Mojave Desert Shrubs

Featured Shrubs

Creosote bush

Mojave yucca

Chaparral yucca

California juniper

Mormon tea

Yerba mansa

Yerba santa

Shrubs & Bushes List

Common Name	Scientific Name	Family
Big sage Brush	Artemisia tridentata	Sunflower
Bud Sage	Artemisia spinescens	Sunflower
Dwarf Sage	Artemisia arbusculo nova	Sunflower
White Bursage	Ambrosia dumosa	Sunflower
Woolly Fruited Bursage	Franseria eriocentra	Sunflower
Baccharis - Seep Willow	Baccharis sp.	Sunflower
Sweet Bush	Bebbia juncea aspera	Sunflower
Brickell Bush	Brickellia sp.	Sunflower
Black Banded Rabbit Bush	Chrysothamnus paniculatas	Sunflower
Golden Rabbit Bush	Chrysothamnus nauseous	Sunflower
Brittle Bush	Encelia farinosa	Sunflower
Rayless Encelia	Encelia frutescens	Sunflower
Snake Weed	Gutierrezia sp.	Sunflower
Golden Bush	Haplopappus sp.	Sunflower
Cheese Bush	Hymenoclea salsola	Sunflower
Mohave Aster	Aster abatus	Sunflower
Pygmy Cedar	Peucaphyllum schottii	Sunflower
Arrow Leaf	Hoffmeisteria pluriseta	Sunflower
Paper Flower	Psilostroph cooperi	Sunflower
Groundsel	Senecio sp.	Sunflower
Horse Brush	Tetradymia sp.	Sunflower
Golden Eye	Viguiera deltoidea	Sunflower
Four Wing Saltbush	Atriplex canescens	Goosefoot
All Scale	Atriplex polycarpa	Goosefoot
Shad Scale	Atriplex confertifolia	Goosefoot
Desert Holly	Atriplex hymenolytra	Goosefoot
Spiny Hopsage	Grayia spinosa	Goosefoot
Greasewood	Sarcobatus vermiculata	Goosefoot
Winter Fat	Eurotia lanata	Goosefoot
Mahonia - Barberry	Berberis sp.	Barberry
Desert Senna - Cassia	Cassia armata	Pea
Indigo Bush	Dalea fremontii	Pea
Ratany	Krameria sp.	Pea
Cliff Rose	Cowania mexicana	Rose
Apache Plume	Fallugia paradoxa	Rose
Antelope Bush	Purshia tridentata	Rose
Black Brush	Coleogyne ramossissima	Rose
Range Almond	Prunus fasciculata	Rose
Mormon Tea - Ephedra	Ephedra sp.	Joint Fir
Yerba Santa	Eriodictyon angustifolia	Water Leaf
California Buckwheat	Eriogonum fasciculata	Buckwheat
Heerman's Buckwheat	Eriogonum heermannii	Buckwheat
Ocotillo - Coach Whip	Fourquieria splendens	Fourquiera
Desert Olive - Forestiera	Forestiera neo mexicana	Olive
Single Leaf Ash	Fraxinus anomola	Olive
Spiny Menodora	Menodora spinescens	Olive
Silk Tassel	Garrya flavescens	Garrya
Coffee Berry - Pigeon Berry	Rhamnus californica	Buckthorn
Evergren Buckthorn	Rhamnus crocea	Buckthorn
California Lilac	Ceanothus vestita	Buckthorn
Bladder Pod	Isomeris arborea	Caper
Bush Penstamen	Penstamen microphylla	Snapdragon
Creosote Bush	Larrea tridentata	Caltrop
Desert Thorn	Lycium sp.	Potato
Jimson Weed - Datura	Datura sp.	Potato
Sandpaper Plant	Petalonyx thurberi	Loasa
Squaw Bush	Rhus trilobata	Cashew
Turpentine Broom	Thamnosma montana	Rue
Mohave Sage	Salvia mohavensis	Sage
Great Basin Blue Sage	Salvia carnosa	Sage
Rose Sage	Salvia pachyphylla	Sage
Chia	Salvia columbarie	Sage
Mohave Yucca	Yucca schidigera	Lily
Bear Grass - Nolina	Nolina sp.	Lily
Century Plant	Agave deserti	Lily