NM Wildflowers

These are wildflowers, trees, cacti and other plants I have identified since moving here. This will be an on-going project, of course! (Click on the Common Name to see a page related to the plant.)

Since I moved to an entirely different state and climate, I'm researching the wildflowers and plants I'm finding in the Jemez corridor (La Cueva to San Ysidro).

This will be an ongoing project so if you'd like to be notified when I update the page, send me an e-mail and I'll put you on my list!

I intend to take my own pictures eventually, but right now I do not have a camera that will allow me to take close-ups. However, I've already asked Santa for a digital camera for Christmas, so keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

In the meantime, I've provided links to pictures of the plants that I've found on the Web.

Common Name	AKA	*Botanical Name*	Family	Type	Additional Links
Blanket Flower	Indian blanket, Firewheel	Gaillardia aristata	Asteraceae	Annual	1 - 2
Buffalo (Coyote) Gourd	Calabazilla, stinking gourd, fetid gourd, Missouri gourd, wild pumpkin, calabacilla loca	Cucurbita foetidissima	Gourd	Vine	1
Cholla (not IDed yet)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Claret Cup Cactus	UK	Echinocereus triglochidiatus	Cactacae	Cactus	N/A
Desert Globemallow	Apricot globe mallow, sore-eye poppy, globemallow, desert hollyhock, mal de ojo, plantas muy malas (very bad plants)	Sphaeralcea ambigua	Mallow	Annual	Good pics here
Desert Paintbrush	UK	Castilleja chromosa	UK	Annual	N/A
Field Bindweed	Wild morning glory, possession vine, creeping Jenny	Convolvulus arvensis	Morning Glory	Annual	N/A
Four-Wing Saltbush	UK	Atriplex canescens	Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot) )	Perennial shrub	Picture of bush 4 pics here
Horehound	UK	Marrubium vulgare	Mint	Perennial - evergreen	N/A
Horsetail Reed	UK	Equisetum spp	UK	Perennial - bog	---
Kinnikinnick	Uva-Ursi, Bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	---	---	---
Mullein, Common	Flannel or wooly mullein, blanketweed, velvet plant, flannel-leaf, candlewick	Verbascum thapsus	Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon/ Figwort)	Biennial	Flower detail Flower spike
Pinon Tree	UK	N/A	N/A	Tree	N/A
Poison Milkweed B&W Illustration	Western Whorled Milkweed, Horsetail Milkweed	Asclepias subverticillata	Asclepiadaceae	To 4'
Prairie Smoke	Purple avens, Old Man's Whiskers, Grandfather's Beard, Johnny Smokers	Geum triflorum	Rose Family (Rosaceae)	Perennial - shrub	N/A
Prickly Pear (variety U/K)	UK	Opuntia var	Cactaceae	Cacti	N/A
Puncture Vine	Goathead, puncture weed, ground bur-nut, torrito, bull-head, tackweed	Tribulus terrestris	Caltrop	Annual - WEED!!!	Close-up of plant & flower 3 pics here
Purslane, Common	Pursley, wild portulaca	Portulaca oleracea	Portulaca	Annual	N/A
Rattlesnake Weed	White-margin spurge	Euphorbia albomarginata	Spurge (Euphorbia)	Annual	N/A
Rayless Gumweed	Mountain gumplant, Yerba del Buey	Grindelia aphanactis	Compositae (Sunflower family)	Annual	N/A
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant	Stinking clover, skunkweed, bee spiderflower, pink cleome	Cleome serrulata	Cleome	Annual	Nice pics here
Scarlet Gaura	Scarlet beeblossom, plains guara, butterfly weed, waving butterfly	Gaura coccinea	Evening Primrose	Annual	N/A
Silverleaf Nightshade	White (or silver) horse nettle, bull nettle, desert nightshade, trompillo	Solanum elaeagnifolium	Nightshade/Potato	Perennial - invasive	Closer view of plant Good pics here
Spectacle Pod	UK	Dithyrea wislizeni	Mustard	Annual	3 pics on this page
Star Solomon's Seal	UK	Smilacina stellata	Lily	Perennial	N/A
Sweet Pea	perennial peavine; perennial sweet pea; broad-leaved everlasting pea	Lathyrus latifolius	N/A	Annual - vine	N/A
Tamarack/ Tamarisk	Chinese Tamarisk	Tamarix chinensis Loureiro	Tamaricaceae	Tree	5 pics here
Yarrow (white)	UK	Achillea millefolium	Asteraceae	Perennial	Nice pics here
Yellow Salsify	Meadow salsify, moonflower, yellow goatsbeard, goat dandelion	Tragopogon dubius	Sunflower	Annual	N/A
Yerba Mansa	None	Anemopsis californica	Lizard Tail - Sauruceae	Perennial - bog	1 2 - pic in alkali see habitat (here) 3 - a FIELD of them!