WSMR Floral Checklist - New Mexico State University

CLEOMACEAE – Caper family
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. subsp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray)
Iltis
white-whisker clammyweed
Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. subsp. uniglandulosa (Cav.) Iltis
[P. uniglandulosa (Cav.) DC.]
red-whisker clammyweed; Mexican clammyweed
COMMELINACEAE - Spiderwort family
Commelina dianthifolia Delile
birdbill dayflower
Commelina erecta L. var. angustifolia (Michx.) Fern.
narrowleaf dayflower; dayflower; whitemouth dayflower
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth var. occidentalis
Western spiderwort (reported by R. Fink at Salinas Peak)
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth var. scopulorum (Rose)
E.S.Anderson & Woodson
Western, Rocky Mountain or prairie spiderwort
Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
Wright’s spiderwort; Wright’s spiderlily
CONVOLVULACEAE- Morning Glory family
*Convolvulus arvensis L.
field bindweed; wild morning glory
Convolvulus equitans Benth.
(C. incanus Vahl.)
hairy, silky, climbing, dagger or Texas bindweed
Cressa truxillensis H.B.K.
[C.truxillensis H.B.K. var. vallicola (Heller) Munz]
spreading alkali weed; alkali weed; alkali clover
Dichondra argentea Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willd.
silver dichondra; silver ponysfoot or pansyfoot
Dichondra sericea Sw.
[D. repens J.R. Forst. var. sericea (Sw.) Choisy]
silverleaf ponysfoot; dichondra (weed in lawns on Main Post)
Evolvulus alsinoides L. var. angustifolius Torr.
slender morning-glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus Roemer & Schultes
[E. pilosus Nutt.]
hairy evolvulus; silky evolvulus; shaggy morning-glory
Evolvulus sericeus Sw. var. sericeus
silvery desert morning-glory; silky evolvulus
Ipomoea barbatisepala Gray
bristlecup morning-glory; canyon morning-glory
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