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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in South Texas. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| 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 | |
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