A Abronia 96 Acacia 28, 33 Acknowledgement 8 Agave 19, 21, 22, 61 Ajamente 105 Ajo 13 Alfilaria 80 Algerita 43 Allionia 67 Allthorn 106 Amole 19 Amsinckia 46 Amaryllis family 61 Aplopappus 55 Apricot-mallow 68 Arizona Desert 5 Arizona-poppy 38, 39 Argemone 12 Arundo 24 Arrowweed 17, 88 Artemisia 4 Asclepias 105 Ashplant 79 Aster 17, 82 Astragalus 86
B Baccharis 25 Baeria 50 Balleya 54 Barberry 43 Barberry family 43 Barrel cactus 60 Barometerbush 79 Basketgrass 20 Bead-pod 44 Beardtongue 83 Beargrass 20, 22 Beavertail cactus 59, 60 Bedstraw milkweed 105 Bellflower family 16 Berberis 43 Bignonia family 73 Bird-of-paradise flower 58 Bisnaga 60 Bisnagre 60 Bladderpod 44, 96 Bluebonnet 84 Bluedicks 98 BLUE flowers 98-102 Blue paloverde 36 Boerhaavia 92 Borage family 46 Box family 104 Brickellbush 31 Brickellia 31 Brigham-tea 34 Brittlebush 53 Broadleaf yucca 19 Broom baccharis 25 Broomrape 85 Broomrape family 85 Buckhorn cholla 94 Buckwheat family 70, 103 Buffalo-bur 87 Buffalo gourd 44 Bullhead 38 Bullnettle 87 Bullthistle 95 Burnut 38 Burrobrush 17, 40 Burrobush 40, 65 Burroweed 107 Burroweed strangler 85 Bur-sage 40, 85, 107 Button cactus 75
C Cactus family 9, 10, 26, 59, 60, 74, 75, 94, 97 Caesalpinia 58 Calabazilla 44 Caliandra, 69 Calico cactus 97 California Desert 6 California-poppy 63 Calochortus 62 Calycoseris 30 Caltrop 39 Caltrop family 38, 39, 40 Camphor-weed 35 Canaigre 103 Cancer-root 85 Canatilla 34 Candelilla 34 Candlewood 66 Canotia 107 Caper family 37, 41 Cane cactus 94 Carnegiea 9 Carrizo 24 Cassia 57 Catclaw 28, 33 Cat’s-claw 33 Ceniza 79 Century plant 22, 61, 62 Cercidium 36 Carnegiea 6, 9 Cheesewood 65 Chia 100 Chicolote 12 Chihuahuan Desert 5 Chili Coyote 44 Chilopsis 73 Chinese pusley 88 Cholla 26, 94 Christmas cholla 26 Cirsium 95 Clammyweed 37 Clematis 23 Cleome 37 Coachwhip 66 Coffeeberry 104 Colorado-Mohave Desert 6 Common reed 24 Compass cactus 60 Convolvulus family 17, 99 COPPERY flower 64 Copra-de-oro 63 Corkseed cactus 75 Corona-de-Cristo 106 Cottonwood 28 Covena 98 Coyote-melon 44 CREAM-colored flowers 19-25 Creosotebush 17, 38, 39, 40, 91 Crowfoot family 23, 101 Crownbeard 54 Crown-of-thorns 106 Crucifixion-thorn 106 Curcurbita 44 Cuscuta 17