53 Edible Plants Native to Tucson, Arizona
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1. Fremont Cottonwood
Populus fremontii

2. Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa

3. California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica

4. Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota

5. Common Sotol
Dasylirion wheeleri

6. Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens

7. Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis

8. Lemon Beebalm
Monarda citriodora

9. Four-Wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens

10. Screwbean Mesquite
Prosopis pubescens

11. Big Saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis

12. Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus

13. Sugarberry
Celtis laevigata

14. Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus

15. California Brome
Bromus carinatus

16. Palo Verde
Parkinsonia aculeata

17. Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata

18. Murphey’s Century Plant
Agave murpheyi

19. Rocky Mountain Maple
Acer glabrum

20. Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica

21. Beardless Wildrye
Leymus triticoides

22. Anderson’s Boxthorn
Lycium andersonii

23. Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus

24. Canyon Grape
Vitis arizonica

25. Thurber’s Desert Honeysuckle
Anisacanthus thurberi

26. Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis

27. Whitethorn Acacia
Vachellia constricta

28. Chia Sage
Salvia columbariae

29. Engelmann’s Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii

30. Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus

31. Goodding’s Willow
Salix gooddingii

32. Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea

33. Berlandier’s Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri

34. Tulip Pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha

35. American Speedwell
Veronica americana

36. Missouri Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima

37. Witchgrass
Panicum capillare

38. Prairie Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris

39. Longleaf Jointfir
Ephedra trifurca

40. Cattle Saltbush
Atriplex polycarpa

41. Pale Desert-Thorn
Lycium pallidum

42. Fremont’s Desert-Thorn
Lycium fremontii

43. Muttongrass
Poa fendleriana

44. Spike Dropseed
Sporobolus contractus

45. Slender Poreleaf
Porophyllum gracile

46. Thinleaf Fourwing Saltbush
Atriplex linearis

47. Doubleclaw
Proboscidea parviflora

48. Adonis Blazingstar
Mentzelia multiflora

49. Desert Hackberry
Celtis ehrenbergiana

50. Desert Onion
Allium macropetalum

51. False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata

52. Balloon Cherry
Physalis angulata

53. Melon Loco
Apodanthera undulata

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