Mecca Hills
Acanthaceae (acanthus family)
 Justicia (Beloperone)
  • californica chuparosa

    Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
     Asclepias milkweed
  • albicans? white-stemmed/buggy-whip milkweed
  • subulata? rush milkweed
    Sarcostemma vining/climbing milkweed
  • hirtellum trailing townula, rambling milkweed

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
     Ambrosia (Franseria) ragweed, bursage
  • dumosa burro weed/bush, bursage
    Atrichoseris
  • platyphylla tobacco-weed, gravel ghost, parachute plant
    Bebbia
  • juncea var. aspera sweetbush
    Chaenactis pincushion
  • carphoclinia pebble pincushion
  • fremontii fremont/desert pincushion
    Encelia
  • farinosa (no vars) brittlebush, incienso
    Geraea
  • canescens desert sunflower, desertgold
    Hymenoclea
  • salsola cheeseweed, cheesebush
    Malacothrix
  • glabrata desert dandelion
    Monoptilon desert star
  • bellioides
    Palafoxia
  • arida (P. linearis) spanish needles
    Perityle
  • emoryi rock daisy
    Peucephyllum pigmy-cedar, desert fir
  • schottii
    Psathyrotes
  • ramosissima desert velvet, turtleback, turtle plant
    Rafinesquia
  • neomexicana desert chicory
    Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
  • mohavensis mohave groudsel
    Stephanomeria
  • pauciflora desert straw, wire lettuce
    Trichoptilium
  • incisum yellow heads
    Xylorhiza (Machaeranthera) desert aster
  • cognata mecca aster

    Bignoniaceae (bignonia family)
     Chilopsis
  • linearis ssp. arcuata desert-willow

    Boraginaceae (borage family)
     Amsinckia fiddleneck
  • sp.
    Cryptantha forget-me-not
  • angustifolia narrowleaf forget-me-not
  • barbigera beard forget-me-not
  • maritima
    Tiquilia (Coldenia)
  • palmeri
  • plicata

    Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
     Brassica mustard
  • sp.

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
     Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • basilaris beaver tail
  • echinocarpa (no vars) silver/golden cholla
  • ramosissima pencil/diamond cactus

    Campanulaceae (bellflower family)
     Nemacladus thread stem
  • rubescens stout/diffuse/desert thread stem

    Capparaceae (caper family)
     Isomeris bladderpod
  • arborea (no vars) (Cleome isomeris)

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
     Achyronychia
  • cooperi frostmat, onyx-flower

    Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
     Atriplex salt bush
  • hymenelytra desert holly

    Cucurbitacea (gourd family)
     Brandegea
  • bigelovii

    Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
     Chamaesyce (Euphorbia) prostrate spurge
  • sp.
    Ditaxis
  • neomexicana

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
     Acacia
  • greggii catclaw acacia, wait-a-minute bush
    Caesalpinia
  • virgata (Hoffmannseggia microphylla)
    Cercidium blue palo verde
  • floridum ssp. floridum
    Dalea (see Psorothamnus for indigo bush)
  • mollissima downy dalea
    Lotus bird's-foot trefoil
  • strigosus (no vars) (L. tomentellus) hairy lotus
    Lupinus lupine
  • arizonicus (no vars)
    Marina (Dalea)
  • parryi (Dalea p.)
    Olneya
  • tesota desert ironwood
    Prosopis mesquite
  • glandulosa honey mesquite
    Psorothamnus (Dalea)
  • emoryi dye-weed
  • schottii (no vars) indigo bush
  • spinosus smoke-tree

    Fouquieriaceae (ocotillo family)
     Fouquieria ocotillo, candlewood
  • splendens ssp. splendens

    Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
     Emmenanthe
  • penduliflora whispering bells
    Nama purple-mat
  • demissum purple mat
    Phacelia
  • campanularia canterbury bells
  • crenulata purple/desert/notch-leaf phacelia
  • distans blue/common/fern phacelia

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
     Hyptis
  • emoryi desert-lavender
    Salvia
  • columbariae chia

    Loasaceae (loasa family)
     Mentzelia blazing-star
  • albicaulis little blazing-star
  • involucrata satin/sand blazing-star
  • sp.
    Petalonyx sandpaper plant
  • thurberi

    Malvaceae (mallow family)
     Eremalche (Malvastrum)
  • rotundifolia desert fivespot
    Hibiscus rose-mallow, hibiscus
  • denudatus rock hibiscus
    Sphaeralcea globemallow
  • ambigua desert-mallow, apricot-mallow

    Nyctaginaceae (four-O'clock family)
     Abronia sand verbena
  • villosa desert sandverbena
    Allionia windmills, trailing-four-o'clock
  • incarnata
    Mirabilis four-O'clock
  • bigelovii wishbone bush

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
     Camissonia (Oenothera) sun cup
  • boothii woody bottle-washer
  • brevipes yellow cups
  • californica false mustard, mustard evening-primrose
  • cardiophylla
  • claviformis brown-eyed primrose

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
     Eschscholzia
  • minutiflora (no vars) little gold poppy
  • parishii desert poppy

    Plantaginaceae (plantain family)
     Plantago plantain
  • ovata (P. insularis) woolly plantain
  • sp.

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
     Eriastrum
  • diffusum miniture woolly stars
    Gilia
  • latifolia big-leaf gilia
  • sp.
    Langloisia
  • setosissima ssp. setosissima bristly langlosia
    Loeseliastrum (Langloisia)
  • schottii little sunbonnets

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
     Chorizanthe spineflower
  • brevicornu bristle spineflower
  • corrugata
  • rigida rigid spineflower, spiny-herb
    Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • deflexum flat-topped/skeleton buckwheat
  • inflatum desert trumpet
  • pusillum? yellow turban

    Portulacaceae (purslane family)
     Calandrinia
  • ambigua deadman's fingers
    Calyptridium pussy paws
  • monandrum sand-cress

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
     Mimulus monkeyflower
  • bigelovii desert monkeyflower
    Mohavea
  • confertiflora ghost flower

    Solanaceae (nightshade family)
     Datura thorn-apple, jimson-weed
  • discolor desert thornapple
  • wrightii (D. meteloides) western jimsonweed
    Nicotiana tobacco
  • obtusifolia (N. trigonophylla) desert tobacco
    Physalis ground cherry
  • crassifolia (no vars) (inc. P. greenei)

    Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
     Phoradendron mistletoe
  • californicum mesquite/desert mistletoe

    Zygophyllaceae (caltrop family)
     Fagonia
  • laevis
  • pachyacantha?
    Larrea creosote bush
  • tridentata (L. divaricata)

    number of families = 30
    number of genera = 77
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 103