Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Arizona
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Arizona. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Red brome
3,015 sightingsBromus rubens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Fringed brome, Arizona brome, California brome (native Bromus)
Redstem stork's bill
2,547 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
London rocket
2,403 sightingsSisymbrium irio · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
2,392 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Asian mustard
1,931 sightingsBrassica tournefortii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Cheeseweed mallow
1,415 sightingsMalva parviflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Horehound
1,273 sightingsMarrubium vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Tree tobacco
1,181 sightingsNicotiana glauca · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Desert tobacco, Coyote tobacco, Cleveland's tobacco (native Nicotiana)
Mouse barley
1,097 sightingsHordeum murinum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Foxtail barley, Little barley, Meadow barley (native Hordeum)
Common Mediterranean grass
1,093 sightingsSchismus barbatus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
1,011 sightingsPolypogon monspeliensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Ditch rabbitsfoot grass, Streambank rabbitsfoot grass (native Polypogon)
Prickly lettuce
946 sightingsLactuca serriola · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Biannual lettuce, Grassleaf lettuce, Blue lettuce (native Lactuca)
Puncturevine
944 sightingsTribulus terrestris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Prickly Russian thistle
941 sightingsSalsola tragus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.
Common sowthistle
875 sightingsSonchus oleraceus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arizona native that fits the same spot.