Desert Lavendar
Hyptis emoryi
Texas Betony
Stachys coccinea
Large shrubs with pale lavender flowers common along desert washes and canyons in the Sonoran Desert. Detailed Description
Perennial herbs with scarlet red flowers. Found at localized wet places in the Sonoran Desert. Detailed Description
Bladder Sage
Salazaria mexicana
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Medium shrubs with vivid purple and white flowers. Fruit is contained inside an enlarged papery sac. Found along desert washes in the western portions of the Sonoran Desert. Detailed Description
Spring annual with vivid blue-purple flowers on a distinctive tiered stem. Common especially in sandy soils across the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts. Detailed Description
Mexican Skullcap
Scutellaria potosina
Horehound
Marrubium vulgare
Mostly herbaceous plant about a meter tall with deep purple flowers. Calyx has green cap-like appendage. Eastern portions of the Sonoran Desert at higher elevations. Detailed Description
Textured leaves emit horehound flavor. Found mostly in partial shade in disturbed areas along riparian streams. Small white flowers. Detailed Description
Henbit
Lamium amplexicaule
Small mint with lavender flowers. Fan-shaped sculptured leaf. Detailed Description