New Mexico

Native plants in Las Cruces

38 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

2 of them need no watering beyond Las Cruces’s own rainfall

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Trees5

Canopy and structure

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

Yellow Bells

Tecoma stans 'Yellow Bells'

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Dagger

Yucca treculeana

Mcfetters Alligator Juniper

Juniperus deppeana 'Mcfetters'

Shrubs16

Backbone planting

Autumn Amber Prostrate Three-leaf Sumac

Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'

Bubba Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis 'Bubba'

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Photo: Dmitry Trutsko · CC BY 4.0

Yellow Bells

Tecoma stans 'Yellow Bells'

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Damianita

Chrysactinia mexicana

Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Banana Yucca

Yucca baccata

Photo: Alex Abair · CC BY 4.0

Texas Nolina

Nolina texana

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Spanish Dagger

Yucca treculeana

Kathy Echols Glade Mallow

Sphaeralcea incana 'Kathy Echols'

No watering needed

Green Sotol

Dasylirion leiophyllum

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Alpine Texas Climbing Cactus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus 'Alpine TX Form'

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Mcfetters Alligator Juniper

Juniperus deppeana 'Mcfetters'

Grasses6

Movement and texture

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0

Honeycomb Blue Grama Grass

Bouteloua gracilis 'Honeycomb'

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Photo: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0

Deergrass

Muhlenbergia rigens

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 1.0

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Photo: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0

Alkali Sacaton

Sporobolus airoides

Photo: Steve Matson · CC BY 4.0

Perennials15

Seasonal colour

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Photo: klicklo · CC BY 4.0

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Silver Falls Dichondra

Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'

Pink Evening Primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0

Mexican Hat Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida columnifera 'pulcherrima'

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Golden Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha

Photo: Tom Kennedy · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Banana Yucca

Yucca baccata

Photo: Alex Abair · CC BY 4.0

Chocolate Flower

Berlandiera lyrata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Kathy Echols Glade Mallow

Sphaeralcea incana 'Kathy Echols'

No watering needed

Sacred Datura

Datura wrightii

Photo: Rachel Smith · CC0 1.0

Texas Betony

Stachys coccinea

Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz · CC BY 4.0

Golden Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Photo: Center for Urban Ecology · CC0 1.0

Golden Corydalis

Corydalis aurea

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 1.0

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Sinuate Fern

Astrolepis sinuata

Photo: Russell Pfau · CC BY 4.0

Succulents10

Dry and architectural

Bed of Nails Agave

Agave parryi 'Bed of Nails'

Desert Spoon

Dasylirion wheeleri

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Soapweed Yucca

Yucca glauca

Photo: Emily Geest · CC BY 4.0

Soaptree Yucca

Yucca elata

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Banana Yucca

Yucca baccata

Photo: Alex Abair · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Dagger

Yucca faxoniana

Photo: johnyochum · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Dagger

Yucca treculeana

Green Sotol

Dasylirion leiophyllum

Photo: CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0

Alpine Texas Climbing Cactus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus 'Alpine TX Form'

Lechuguilla Agave

Agave lechuguilla

No watering needed Photo: Favian Flores Medina · CC BY 4.0

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