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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's feather Cardinal feather | |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern maidenhair fern Common maidenhair fern Maidenhair fern Venus hair fern | |
| Aesculus pavia var. pavia | Scarlet buckeye Red buckeye Southern buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau false foxglove Plateau agalinis Plateau gerardia Plateau false-foxglove | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Chisos Mountain false Indianmallow Chisos Mtn. False Indian-mallow Velvet-leaf Mallow | |
| Ampelopsis arborea | Peppervine | |
| Amsonia ciliata | Fringed bluestar Bluestar Blue funnel lily Texas bluestar | |
| Amphiachyris dracunculoides | Prairie broomweed Broomweed | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman ragweed Western ragweed Perennial ragweed Common ragweed | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame acanthus Hummingbird bush Wright's desert honeysuckle Wright acanthus Mexican flame Wright's Mexican flame | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem spleenwort | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green antelopehorn Green milkweed | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Coastal Water-hyssop Herb-of-grace Water hyssop | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Bernardia myricifolia | Mouse Ears Mouse's eye | |
| Berchemia scandens | Alabama supple-jack Alabama supplejack Rattan-vine | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Boerhavia coccinea | Scarlet spiderling | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta var. pectinata | Hairy grama Tall grama | |
| Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas grama | |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Brickell-Bush Brickellbush Gravelbar brickellbush | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Capsicum annuum | Chile pequin Chile petin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops | |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops Square-bud day-primrose | |
| Carex emoryi | Emory Sedge Emory's sedge | |
| Canna flaccida | Bandanna of the Everglades Golden canna | |
| Carex frankii | Frank's sedge | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf indian paintbrush Texas paintbrush Indian paintbrush Scarlet paintbrush Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Carex planostachys | Cedar sedge | |
| Castilleja purpurea | Prairie paintbrush Downy Indian paintbrush Purple paintbrush Lemon paintbrush Purple painted cup | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Straggler daisy Horseherb Hierba del caballo Lawnflower | |
| Centaurea americana | American star-thistle Basket-Flower Star thistle Shaving brush American basket-flower | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Cheilanthes alabamensis | Alabama lipfern | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Chamaesyce villifera | Hairy sandmat | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas thistle | |
| Cissus trifoliata | Cow-itch vine Sorrelvine Grape ivy Arizona grape ivy Possum grape | |
| Clematis drummondii | Drummond's clematis Old man’s beard Texas virgin’s bower Goat’s beard | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica swamp sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina snailseed Carolina coralbead Carolina moonseed Red berried moonseed Carolina red berried moonseed | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Convolvulus equitans | Bindweed Texas bindweed | |
| Commelina erecta | Whitemouth dayflower Widow's tears Day flower White-mouth dayflower | |
| Condalia hookeri | Bluewood condalia Brasil Brazilwood Brazilian bluewood | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Colubrina texensis | Hog-plum Texan hogplum Texas colubrina Texas snakewood | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Croton fruticulosus | Bush croton Encinilla Hierba Loca | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie tea One-seed Croton | |
| Cyperus ochraceus | Pond flatsedge Yellow Sedge | |
| Cyperus pseudovegetus | Marsh flatsedge Marsh Flat Sedge | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black dalea Black prairie clover | |
| Dalea multiflora | Roundhead prairie clover White prairie clover Round headed dalea Round headed clover | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple prairie clover | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Carolina larkspur Blue larkspur Prairie larkspur Espuela del caballero | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie bundle flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie mimosa | |
| Digitaria cognata | Carolina crabgrass Fall witchgrass | |
| Dichondra recurvata | Oakwoods ponysfoot Oakwoods Ponyfoot | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping coneflower Clasping-leaf coneflower | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake herb Polkadots Narrowleaf dyschoriste | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping burrhead Lance-leaf Burhead Radican Sword "Giant Mother Plant" | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus Órgano-pequeño de colores Purple candle | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Chisos Hedgehog Devil’s head Horse crippler | |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret cup Hedgehog cactus Kingcup cactus Mojave mound | |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand spikerush | |
| Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem spikerush | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Canuela Horsetail Scouring rush Scouringrush horsetail | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains lovegrass Plains Lovegrass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains fleabane Prairie fleabane | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy woollygrass Hairy tridens | |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow on the prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed spurge Toothedleaf poinsettia | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas bluebells Texas bluebell Bluebell Showy prairie gentian Prairie gentian | |
| Evax prolifera | Bighead pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver dwarf morning-glory White Evolvulus | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
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