Desert tobacco Nicotiana obtusifolia Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]

Elephant tree Bursera microphylla Burseraceae

Fosberg's cholla Cylindropuntia fosbergii Cactaceae [Named for Francis Raymond Fosberg, 1908-1993]

Jumping cholla, Teddy bear cholla Cylindropuntia bigelovii Cactaceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]

Gander's cholla Cylindropuntia ganderi Cactaceae [Named for Frank Forest Gander, 1899-1976]

Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Fabaceae

Fremont's thornbush Lycium fremontii Solanaceae [Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]

Newberry's velvet mallow Horsfordia newberryi Malvaceae [Named for Frederick Hinsdale Horsford, 1855-1923]

Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens Fouquieriaceae [Named for Pierre Éloi Fouquier, 1776-1850]

Narrow-leaf ditaxis Ditaxis lanceolata Euphorbiaceae

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