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Plant photos in our Plant Finder come from photographers who share their work under open licenses (public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA), mostly via Wikimedia Commons and Flickr, plus 2 photos taken by Xeris Landscaping. Thank you to every photographer below. Photos may be cropped and resized. Spot an error or a misidentified plant? Let us know.

Credits for photos used in our articles are on the article image credits page.

Plant Finder photos (84)

PlantPhotographerLicenseSource
'Desert Museum' Palo VerdeParkinsonia 'Desert Museum'cultivar413CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Adam's Needle YuccaYucca filamentosaIuliia MalakhovaCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Apache PlumeFallugia paradoxaTeresa MayfieldCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Arizona CypressHesperocyparis arizonicaKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Autumn SageSalvia greggiiKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Bath's Pink DianthusDianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'LtshearsCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Big SagebrushArtemisia tridentataZ3lvsCC0Wikimedia Commons
Bigtooth MapleAcer grandidentatumZion National Park (NPS)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Blanket FlowerGaillardia aristataTim GreenCC BY 2.0Flickr
Blue GramaBouteloua gracilisUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Blue Mist SpireaCaryopteris × clandonensisZiegler175CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Blue Oat GrassHelictotrichon sempervirensDrew AveryCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Blue Palo VerdeParkinsonia floridaKatja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Blueblossom CeanothusCeanothus thyrsiflorusAethonaticCC0Wikimedia Commons
Bur OakQuercus macrocarpaJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
California FuchsiaEpilobium canumDon McCulleyCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
CatmintNepeta × faasseniiAbrahamCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Cedar ElmUlmus crassifoliaLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Chinese PistachePistacia chinensisそらみみ (Soramimi)CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergiiBruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Chitalpa× Chitalpa tashkentensisKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Chocolate FlowerBerlandiera lyrataKaldariCC0Wikimedia Commons
Claret Cup CactusEchinocereus triglochidiatusClinton & Charles RobertsonCC BY 2.0Flickr
CliffrosePurshia stansburianaAndrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Colorado Gold GazaniaGazania linearis 'P004S' (COLORADO GOLD®)David J. StangCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Common HackberryCeltis occidentalisChhe (talk)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Common ManzanitaArctostaphylos manzanitaKatja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Curl-Leaf Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus ledifoliusFamartinCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
DamianitaChrysactinia mexicanaStickpenCC0Wikimedia Commons
Desert Four O'ClockMirabilis multifloraAndrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Desert WillowChilopsis linearisTortie tudeCC0Wikimedia Commons
English LavenderLavandula angustifoliaMaja DumatCC BY 2.0Flickr
FernbushChamaebatiaria millefoliumDcrjsrCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Fire Spinner Ice PlantDelosperma 'P001S' (FIRE SPINNER®)阿橋 HQCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Firecracker PenstemonPenstemon eatoniiMatt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Gambel OakQuercus gambeliiGrand Canyon National Park (NPS)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Hardy Ice PlantDelosperma cooperiAndrew MassynPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Havard AgaveAgave havardianaDylan W. SchwilkCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Hens-and-ChicksSempervivum tectorumIvan RadicCC BY 2.0Flickr
Honey MesquiteProsopis glandulosaKatja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Karl Foerster Feather Reed GrassCalamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'Plant RightCC BY 2.0Flickr
Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicusCephasCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Little BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumJudy GallagherCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Mexican Evening PrimroseOenothera speciosaChihiro HCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Missouri Evening PrimroseOenothera macrocarpaKarl GruberCC BY 3.0 atWikimedia Commons
Mormon TeaEphedra viridisAndrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USACC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus montanusJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Narbonne Blue FlaxLinum narbonenseKrzysztof GolikCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Netleaf HackberryCeltis reticulataMatt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
New Mexico PrivetForestiera pubescensMatt LavinCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Oneseed JuniperJuniperus monospermaDave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.orgPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Orchid RockroseCistus × purpureusForest and Kim StarrCC BY 3.0 usWikimedia Commons
Panchito ManzanitaArctostaphylos × coloradensis 'Panchito'Xeris LandscapingOwned (used with permission)Xeris Landscaping
Pikes Peak Purple PenstemonPenstemon × mexicali 'P007S' (PIKES PEAK PURPLE®)Andrey ZharkikhCC BY 2.0Flickr
Pinyon PinePinus edulisLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Plains Prickly PearOpuntia polyacanthaUSFWS Mountain-PrairieCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepisPam MorganCC0Flickr
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpureaBigul MalayiCC0WordPress Photo Directory
Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpureaMatt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Red Hot PokerKniphofia uvariaMarc Ryckaert (MJJR)CC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Red Rocks PenstemonPenstemon × mexicali 'P008S' (RED ROCKS®)David J. StangCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Red YuccaHesperaloe parvifloraRenee GraysonCC BY 2.0Flickr
Rocky Mountain JuniperJuniperus scopulorumFamartinCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Rocky Mountain PenstemonPenstemon strictusAnders HastingsCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Rubber RabbitbrushEricameria nauseosaXeris LandscapingOwned (used with permission)Xeris Landscaping
Russian HawthornCrataegus ambiguaNadiatalentPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Russian SageSalvia yangiiJames St. JohnCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Salvia 'May Night'Salvia nemorosa 'Mainacht'CillasCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'Hylotelephium 'Herbstfreude'David J. StangCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Shrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosaJim Morefield from Nevada, USACC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Sulphur BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumPacific Southwest Region 5Public domainWikimedia Commons
Sunset HyssopAgastache rupestrisCharlie McDonald (USDA Forest Service)Public domainWikimedia Commons
SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumJebulonCC0Wikimedia Commons
Texas Red OakQuercus buckleyiKATHERINE WAGNER-REISSCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Texas Sage (Cenizo)Leucophyllum frutescens0pen$0urceCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Threadleaf Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'David J. StangCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Three-Leaf SumacRhus trilobataPetrified ForestNPSPublic Domain Mark 1.0Flickr
ToyonHeteromeles arbutifoliaALAN SCHMIERERCC0Wikimedia Commons
Trailing RosemarySalvia rosmarinus Prostratus Groupcultivar413CC BY 2.0Flickr
Turkish VeronicaVeronica liwanensisDaderotPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Undaunted Ruby MuhlyMuhlenbergia reverchonii 'PUND01S' (UNDAUNTED®)Krzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Western RedbudCercis occidentalisLaurentianShieldCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Whirling Butterflies GauraOenothera lindheimeriPjorqueraeCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
YarrowAchillea millefoliumUser:PAvdKCC0Wikimedia Commons

The Complete Xeriscaping Guide

Photos in our free downloadable guide come from Wikimedia Commons and Openverse under CC0, public-domain and CC BY licenses. CC0 and public-domain images need no attribution; the CC BY photographers are credited here.

  • 'Desert Museum' Palo Verde: Skye McDavid, CC BY 4.0
  • Apache Plume: iNaturalist contributor, CC BY 4.0
  • Autumn Joy Sedum: nordique, CC BY 2.0
  • Autumn Sage: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0
  • Blanket Flower: Tim Green (atoach), CC BY 2.0
  • Blue Oat Grass: peganum, CC BY 2.0
  • Bur Oak: James St. John, CC BY 2.0
  • California Fuchsia: M108t, CC BY 4.0
  • Catmint: Abraham, CC BY 4.0
  • Evening Primrose: Chihiro H, CC BY 3.0
  • Feather Reed Grass: F. D. Richards, CC BY 2.0
  • Fernbush: Stan Shebs, CC BY 3.0
  • Firecracker Penstemon: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0
  • Hens and Chicks: via Flickr — see source page, CC BY 2.0
  • Lavender: blumenbiene, CC BY 2.0
  • Little Bluestem: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0
  • Manzanita: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0
  • New Mexico Privet (Desert Olive): Barbara Banfield, CC BY 4.0
  • Panchito Manzanita: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0
  • Pinyon Pine: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
  • Red Hot Poker: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0
  • Red Yucca: via Flickr — see source page, CC BY 2.0
  • Russian Sage: James St. John, CC BY 2.0
  • Salvia 'May Night': Rolf Engstrand, CC BY 2.5
  • Texas Red Oak: georgiakharper, CC BY 4.0
  • Turquoise Tails Blue Sedum: Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0