New Mexico Wild Plants Companion

Draba helleriana

Draba helleriana Twistpod DrabaHeller’s Draba Note: seed pods are twisted; compare with Draba aurea

Draba aurea

Draba aurea Golden Draba Note: forest habitats; flat seed pods, not twisted; compare with Draba helleriana

Corydalis aurea

Corydalis aurea Golden SmokeScrambled Eggs

Baileya multiradiata

Baileya multiradiata Desert Marigold

September 13, 2025

Artemisia franserioides

Artemisia franserioides Ragweed Sage Note: mountain habitats

September 11, 2025

Artemisia dracunculus

Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon Note: close resemblance: Field Sagewort, Artemisia campestris

Artemisia carruthii

Artemisia carruthii Carruth’s Sagewort

Plantago patagonica

Plantago patagonicaWoolly PlantainIndian-wheat

Plantago major

Plantago major Broadleaf Plantain

Frasera speciosa

Frasera speciosa Monument PlantGreen Gentian Note: flowers whitish with blue flecks

Chilopsis linearis

Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow Note: shrub-like small tree found in arroyo habitats in central and southern NM

Tetradymia canescens

Tetradymia canescens Spineless HorsebrushGray Horsebrush

August 20, 2025

Penstemon whippleanus

Penstemon whippleanus Dusky PenstemonWhipple’s Penstemon Note: forest habitats

August 18, 2025

Persicaria maculosa

Persicaria maculosa Spotted Lady’s Thumb Note: moist or wet habitats; often shows a dark smudge on leaves; similar plant, Persicaria pensylvanica

August 17, 2025

Convolvulus equitans

Convolvulus equitans Texas Bindweed

August 17, 2025

Swertia perennis

Swertia perennis Star Gentian

August 16, 2025

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Sticky Rabbitbrush Note: rangeland habitat, northwest NM; slightly twisted, curling leaves are distinctive

August 16, 2025

Eriogonum arcuatum

Eriogonum arcuatum Baker’s BuckwheatCurved Buckwheat Note: also identified as Eriogonum bakeri and E. jamesii var. flavescens; compare with Eriogonum wootonii

August 16, 2025

Sphaeralcea leptophylla

Sphaeralcea leptophylla Scaly GlobemallowSlender-leaf Globemallow

August 15, 2025

Sphaeralcea hastulata

Sphaeralcea hastulata Spear Globemallow

August 15, 2025

Sphaeralcea angustifolia

Sphaeralcea angustifoliaCopper GlobemallowNarrow-leaf Globemallow Note: often orange, but flower color varies

August 15, 2025

Menodora scabra

Menodora scabra Rough Menodora Note: look for little paired fruits called “frog eyes”

July 11, 2025

Toxicodendron rydbergii

Toxicodendron rydbergii Poison Ivy

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius Round-leaf Snowberry Note: Dry, rocky slope habitats; other Symphoricarpos species in mountain habitats

Petrophytum caespitosum

Petrophytum caespitosum Rocky Mountain RockmatTufted Rockmat Note: limestone ledges and slopes habitat

Penstemon crandallii Crandall’s Penstemon Note: nw.NM; compare with the similar-looking growth habit possible in some Toadflax Penstemon: “P. crandallii grows in spreading mats just a few inches tall with flowering stems sprawling along the ground; P. linarioides grows upright to eight inches tall… and its flowers are at the tip of upright stems. P. crandallii…