Maricopa Native Seed Library: Seed ball plants (for AZNPS)

Here are the species included in the seed ball mixes made in July 2020 for the AZNPS/Maricopa Native Seed Library collaboration (if you are a member of the public and not part of this trial, see here for the seed balls mixes available now). Seedling pictures are posted below. Additional information for each species, including it's growing requirements, wildlife benefits, and additional pictures can be found on the linked profile pages.

Acourtia wrightii (brownfoot/pink perezia)

Adenophyllum porophylloides (San Felipe dogweed)
Seedling photo courtesy of Jack Dash.

Aristida purpurea (purple threeawn)
Seedling with remnant threeawn. Purple
threeawn seedlings will be about 1 inch long 
purple threads. Photo courtesy Steve Jones.

Bebbia juncea aspera (rough sweetbush)
Picture courtesy Lisa Rivera

Bouteloua curtipendula (side oats gramma)
Grass seedling that came up in a reference plot
for B. curtipendula; this is a typical appearance of
a grass seedling. Photcourtesy Steve Jones.

Conoclinium greggii (Gregg's mistflower)

Erigeron divergens (spreading fleabane)
Photo courtesy of Jack Dash.

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia 
(Tahoka daisy/tansy leaf tansy aster)

Mentzelia multiflora (Adonis blazing star)
Photo courtesy of Jack Dash

Salvia columbariae (desert chia)
Seedling picture below shows both cotyledons
(sagittate/arrow shaped leaves) and the true
leaves (folded/corrugate). Photo courtesy Steve Jones.

Thymophylla pentachaeta (parralena)
Picture of young plant, courtesy Lisa Rivera

Trixis californica (American threefold)
Young plant, picture courtesy Lisa Rivera

Verbesina enceliolides (cowpen daisy)

Wanted: If you have pictures of seedlings for any of the species and wouldn't mind sharing them to aid in our identification efforts, please send them to seedlibrary@scottsdalecc.edu