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The National Butterfly Center is dedicated to education, conservation and scientific research on wild butterflies. Its mission is "Growing Connections". The National Butterfly Center connects people to butterflies, which are intimately connected to native plants, which themselves are connected to the earth.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon fruticosum | Indian mallow Texas Indian mallow | |
| Abutilon hypoleucum | Rio Grande abutilon White-leaf indian-mallow Whiteleaf Indian mallow | |
| Abutilon trisulcatum | Anglestem Indian Mallow | |
| Acacia berlandieri | Guajillo Berlandier acacia Thornless Catclaw Mimosa Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Huajillla Matoral | |
| Acacia farnesiana | Huisache Sweet acacia Mealy wattle | |
| Acacia greggii | Catclaw acacia Gregg acacia Long-flower catclaw Una de gato | |
| Acacia rigidula | Blackbrush acacia Blackbrush Catclaw Chaparro prieto Gavia | |
| Acourtia runcinata | Featherleaf desertpeony Peonia | |
| Acacia schaffneri | Schaffner's wattle Twisted acacia | |
| Adelia vaseyi | Vasey's Wild-lime | |
| Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common bee-brush Beebrush Privet lippia | |
| Allowissadula lozanii | Lozano's False Indianmallow | |
| Aloysia macrostachya | Rio Grande beebrush Woolly Bee-brush | |
| Amyris madrensis | Mountain torchwood Shrub Amyris | |
| Amyris texana | Chapotillo Texas torchwood | |
| Amoreuxia wrightii | Wright's yellowshow Yellow-Show | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Aphanostephus ramosissimus | Plains dozedaisy Lazy daisy | |
| Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes milkweed Hierba de Zizotes Longhorn milkweed Side-cluster milkweed Primrose milkweed Lindheimer's milkweed | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse Ears Mouse's eye | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Buddleja sessiliflora | Rio Grande butterflybush Tepozan | |
| Castela erecta | Goatbush | |
| Carlowrightia parviflora | Smallflower Wrightwort | |
| Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert hackberry Spiny hackberry Granjeno Shiny hackberry Huasteco | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry Hackberry Sugarberry Texas sugarberry Palo blanco | |
| Cephalanthus salicifolius | Mexican Buttonbush | |
| Chromolaena odorata | Jack in the bush Fragrant boneset Fragrant mistflower Crucita Blue mistflower | |
| Chloracantha spinosa | Mexican devil-weed Spiny chloracantha | |
| Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's fiddlewood Berlandier fiddlewood Fiddlewood | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas thistle | |
| Clematis drummondii | Drummond's clematis Old man’s beard Texas virgin’s bower Goat’s beard | |
| Coursetia axillaris | Texas babybonnets | |
| Conoclinium betonicifolium | Betonyleaf thoroughwort Betony-leaf mistflower | |
| Cordia boissieri | Mexican olive Anacahuita Texas wild olive Anacahuite | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening rain lily Evening star rain lily | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's mistflower Palmleaf thoroughwort Palm-leaf mistflower Palm-leaf thoroughwort Purple palmleaf mistflower Purple palmleaf eupatorium | |
| Condalia hookeri | Bluewood condalia Brasil Brazilwood Brazilian bluewood | |
| Croton cortesianus | Cortez's Croton | |
| Croton humilis | Pepperbush | |
| Croton incanus | Torrey's croton | |
| Croton leucophyllus | Twocolor Croton | |
| Cynanchum racemosum | Talayote | |
| Dalea aurea | Golden dalea Golden prairie clover | |
| Desmanthus virgatus | Wild Tantan | |
| Dicliptera sexangularis | Sixangle foldwing | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Ebenopsis ebano | Texas ebony Ebano | |
| Echeandia chandleri | Chandler's craglily Lila de los llanos | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Knockaway Sandpaper tree | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. sinuatus | Turk's-head Cactus | |
| Fleischmannia incarnata | Pink Thoroughwort | |
| Florestina tripteris | Sticky florestina | |
| Forestiera angustifolia | Narrow-leaf forestiera Tanglewood desert olive panalero Texas swampprivet | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed twinevine Climbing milkweed vine Twine-vine | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Purple prairie verbena Prairie verbena Dacota vervain Dakota mock vervain Moradilla | |
| Glandularia polyantha | Rio Grande Mock Vervain | |
| Glandularia quandrangulata | Beaked mock vervain Pale mock vervain Chihuahuan mock vervain | |
| Gochnatia hypoleuca | Shrubby Bullseye | |
| Guajacum angustifolium | Texas lignum-vitae Guayacan Soapbush | |
| Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape’s ear-ring | |
| Helianthus annuus | Common sunflower | |
| Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail Scorpion-tail | |
| Heliotropium confertifolium | Leafy heliotrope | |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt heliotrope Seaside heliotrope Quail plant Cola de mico | |
| Helietta parvifolia | Barreta | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf rosemallow Tulipan del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Justicia longii | Longflower tubetongue | |
| Justicia pilosella | Gregg's tubetongue Hairy Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
| Justicia runyonii | Runyon's water-willow | |
| Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt coyotillo | |
| Lantana achyranthifolia | Brushland shrubverbena Mexican marjoram Veinyleaf lantana | |
| Lantana canescens | Hammock shrubverbena | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Lesquerella lasiocarpa | Roughpod Bladderpod | |
| Leucaena pulverulenta | Great leadtree Tepaguaje | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia peppergrass Virginia pepperweed Peppergrass Poor man's pepper | |
| Lippia alba | Bushy lippia | |
| Lippia graveolens | Mexican oregano Redbrush lippia | |
| Malvastrum americanum | Indian Valley False Mallow | |
| Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Roving sailor Snapdragon Vine Climbing snapdragon Little snapdragon vine | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Malpighia glabra | Acerola Barbados Cherry Manzanita Wild crapemyrtle | |
| Mandevilla lanuginosa | Plateau Rocktrumpet | |
| Manfreda longiflora | Longflower tuberose Amole de río Runyon's Huaco | |
| Manfreda variegata | Mottled tuberose Huaco Manfreda Texas tuberose | |
| Manihot walkerae | Walker's manioc Walker's manihot Texas tapioca | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau vine Correhuela de las Doce | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Passiflora foetida | Corona de Cristo Scarlet-fruit passion flower Fetid passionflower | |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand palafox Hooker palafoxia Sand palafoxia Hooker's palafoxia | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
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