Pear, Hair-spined

Prickly Pear, Long-spine Purple

Prickly Pear, Plains

Prickly Pear, Twisted-spine

Pricklypoppy, Southwestern

Primrose, Rusby’s

Prince’s Plume

Puccoon, Fringed

Puccoon, Many-flowered

Purslane, Common

Purslane, Shaggy

Pussytoes, Rosy

R

Rabbit Tobacco, Macoun’s

Ragwort – also see Groundsel

Ragwort, Arrowleaf

Ragwort, Burnet

Ragwort, Desert

Ragwort, Lobeleaf

Ragwort, New Mexico

Ragwort, Nodding

Ragwort, Notchleaf

Ragwort, Riddell’s

Ragwort, Threadleaf

Ragwort, Wooton’s

Ratany, Trailing

Rattlesnake Weed

Rockcress, Drummond’s

Rosemallow, Paleface

Rubberweed, Colorado

Rubberweed, Pingue

Rush-Pea, Indian

Rush-Pea, James'

Russian Thistle

S

Sacahuista, Greene’s

Sage, Henry’s

Sage, Lanceleaf

Sage, Mealycup Blue

Sand-Verbena, Fragrant

Sand-Verbena, Narrow-leaf

Sand-Verbena, Snowball

Sandmat, Whitemargin

Sandpuffs, Winged

Sandwort, Big-leaf

Sandwort, Fendler’s

Saxifrage, Brook

Saxifrage, Diamond-leaf

Saxifrage, Nodding

Saxifrage, Spotted

Scorpionweed, Blue

Scorpionweed, Varileaf

Scorpionweed, White

Serviceberry, Utah

Senna, Lindherimer’s

Senna, Twin-leaf

Senna, Two-leaf

Senna, Velvet-leaf

Shaggytuft, Early

Skeleton Plant, Texas

Skullcap, Drummond’s

Sky Pilot, Yellow

Skyflower, Orange

Smartweed, Nodding

Smartweed, Pale

Smartweed, Water

Snakeroot, Fragrant

Snakeweed, Broom

Snapdragon Vine

Snapdragon Vine, Net-cup

Sneezeweed, Autumn

Sneezeweed, Orange

Snowberry, White

Snowberry, Mountain

Snowberry, Roundleaf

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Soapberry Tree, Western

Solomon’s Seal, False

Solomon’s Seal, Smooth

Solomon’s Seal, Star

Sow-Thistle, Spiny

Spiderflower, Yellow

Spiderling, Creeping

Spiderwort, Prairie

Spiderwort, Western

Springparsley, Fendler’s

Spurge, Square-seed

Spurge, Toothed

St. John’s Wort, Scouler’s

Starwort, Ten-rayed

Starwort, Tuber

Stickleaf, Adonis

Stickleaf, Prairie

Stickseed, Many-flowered

Stonecrop, Cockerell’s

Stonecrop, Ledge

Stonecrop, Yellow Lanceleaf

Stoneseed, Smooth-throat

Strawberry, Wild

Sumac, Fragrant

Sumac, Littleleaf

Sundrops, Berlandier’s

Sundrops, Hartweg’s

Sundrops, Lavender-leaf

Sundrops, Yellow

Sunflower, Alkali

Sunflower, Common

Sunflower, Five-nerved

Sunflower, Ox Eye

Sunflower, Parry’s Dwarf

Sunflower, Plains

Sunflower, Prairie

Sunflower, Ring Grass

Sweet Clover, Yellow

T

Tackstem, White

Thelypody, Wright’s

Thicket Creeper

Thistle, Arizona

Thistle, Canada

Thistle, Creeping

Thistle, New Mexico

Thistle, Nodding

Thistle, Parry’s

Thistle, Russian

Thistle, Wavyleaf

Thistle, Wright’s Marsh

Thistle, Yellow-spined

Tidestromia, Woolly

Toadflax, Bastard

Toadflax, Dalmatian

Toadflax, Yellow

Toadflax, Texas

Tobacco, Desert

Townsend Daisy, Annual

Townsend Daisy, Tall

Trefoil, New Mexico Bird’s-foot

Trefoil, Wright’s

Trumpets, Giant

Turpentine Bush

Twinevine, Fringed

Twistedstalk, Claspleaf

U

Umbrellawort, Velvet

V

Valerian, Arizona

Venus Looking Glass

Verbena, Big-bract

Verbena, MacDougal’s

Vervain, Dakota

Vervain, New Mexico

Vetch, American

Violet, Canada White

Violet, Hooked-spur Blue

Virgin’s Bower, Western

W

Wallflower, Western

Waterleaf, Fendler’s

Whitlow Grass, Heller’s

Widow’s Tears

Willow Baccharis

Windmills, Trailing

Woodsorrel, Violet

Woodsorrel, Yellow

Wooly Star, Miniature

Woolly-White, Biennial

Woolly-White, Fine-leaf

Woolly-White, Yellow

Wrinklefruit, Coulter’s

Y

Yellowtops, Alkali

Yellowtops, Clasping

Yucca, Great Plains

Yucca, Narrowleaf

Yucca, Soaptree

Yucca, Soapweed

Z

Zephyr-lily, Copper

Zinnia, Creeping