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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon hypoleucum | Rio Grande abutilon White-leaf indian-mallow Whiteleaf Indian mallow | |
| Acacia farnesiana | Huisache Sweet acacia Mealy wattle | |
| Acacia greggii var. wrightii | Catclaw acacia Catclaw Wright acacia | |
| Acacia rigidula | Blackbrush acacia Blackbrush Catclaw Chaparro prieto Gavia | |
| Agave americana | American century plant Century plant | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache daisy Butterfly daisy Honey daisy | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing saltbush Fourwing saltbush Wingscale | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile pequin Bird pepper Turkey pepper Cayenne pepper | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf indian paintbrush Texas paintbrush Indian paintbrush Scarlet paintbrush Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Centaurea americana | American star-thistle Basket-Flower Star thistle Shaving brush American basket-flower | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge pea Sleepingplant Sensitive plant | |
| Chromolaena odorata | Jack in the bush Fragrant boneset Fragrant mistflower Crucita Blue mistflower | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Cordia boissieri | Mexican olive Anacahuita Texas wild olive Anacahuite | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening rain lily Evening star rain lily | |
| Condalia hookeri | Bluewood condalia Brasil Brazilwood Brazilian bluewood | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country rain lily Prairie lily Rain lily | |
| Colubrina texensis | Hog-plum Texan hogplum Texas colubrina Texas snakewood | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum | Carolina larkspur Prairie larkspur | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina larkspur Prairie larkspur Plains larkspur | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie bundle flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie mimosa | |
| Ebenopsis ebano | Texas ebony Ebano | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Knockaway Sandpaper tree | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass Purple love grass Purple plains lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat climber | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Button eryngo Button snakeroot Rattlesnake master Beargrass Bear's grass | |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax plant | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Fraxinus berlandieriana | Mexican ash Fresno Berlandier ash | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Dakota mock vervain Davis Mountain mock vervain Wright's verbena | |
| Guajacum angustifolium | Texas lignum-vitae Guayacan Soapbush | |
| Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape’s ear-ring | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Heuchera richardsonii | Richardson's alumroot Prairie alumroot | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf rosemallow Tulipan del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea imperati | Beach morning glory Beach morning-glory | |
| Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt coyotillo | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia saltmarsh mallow Virginia fen-rose Seashore mallow Salt Marsh-mallow | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas yellowstar Texas star Lindheimer daisy Texas yellow star | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Sandyland bluebonnet Texas bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas lupine Buffalo clover Wolf-flower | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax mallow Bleeding hearts Mexican apple Manzanilla | |
| Malpighia glabra | Acerola Barbados Cherry Manzanita Wild crapemyrtle | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Mimosa texana | Texas mimosa Wherry mimosa | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata ssp. punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted beebalm | |
| Nolina texana | Texas sacahuista Texas beargrass Basket grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless prickly pear Tigertongue South Texas pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus apple Prickly pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas pricklypear Prickly Pear Texas Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Common prickly-pear Plains prickly pear Prickly Pear Twist-spine prickly-pear Twistspine pricklypear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple pricklypear | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip prickly pear Brownspine prickly pear cactus Purple-fruited prickly pear Brown-spined prickly pear New mexico prickly pear Desert prickly pear | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. macra | Texas paloverde Border paloverde | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondii | Annual phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | McAllister's phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. wilcoxiana | Wilcox's phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican pistachio Texas pistachio American pistachio | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey mesquite | |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Darlington oak Laurel oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack oak Barren oak Black oak Jack oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican hat Prairie coneflower Upright prairie coneflower Red-spike mexican-hat Long-headed coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia | Blackeyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima | Blackeyed Susan Pinewoods coneflower | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy blue sage Mealy sage Mealycup sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage Cherry sage Gregg salvia | |
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