Sierra Vista Area Plant List
Botanical Name | Common Name | Size | Water Use | Sun Exposure | Native Plant? | Evergreen? | Remarks |
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Eriogonum wrightii | Wright's Buckwheat | 18" H 24" W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial - Flammable - Tiny white or pink flowers appear in clusters midsummer through fall |
Dasylirion quadrangulatum | Mexican Grass Tree | 10-16'H & 9' W | None to little | Full sun, Partial shade | No | Yes |
Shrub - Marginal - Green leaves in fountainlike clump |
Asclepias spp. | Milkweeds | See remarks | None to little | Full sun, Partial shade | No | Yes |
Perennials or vines - Some - Toxic, all parts of many Asclepias species are poisonous if ingested - Height and width vary by species |
Agave utahensis | Agave Utah | 1'H 2'W | None to little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Succulent - This species highly variable in form, size, and color - Often forms large clumps |
Nolina microcarpa | Bear Grass | 3'H 6'W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Perennial, but looks like a tall grass - Strong vertical silhouette - Good for dry landscapes - Handle carefully as it may cut your hand |
Digitaria californica | Arizona Cottontop | 2'H 1'W | None to little | Full sun | Yes | No |
Warm season grass - Lovely silvery seedheads |
Yucca rostrata | Beaked Yucca | 12' H 9' W | None to little | Full sun | No | Yes |
Succulent - Treelike - Trunk covered with soft gray fuzz - Showy spikes of creamy white flowers |
Agave victoriae reginae | Agave Victoria | Clumps 1' W | None to little | Full sun, Partial shade | No | Yes |
Succulent - Slow growing, can stand in ground or pot 20 years before flowering, and then die |
Ferocactus wislizenii | Fishhook Barrel Cactus | 10' H 3' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Cactus - Yellow or yellow-edged flowers in fall - Hooked spines like fishhooks |
Yucca elata | Soaptree Yucca | 6-20'H 8-10'W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Succulent tree or shrub - Flame resistant - Slow grower - 2' flowers on 3' Annual spikes - Very common in grasslands |
Opuntia leptocaulis | Desert Christmas Cactus | 2 - 3' H & W | None | Full sun | No | Yes |
Cactus - Thin stems with bright red fruit |
Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret Cup | 6"H | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Cactus - One of nearly 50 hedgehogs - Showy red flowers - Forms clumps |
EchinoCactus grusonii | Golden Barrel Cactus | 3' H 2' W | None | Full sun, Partial shade | No | Yes |
Cactus - Marginal - Best known barrel - Combines well with other cacti and Succulents |
Echinocereus pectinatus varieties | Arizona or Texas Rainbow Hedgehog | 1' H | None | Full sun, Partial shade | Yes | Yes |
Some Cactus - Alternating reddish and pale yellow horizontal bands on stem |
Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume | 4-6' H 5' W | None | Full sun | Yes | Yes |
Shrub - Pruning usually not needed - Seed heads are feathery pink, like an Apache headdrress |