Included on this page are some genera often placed within
Agavaceae or in Amaryllidaceae. Recent DNA evidence provides support for dividing the traditional family into numerous smaller families, although I have left the old classification stand for the present.
Agave x arizonica. ARIZONA AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Probably originated as a hybrid between Agave chrysantha and A. toumeyana var. bella. Far southern Yavapai County, northern Gila County [ARPC].
Agave delamateri. RICK'S AGAVE. TONTO BASIN AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Eastern Yavapai County, western Gila County; including Tonto Basin, Sierra Ancha, Mazatzal Mountains, Theodore Roosevelt Lake, and Verde River; at elevations 2350-5100 feet [ARPC].
Agave deserti. DESERT AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Reported in southern Mohave and western Yavapai, and on the north side of Grand Canyon in Coconino County, at 750-3500 feet [McD].
Agave murpheyi. HOHOKAM AGAVE. MURPHEY'S CENTURY PLANT. Succulent subshrub. Southern Yavapai County, western Gila County; 1350-2950 feet [ARPC].
Agave parryi. PARRY'S AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Found in Yavapai and Coconino counties, 4500-8000 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon: observed in upper Deer Creek, ca. 5000 feet (Coconino County) [PP&B]. Noted as low as 4400 feet elevation in Verde Valley east of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County [LD].
Agave sp. DEER CREEK AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Undescribed entity known from only four sites within Grand Canyon National Park, associated with pre-Columbian archaeological features and perhaps cultivated by Native Americans; 2300-2900 feet [ARPC].
Agave utahensis. UTAH AGAVE. Succulent subshrub. Found in Mohave and Coconino counties, 3000-7500 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon National Park, 1200-7200 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].
Allium acuminatum. TAPERTIP ONION. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 2000-7000 feet [McD].
Allium atrorubens var. cristatum (=Allium nevadense var. cristatum). DARKRED ONION. Perennial. Found in central and northern Mohave counties and northwestern Coconino counties, 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Allium bigelovii. BIGELOW'S ONION. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino and Navajo counties, 1500-5000 feet [McD].
Allium bisceptrum var. palmeri (=Allium palmeri). ASPEN ONION. Perennial. Found throughout region at 4000-10,000 feet [McD].
Allium cernuum. NODDING ONION. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-8500 feet [McD].
Allium geyeri. GEYER'S ONION. Perennial. Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-10,000 feet [McD, who also describes var. tenerum but does not definitely state that it has been found in the region].
Allium gooddingii. GOODDING'S ONION. Perennial. White Mountains, Apache County, 9000-9500 feet [McD]. Chuska Mountains and White Mountains of Apache County; 7500-11,250 feet [ARPC].
Allium macropetalum. LARGEFLOWER ONION. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3500-7000 feet [McD].
Allium parishii. PARISH'S ONION. Perennial. Collected in 1903 in extreme southwestern Mohave County in the Chemehuevi Valley [McD].
Androstephium breviflorum. PINK FUNNEL LILY. Perennial. Reported from Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-7000 feet [McD].
Asparagus officinalis. GARDEN ASPARAGUS. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 3700-5500 feet [McD].
Calochortus ambiguus. DOUBTING MARIPOSA LILY. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-8000 feet [McD].
Calochortus aureus (=Calochortus nuttalli var. aureus). GOLDEN MARIPOSA LILY. Perennial. Described by McDougall without range given or even that it definitely occurs in the region [McD].
Calochortus flexuosus. WINDING MARIPOSA LILY. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 1500-7000 feet [McD].
Calochortus gunnisonii. GUNNISON'S MARIPOSA LILY. Perennial. Reported in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6500-8000 feet [McD].
Calochortus kennedyi. DESERT MARIPOSA LILY. Perennial. Found in Mohave and Yavapai counties at 5000 feet or lower [McD].
Calochortus nuttallii. SEGO LILY. Perennial. Found throughout region at 4500-8000 feet [McD].
Dichelostemma capitatum (=Dichelostemma pulchellum; Brodiaea capitata). BLUEDICKS. Perennial. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 5000 feet or lower [McD]. Northern Gila County at Mazatzal Rest Area, ca. 3200 feet [LD].
Disporum trachycarpum. ROUGHFRUIT FAIRYBELLS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5400-9500 feet [McD].
Echeandia flavescens (=Anthericum torreyi). TORREY'S CRAG-LILY. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 6000-10,000 feet [McD].
Eremocrinum albomarginatum. LONELY LILY. Perennial. Reported from northern Navajo and Apache counties, at ca. 5000-5500 feet [McD].
Fritillaria atropurpurea. SPOTTED FRITILLARY. Perennial. Found in Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 5400-8500 feet [McD].
Hesperocallis undulata. DESERT LILY. Perennial. Found in Mohave County below 2500 feet [McD].
Hesperoyucca whipplei (=Yucca whipplei). OUR-LORDS-CANDLE. CHAPARRAL YUCCA. Shrub or subshrub. Found along the southern bank of the Colorado River in Mohave County, at 1000-2000 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon: Inner Canyon from Colorado River Mile 132 downstream, 1500-4000 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B, Y. w.].
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (=Smilacina racemosa var. amplexicaulis). LARGE FALSE SOLOMON'S-SEAL. FALSE SPIKENARD. SOLOMON'S-PLUME. FEATHERY FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5600-10,000 feet [McD, who also indicates that the typical species may be found in the region; this, however, is contradicted by USDA PLANTS which shows the typical species as mostly eastern].
Maianthemum stellatum (=Smilacina stellata). LITTLE FALSE SOLOMON'S-SEAL. STARFLOWER SOLOMON'S-SEAL. STARRY FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY. Perennial. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5400-10,000 feet [McD].
Nolina bigelovii. BIGELOW'S NOLINA. Shrub. Found in Mohave and western Yavapai counties, and in Grand Canyon in Coconino County [McD].
Nolina microcarpa. SACAHUISTA. Shrub or subshrub. Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 3000-6500 feet [McD]. At 6700 feet in Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County [LD]. Grand Canyon National Park, 1400-5000 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].
Nolina parryi. PARRY'S BEARGRASS. Shrub. Reported in Mohave and Coconino counties [McD]. Grand Canyon: Colorado River Mile 136.7 (Coconino County); possibly at Toroweap (Mohave County) [PP&B].
Nothoscordum texanum. TEXAS FALSE GARLIC. Perennial. Found in Yavapai County, at 4000-6500 feet [McD].
Polygonatum cobrense. MCKITTRICK'S SOLOMON'S SEAL. Perennial. Found in southern Navajo County, 5600-7000 feet [McD].
Streptopus amplexifolius. CLASPLEAF TWISTEDSTALK. Perennial. Reported from the White Mountains in Apache County at 10,000-11,000 feet [McD, misspelling the specific name "amplexicaulis"].
Triteleia lemmoniae. OAK CREEK TRITELEIA. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5000-7500 feet [McD].
Veratrum californicum. CORN-LILY. CALIFORNIA FALSE HELLEBORE. Found in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 7500-9000 feet [McD].
Yucca angustissima. NARROWLEAF YUCCA. Shrub. Found throughout region, at 3000-7500 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon: Grandview and Rowes Well area, South Rim; common, especially from Havasu Canyon to Badger Rapids, Inner Canyon, 1800-7400 feet (Coconino County). Reference notes that some of these specimens may actually be Yucca elata var. utahensis (= Y. e.) [PP&B].
Yucca baccata. BANANA YUCCA. Subshrub. Found throughout region at 3000-8000 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon National Park, 1700-7200 feet (Mohave and Coconino counties) [PP&B].
Yucca baileyi. NAVAJO YUCCA. Shrub. Similar distribution as Yucca angustissima [McD].
Yucca brevifolia. JOSHUA TREE. Tree. Found in Mohave and southwestern Yavapai counties, up to about 3500 feet [McD]. Grand Canyon National Park: at the top of Grand Wash Cliffs in the extreme southwest part of the park, 4500-5100 feet (Mohave County) [PP&B].
Yucca elata. SOAPTREE. SOAPTREE YUCCA. Shrub or tree. Found in Yavapai County at 2500-6000 feet [McD, may include Y. elata var. verdiensis]. Grand Canyon National Park, Hermit Trail ca. 3360 feet [LD].
Yucca elata var. verdiensis. VERDE VALLEY SOAPTREE YUCCA. Shrub or tree. Central Arizona (per range map) at 1000-6200 feet [FNA-26].
Yucca schidigera. MOJAVE YUCCA. MOHAVE YUCCA. Shrub. Western Mohave County up to about 3500 feet [McD].
Yucca utahensis (= Yucca elata var. utahensis). Shrub or subshrub. According to range maps, in northwestern Arizona [FNA-26]. May be in Grand Canyon in the Inner Gorge, misidentified as Yucca angustissimma [PP&B, Y. e. var. u.].
Zephyranthes longifolia. COPPER ZEPHYRLILY. Perennial. Found near Clarkdale, Yavapai County, at ca. 3500 feet [McD].
Zigadenus elegans. MOUNTAIN DEATH CAMAS. Perennial. Found in Coconino and Apache counties, 5000-10,000 feet [McD].
Zigadenus paniculatus. FOOTHILL DEATH CAMAS. Perennial. Reported in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5500-7500 feet [McD].
Zigadenus virescens. GREEN DEATH CAMAS. Perennial. Reported from the White Mountains in Apache County [McD].
This page last revised 28 May 2011.
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