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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in West 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 |
| Acacia constricta | Whitethorn acacia White-thorn acacia Mescat acacia Mescat wattle Whitethorn Vara Prieta Chaparro Prieto | |
| Acacia farnesiana | Huisache Sweet acacia Mealy wattle | |
| Acacia greggii | Catclaw acacia Gregg acacia Long-flower catclaw Una de gato | |
| Acacia roemeriana | Roundflower catclaw Round-flower catclaw Roemer acacia Catclaw Roemer’s acacia Catclaw acacia | |
| Agave americana | American century plant Century plant | |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla | |
| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana | Parry's agave New Mexico agave | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache daisy Butterfly daisy Honey daisy | |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's golden columbine Yellow columbine Hinckley columbine Capote columbine | |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand sagebrush Silver sagebrush Silvery wormwood Sand sage | |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas madrone Madrone Naked indian Manzanita | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing saltbush Fourwing saltbush Wingscale | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert marigold Showy desert marigold Paper daisy Desert baileya | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue grama | |
| Bouteloua ramosa | Chino grama | |
| Bouvardia ternifolia | Scarlet bouvardia Firecracker bush Trompetilla Clavillo | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| 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 | |
| Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler ceanothus Fendler's ceanothus | |
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