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Zinnia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain zinnia and plains zinnia. [2] It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) [3] and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Zacatecas).
It includes flora taxa that are native to New Mexico. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "New Mexico" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
Rafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.Common names include desert chicory, [2] plumeseed, or New Mexico plumeseed. [1] [3] It has white showy flowers, milky sap, and weak, zigzag stems, that may grow up through other shrubs for support. [2]
Penstemon ambiguus var. ambiguus grows in dunes, sandy areas of the plains, and sandsage shrublands. It is recorded by POWO and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database (PLANTS) as growing from eastern Colorado and western Kansas south to the Oklahoma panhandle, in two counties of New Mexico, and Texas. [19]
The yucca flower is the state flower of New Mexico in the southwest United States. No species name is given in the citation; however, the New Mexico Centennial Blue Book from 2012 references the soaptree yucca ( Yucca elata ) as one of the more widespread species in New Mexico.
Opuntia polyacantha is a common species of cactus known by the common names plains pricklypear, [3] [4] starvation pricklypear, [5] hairspine cactus, [3] and panhandle pricklypear. [2] It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Western Canada , the Great Plains , the central and Western United States , and Chihuahua in northern ...
Big sagebrush is a coarse, many-branched, pale-grey shrub with yellow flowers and silvery-grey foliage, which is generally 0.5–3 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –10 feet) tall. [3] A deep taproot 1–4 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 ft) in length, coupled with laterally spreading roots near the surface, allows sagebrush to gather water from both surface precipitation and the water table several meters beneath.
Prairie coneflower is valued by gardeners for xeriscaping and native plant gardens for its color and rich fragrance. Grown in garden settings plants are often biennial, growing the first year and dying after blooming in the second year. [12] The prairie coneflower requires dry to medium soil moisture and rarely has serious disease or pest problems.