Fallout New Vegas Real World Plants and Flowers

I thought it would also be fun to have a collection of all the Mojave plants and flowers to compare them to the in-game equivalents. Here is my collection!

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Barrel cactus fruit

Echinocactus or “barrel cactus”

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Banana yucca

Yucca baccata or “banana yucca”

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Broc flower

Sphaeralcea ambigua or “desert globemallow”

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Ocotillo

Fouquieria splendens or “Ocotillo”

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Buffalo gourd seed

Cucurbita foetidissima or “buffalo gourd”

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Honey mesquite pod

Prosopis glandulosa or “honey mesquite”

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Nevada agave fruit

Agave utahensis or “Nevada agave”

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Prickly pear fruit

Opuntia basilaris or “pricklypear”

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Sacred datura root

Datura wrightii or “sacred datura” – (careful, I’m toxic!)

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White horsenettle

Solanum elaeagnifolium or “white horsenettle” – (careful, I’m toxic!)

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Pinyon nuts

Pinus orizabensis or “pinyon pine”

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Joshua tree

Yucca brevifolia or “Joshua tree”

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Mojave yucca

Yucca schidigera or “Mojave yucca”

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Creosote bush

Larrea tridentata or “creosote bush”

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Big galleta grass

Pleuraphis rigida or “big galleta grass”

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White bursage

Ambrosia dumosa or “white bursage”

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Coyote tobacco

Nicotiana attenuata or “coyote tobacco” – (careful, I’m toxic!)

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Xander root

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I will keep adding to the list if and when I find more examples out here!