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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache daisy Butterfly daisy Honey daisy | |
| 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 | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Asclepias asperula | Spider milkweed Antelope horns Green-flowered milkweed Spider antelope-horns | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias viridiflora | Green milkweed Green comet milkweed Green antelopehorn milkweed | |
| Asclepias viridis | Green antelopehorn Green milkweed | |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho orchid tree Anacacho bauhinia Orchid tree Texas plume | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy grama | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta var. pectinata | Hairy grama Tall grama | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile pequin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's sundrops Square-bud primrose Sundrops Square-bud day-primrose | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf indian paintbrush Texas paintbrush Indian paintbrush Scarlet paintbrush Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Callirhoe pedata | Finger Poppy-mallow Palmleaf poppymallow Standing Winecup | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Centaurea americana | American star-thistle Basket-Flower Star thistle Shaving brush American basket-flower | |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet clematis Scarlet leatherflower Texas clematis | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening rain lily Evening star rain lily | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Cotinus obovatus | American smoke tree Smoke tree Texas smoke tree Chittamwood | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country rain lily Prairie lily Rain lily | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black dalea Black prairie clover | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas sotol Sotol | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Carolina larkspur Blue larkspur Prairie larkspur Espuela del caballero | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping coneflower Clasping-leaf coneflower | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gaillardia suavis | Perfumeballs Pincushion daisy Fragrant gaillardia Rayless gaillardia | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf rosemallow Tulipan del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Ibervillea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's globeberry Balsam gourd Globe berry Snake apple | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's yellow flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem flax | |
| Linum hudsonioides | Hudson Flax Texas flax Yellow Flax | |
| Liatris mucronata | Cusp gayfeather Gayfeather Blazing star Narrow-leaf gayfeather Texas gayfeather Cusp blazing star | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Cat-tail Gayfeather Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Lonicera albiflora | Western white honeysuckle Texas honeysuckle White honeysuckle White shrub honeysuckle White limestone honeysuckle | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas lupine Buffalo clover Wolf-flower | |
| 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 | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tanseyleaf tansyaster Tahoka Daisy Tansy Aster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Melica nitens | Three-flower melic Tall melicgrass Threeflower melicgrass Melicgrass | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's muhly Big muhly Lindheimer muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep muhly | |
| Nolina texana | Texas sacahuista Texas beargrass Basket grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri evening primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small palafox Small palafoxia | |
| Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia | Cottonleaf passionflower Corona de cristo | |
| Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow passion vine Yellow passion-flower Yellow passionflower | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Bird Wing Passionflower Birdwing passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
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