Death Valley Succulents

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These cactus and succulents are listed in a Death Valley National Park brochure.

    
California Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
  • CA Bloom Apr - May
  • Yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Cottontop Barrel Cactus
    Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
  • CA Bloom Mar - Aug
  • Yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Mojave Fish Hook Cactus
    Sclerocactus polyancistrus
  • CA Bloom Apr - Jul
  • CA native
  • Uncommon (CNPS 4)




  • Calico Cactus
    Echinocereus engelmannii
  • CA Bloom Apr - May
  • Pink, violet flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Desert Pincushion
    Coryphantha chlorantha
  • CA Bloom Apr - Sep
  • Pink flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native
  • Endangered in CA




  • Beavertail
    Opuntia basilaris
  • CA Bloom Apr - Jun
  • Pink, red flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Grizzlybear Pricklypear
    Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
  • CA Bloom May - Jun
  • Pink, red, yellow flower
  • CA native




  • Brown Spined Prickly Pear
    Opuntia phaeacantha
  • CA Bloom May - Jul
  • Orange, yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Wiggins' Cholla
    Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
  • CA Bloom Mar - Jun
  • Green, yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Branched Pencil Cholla
    Cylindropuntia ramosissima
  • CA Bloom Apr - Aug
  • Brown, green, pink, yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Joshua Tree
    Yucca brevifolia
  • CA Bloom May - Jun
  • Green, white flower
  • Six petals
  • Whorled leaves
  • CA native




  • Mohave Yucca
    Yucca schidigera
  • CA Bloom Apr - May
  • Green, white flower
  • Six petals
  • Basal leaves
  • CA native




  • Iodine Bush
    Allenrolfea occidentalis
    • Height 1 - 5 ft.
    • CA Bloom Jul - Nov
    • CA native




    Desert Cistanthe
    Cistanthe ambigua
  • CA Bloom Feb - May
  • White flower
  • Five, four petals
  • Basal leaves
  • CA native




  • Western Spring Beauty
    Claytonia lanceolata
  • CA Bloom May - Jun
  • Pink, white flower
  • Five petals
  • Basal, opposite leaves
  • Streambanks
  • CA native




  • Bitterroot
    Lewisia rediviva
    • Height to 1 ft.
    • CA Bloom May - Jun
    • This beautiful flower is made up of pink, violet and white.
    • It has about 15 oblong petals, each over an inch long.
    • Flowers are a combination of pink, violet and white.
    • Bitterroot grows low to the ground, often in the mountains.
    • It sometimes dies back after blooming in the spring (summer deciduous).
    • CA native



    Many pink petals, paler in the center. Lots of yellow-tipped stamens and a pale pink pistil.

    Stems are short. Below the petals are 6-9 oval sepals.

    Basal leaves are bean shaped, and form a rosette under this low-growing plant.
    Bush Seepweed
    Suaeda nigra
    • CA Bloom May - May
    • Tiny spherical flowers.
    • Leaves are succulent with a rounded tip, about an inch long.
    • Primarily found in inland alkaline areas, but sometimes in salt marshes.
    • CA native



    Spherical green or yellow flower is smaller than leaves and connects directly to the stem.

    Leaves succulent, often round in cross section, not scaly. They can darken to a reddish color.

    Grows to 5 feet tall in alkaline areas.
    Johnson's Devil Claw
    Sclerocactus johnsonii
  • CA Bloom Apr - May
  • CA native
  • Endangered in CA




  • Mojave Mound Cactus
    Echinocereus mojavensis
  • CA Bloom Apr - Jun
  • Orange, red flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Corkseed Fishhook Cactus
    Mammillaria tetrancistra
  • CA Bloom Apr - Apr
  • Pink flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Plains Pricklypear
    Opuntia polyacantha
  • CA Bloom May - Jun
  • Pink, red, yellow flower
  • Many petals
  • CA native




  • Panamint Dudleya
    Dudleya saxosa ssp. saxosa
  • CA Bloom May - Sep
  • Yellow flower
  • Five petals
  • Alternate leaves
  • CA native
  • Endangered (CNPS 1B)