Sonchus asper Sunflower Family

PRICKLY SOWTHISTLE

Suggestions for Additional Reading

Armstrong, Margaret, Field Book of Western Wild Flowers, C. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1915.

Benson, Lyman, The Cacti of Arizona, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1950.

Benson, Lyman, and Darrow, Robert, The Trees and Shrubs of the Southwestern Deserts, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, N.M., 1954.

Dodge, Natt, Flowers of the Southwest Deserts, Southwestern Monuments Association, Globe, Arizona, 1951.

Hornaday, W. T., Camp-fires on Desert and Lava, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1909.

Jaeger, Edmund C., Desert Wild Flowers, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1956.

Jaeger, Edmund C., The North American Deserts, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1957.

Lemmon, Robert S., and Johnson, Charles C., Wildflowers of North America in Full Color, Hanover House, Garden City, N.Y., 1961.

Leopold, A. Starker, The Desert, (Life Nature Library) Time Inc., New York, 1961.

McDougall, W. B., and Sperry, Omer E., Plants of Big Bend National Park, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1951.

Shreve, Forrest, and Wiggins, Ira L., Vegetation and Flora of the Sonora Desert, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 591, Vol. 1, Washington, D.C., 1951.

Vines, Robert A., Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of the Southwest, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1960.

Index

A
Adonis lupine Lupinus excubitus [34]
Agave Agave scabra [14]
Arizona-poppy Kallstroemia grandiflora [41]
B
Barrel cactus Ferocactus wislizenii [53]
Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris [55]
Bird-of-paradise-flower Caesalpinia gilliesii [32]
Bladderpod Lesquerella gordonii [24]
Blue palo-verde Cercidium floridum [31]
Brittle-bush Encelia farinosa [87]
Broom baccharis Baccharis sarothroides [85]
Buffalobur Solanum rostratum [68]
C
Canaigre Rumex hymenosepalus [17]
Catclaw-acacia Acacia greggii [27]
Ceniza Leucophyllum frutescens [72]
Chaenactis Chaenactis fremontii [94]
Claretcup echinocereus Echinocereus triglochidiatus [49]
Common reed Phragmites communis [2]
Coyote-melon Cacurbita palmata [80]
Creosotebush Larrea tridentata [40]
Crown-beard Verbesina encelioides [89]
D
Dalea Dalea fremontii [36]
Desert baileya Baileya multiradiata [92]
Desert beardtongue Penstemon pseudospectabilis [73]
Desert dandelion Malacothryx glabrata [97]
Desertlily Hesperocallis undulata [4]
Desert-mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua [42]
Desert mariposa Calochortus kennedyi [7]
Desertstar Monoptilon bellioides [82]
Desert-willow Chilopsis linearis [77]
Desert zinnia Zinnia pumila [86]
Douglas coreopsis Coreopsis douglasii [90]
Douglas groundsel Senecio douglasii [95]
E
Engelmann pricklypear Opuntia engelmannii [56]
Evening-primrose Oenothera brevipes [22]
Evening-primrose Oenothera trichocalyx [61]
F
False-mesquite Calliandra eriophylla [26]
Field bind-weed Convolvulus arvensis [63]
Fishhook cactus Mammillaria microcarpa [54]
Five-stamen tamarisk Tamarix pentandra [43]
Fleabane Erigeron divergens [84]
G
Giant yucca Yucca carnerosana [11]
Golden mariposa Calochortus nuttalii aureus [6]
Goldfields Baeria chrysostoma [93]
H
Heron-bill Erodium cicutarium [39]
Honey mesquite Prosopis juliflora [29]
J
Joshua-tree Yucca brevifolia [9]
Jumping cholla Opuntia bigelovii [57]
L
Lechuguilla Agave lechuguilla [16]
Longleaf ephedra Ephedra trifurca [1]
Louisiana broomrape Orobanche ludoviciana [79]
Lupine Lupinus sparsiflorus [33]
M
Malacothryx Malacothryx fendleri [98]
Mariposa Calochortus flexuosus [5]
Mescat-acacia Acacia constricta [28]
Mexican goldpoppy Eschscholtzia mexicana [20]
Mohave aster Aster abatus [83]
N
Nama Nama demissum [67]
New Mexico thistle Cirsium neomexicanum [96]
Night-blooming cereus Peniocereus greggii [46]
O
Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens [62]
Organpipe cactus Lemaireocereus thurberi [48]
Owl-clover Orthocarpus purpurascens [76]
P
Paintbrush Castilleja angustifolia [75]
Palmer penstemon Penstemon palmeri [74]
Paperflower Psilostrophe cooperi [91]
Parry agave Agave parryi [15]
Pencil cholla Opuntia leptocaulis [58]
Phacelia Phacelia crenulata [66]
Prairie spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis [3]
Pricklepoppy Argemone platyceras [21]
Prickly sowthistle Sonchus asper [100]
R
Rainbow echinocereus Echinocereus pectinatus [51]
Rock-nettle Eucnide urens [45]
S
Sacahuista Nolina microcarpa [12]
Sacred datura Datura meteloides [70]
Saguaro Carnegiea gigantea [47]
Sand-verbena Abronia villosa [19]
Santa Fe phlox Phlox nana [64]
Senna Cassia covesii [30]
Silverleaf enceliopsis Enceliopsis argophylla [88]
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium [69]
Smoke-thorn Dalea spinosa [35]
Snake-weed Gutierrezia lucida [81]
Soaptree yucca Yucca elata [8]
Sotol Dasylirion wheeleri [13]
Spectaclepod Dithyrea wislizenii [23]
Starflower Gilia longiflora [65]
Strawberry echinocereus Echinocereus engelmannii [50]
T
Tesota Olneya tesota [37]
Torrey yucca Yucca torreyi [10]
Trailing-four-o’clock Allionia incarnata [18]
Tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca [71]
Trumpet-bush Tecoma stans [78]
W
Walkingstick cholla Opuntia spinosior [60]
Western-wallflower Erysimum capitatum [25]
Whipple cholla Opuntia whipplei [59]
White cupfruit Calycoseris wrightii [99]
Woolly loco Astragalus mollissimus [38]
Z
Yellow mentzelia Mentzelia pumila [44]
Yellow pitaya echinocereus Echinocereus dasyacanthus [52]

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