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  • Hypopitys monotropa

    Hypopitys monotropa

    Hypopitys monotropaPinesap Note: forest habitat; low-growing; lacking chlorophyl, Pinesap is parasitic on fungi which obtain nutrients from pinetrees

    January 6, 2026
  • Mirabilis coccinea

    Mirabilis coccinea

    Mirabilis coccineaScarlet Four O’clock

    January 3, 2026
  • Nyctaginia capitata

    Nyctaginia capitata

    Nyctaginia capitataDevil’s Bouquet Note: reported in Carlsbad area, southeast NM locale

    January 3, 2026
  • Portulaca suffrutescens

    Portulaca suffrutescens

    Portulaca suffrutescensShrubby Purslane

    January 3, 2026
  • Macroptilium gibbosifolium

    Macroptilium gibbosifolium

    Macroptilium gibbosifoliumVariable-leaf BushbeanOrange Stringbean

    January 3, 2026
  • Artemisia ludoviciana

    Artemisia ludoviciana

    Artemisia ludovicianaLouisiana SageWhite Sage

    January 3, 2026
  • Nerisyrenia linearifolia

    Nerisyrenia linearifolia

    Nerisyrenia linearifoliaWhite Sands Fan-mustard

    January 1, 2026
  • Nerisyrenia camporum

    Nerisyrenia camporum

    Nerisyrenia camporumBi-color Fan-mustard Note: white petals fade to lavender

    January 1, 2026
  • Lygodesmia juncea

    Lygodesmia juncea

    Lygodesmia junceaRush Skeleton-plant

    January 1, 2026
  • Stephanomeria thurberi

    Stephanomeria thurberi

    Stephanomeria thurberiThurber’s Wire-lettuce Note: pinnately lobed basal leaf rosettes; flowers can be white, pink or purple; compare with Brown-plume Wire Lettuce Stephanomeria pauciflora

    December 19, 2025
  • Stephanomeria pauciflora

    Stephanomeria pauciflora

    Stephanomeria paucifloraSkeleton-plantBrown-plume Wire-lettuce Note: compare with Thurber’s Wire Lettuce Stephanomeria thurberi which has lobed basal leaves

    December 19, 2025
  • Primula rusbyi

    Primula rusbyi

    Primula rusbyiRusby’s Primrose Note: basal leaf edges have small teeth

    December 19, 2025
  • Primula parryi

    Primula parryi

    Primula parryiParry’s Primrose Note:  northern mountain habitats, especially in moist or snowmelt areas; leaf edges not toothed

    December 19, 2025
  • Lygodesmia texana

    Lygodesmia texana

    Lygodesmia texanaTexas Skeleton-plant Note: Carlsbad area, southeast New Mexico

    December 19, 2025
  • Lathyrus eucosmus

    Lathyrus eucosmus

    Lathyrus eucosmusBush PeavineBush Vetchling

    December 19, 2025
  • Hedeoma nana

    Hedeoma nana

    Hedeoma nanaDwarf False Pennyroyal Note:  often forming loose to dense bunches; teeth on calyx do not converge but separate in different directions

    December 19, 2025
  • Hedeoma drummondii

    Hedeoma drummondii

    Hedeoma drummondiiDrummond’s False Pennyroyal Note: teeth on hairy calyxes converge when in fruit; compare with Hedeoma nana

    December 19, 2025
  • Ipomoea purpurea

    Ipomoea purpurea

    Ipomoea purpureaCommon Morning Glory

    December 19, 2025
  • Ipomoea pubescens

    Ipomoea pubescens

    Ipomoea pubescensSilky Morning Glory Note: southern NM habitats

    December 19, 2025
  • Ipomoea plummerae

    Ipomoea plummerae

    Ipomoea plummeraeHuachuca Mountain Morning GloryPlummer’s Morning Glory

    December 19, 2025
  • Ipomoea costellata

    Ipomoea costellata

    Ipomoea costellataCrest-rib Morning Glory

    December 19, 2025
  • Evolvulus nuttallianus

    Evolvulus nuttallianus

    Evolvulus nuttallianusShaggy Dwarf Morning Glory

    December 19, 2025
  • Cirsium vulgare

    Cirsium vulgare

    Cirsium vulgareBull Thistle

    December 18, 2025
  • Cirsium undulatum

    Cirsium undulatum

    Cirsium undulatumWavy-leaf Thistle Note: stubby spines on phyllaries shorter than similar Cirsium ochocentrum

    December 17, 2025
  • Cirsium ochrocentrum

    Cirsium ochrocentrum

    Cirsium ochrocentrumYellow-spine Thistle Note: compare with similar Wavy-leaf Thistle Cirsium undulatum which has shorter spines on phyllaries

    December 17, 2025
  • Cirsium nutans

    Cirsium nutans

    Cirsium nutansMusk Thistle

    December 17, 2025
  • Cirsium neomexicanum

    Cirsium neomexicanum

    Cirsium neomexicanumNew Mexico Thistle Note: gray-green leaves; earlier blooming than other Thistles

    December 17, 2025
  • Cirsium arvense

    Cirsium arvense

    Cirsium arvenseCanada ThistleCreeping Thistle

    December 17, 2025
  • Goodyera repens

    Goodyera repens

    Goodyera repensDwarf Rattlesnake Plantain Note: shady, moist woodland habitat; a similar related species Goodyera oblongifolia in higher elevations; tiny whitish flowers sometimes not observed but basal leaves distinctive

    December 13, 2025
  • Iliamna grandiflora

    Iliamna grandiflora

    Iliamna grandifloraWild Hollyhock Note: uncommon, but not considered rare; occurs in small scattered montane populations; tall stems with very large flowers

    December 13, 2025
  • Sphaeralcea polychroma

    Sphaeralcea polychroma

    Sphaeralcea polychromaMany-colored GlobemallowHot Springs Globemallow Note: mostly occurring in southern Rio Grande Valley; flower may appear in one of several colors

    December 13, 2025
  • Lathyrus graminifolius

    Lathyrus graminifolius

    Lathyrus graminifoliusGrass-leaf PeavineGrass-leaf Vetchling

    December 13, 2025
  • Oxytropis lambertii

    Oxytropis lambertii

    Oxytropis lambertiiPurple Locoweed

    December 12, 2025
  • Centaurea stoebe

    Centaurea stoebe

    Centaurea stoebeSpotted Knapweed Note: branched stems; leaves deeply lobed into narrow segments; phyllaries fringed with cobwebby hairs; compare with Russian Knapweed Rhaponticum repens which has similar-looking pink or purple flowerheads

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus nuttallianus

    Astragalus nuttallianus

    Astragalus nuttallianusNuttall’s Milkvetch

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus mollissimus

    Astragalus mollissimus

    Astragalus mollissimusWoolly LocoweedWoolly Milkweed

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus missouriensis

    Astragalus missouriensis

    Astragalus missouriensisMissouri Milkvetch

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus lentiginosus

    Astragalus lentiginosus

    Astragalus lentiginosusFreckled Milkvetch

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus flexuosus

    Astragalus flexuosus

    Astragalus flexuosusFlexile Milkvetch

    December 12, 2025
  • Astragalus ceramicus

    Astragalus ceramicus

    Astragalus ceramicusPainted Milkvetch

    December 12, 2025
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