Talk:List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name

Single Plant finds: Yuma County, Arizona/--California-(LCRV)

Of note again: the LCRV: the Lower Colorado River Valley
When this list was initiated, it was the follow–on to the Birds in the LCRV, Yuma County specifically.

A small group of plants were only found as one specimen. In fact, one specimen, the Starthistle was subsequently, plowed under by a grader. A List of Single Finds:

1. Desert senna—1 plant-(Foothills on s. of Kofa Mountains)
2. Yellow starthistle—Yellow starthistle--Centaurea solstitialis--{Probably from California)-{Graded over-roadside/ pond environs)
3. Bluestem Prickle Poppy—1 Plant-(Now going into 2nd or 3rd year)
   1.2 meters, 4-6 stalks, 10-13 flowers-(at Full Bloom/Apr/May-2007)-(the Cowboy Fried Egg)-{Argemone pleiacantha)
4. Isocoma—the Isocoma pluriflora-1 Large plant, and 1 minor plant (separate, but equal locales)--{Annual-(?)-Seeds dispersed over winter winds)-{not yet on list)-(Genus recently made in Wikipedia)-3 Isocomas in Arizona(?)-(Sonoran Desert)?
5. Desert Blazing Star—a Stickleaf-1 Plant-(Annual, now gone)-(Mentzelia pumila)

Starting some of the talk: with a List, etc (individual species discussions)-- ....A-SonoranDesertGuy- -Mmcannis 03:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Specific genus/ species

Just starting for: Trixis, Arizona Centaury, and Smoke Tree...A-SonoranDesertGuy- -Mmcannis 03:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Trixis genus

A common plant in the washes, -(mostly minor tributary washes), is a subshrub up to 1.5 meters, appearing like goldenrod, but as a woody bush. Assumed to be a Trixis species.

Arizona Centaury

The Arizona Centaury, -(Centaurium calycosum), --though no rains since 8 mos. (late summer- Aug/Sep 2006), the Arizona Centaury adjacent to the wet marshes at the Colorado River are in bloom: Late May, and June. They bloom all summer, till our "Fall".

Smoke Tree--Dalea spinosa-(Smokethorn)

The Smoke Tree is in bloom: very late May, June 2007. ....Apparently requires an extended dry, yet mild spell. (8 months dry, but mild, or some below normal temperatures. (The 10-day winter freeze of January, 2007, may have been the trigger.(?)) -- ...A-SonoranDesertGuy- -Mmcannis 03:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Psorothamnus spinosus
An update for January/2008...the term "Smoke Tree" has many uses. This species, correctly pictured in wikipedia is the commonname (a ReDirect: "Smokethorn"), which maybe can be refined by anybody more knowledgeable. It is quite prevalent in eastern or northeastern Yuma County, Arizona, in lower elevation washes, (up to 200-500 ft (?) above sea level. It is Psorothamnus spinosus. Memyself/andEye...(DesertFellow)-Yuma...Mmcannis (talk) 11:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Layout

This is really difficult to read. Can you make a table of common names, with the scientific name wikilinked in the next column, and sortable so that readers can sort by common or scientific name?

And why aren't the plants wikilinked? --Kleopatra (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I'll attempt to do both, but in stages. Give me 30 days to see if I can get this started. (I'll try to incorporate it, or start it with a local arboretum Article, (which I have NOT started), but contains many (some) of these Sonoran Desert local species---(maybe 30 species?? or so).... (from the HOT-SonoranDesert, (southwest ArizonaUSA).... --Mmcannis (talk) 11:33, 31 January 2011 (UTC)