New Mexico native plants
New Mexico stacks Chihuahuan desert, high plains, and mountain forest by elevation, so altitude matters more than latitude. Its natives handle intense sun, alkaline soil, monsoon rain in late summer, and drought the rest of the year.
Bedfellow lists 573 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 573 in search.
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
- Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)
- Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
- Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
- Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
- Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
- Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
- Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
- Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
- Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
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- Milkweeds: monarch host plants
- Native plants for hummingbirds
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- Native plants for rain gardens
- Native groundcover plants
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