Special Collections
Drought Resistant Plants for Texas and Beyond
A list of commercially available native plants that perform well during extreme drought. The Distribution section of the plant descriptions lists states where each occurs. Produce a state-specific drought list using the Narrow Your Search option at right.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Acalypha radians | Cardinal's Feather Cardinal Feather | |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla Tula Ixtle Maguey Lechuguilla Shindagger | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame | |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Artemisia Louisiana Sage White Sage Prairie Sage Silver Sage White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Silver Wormwood Louisiana Sagewort Gray Sagewort Cudweed Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume | |
| Berlandiera lyrata | Chocolate Daisy Chocolate Flower Lyreleaf Greeneyes Green-eyed Lyre Leaf | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush Butterfly Bush Woolly Butterfly-bush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
| Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | |
| Carex texensis | Texas Sedge | |
| Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
| Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus Nipple Cactus | |
| Cucurbita foetidissima | Stinking Gourd Buffalo Gourd Missouri Gourd Stink Gourd Wild Gourd | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
| Dasylirion wheeleri | Common Sotol Sotol Desert Spoon Desert Candle | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Echinocereus pentalophus | Ladyfinger Cactus Alicoche Dog Tail Devil's Fingers | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Hedgehog Cactus Lace Cactus Lace Hedgehog Purple Candle | |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret Cup Claret Cup Cactus Hedgehog Cactus Kingcup Cactus Mojave Mound Mohave Mound | |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
| Hesperocyparis arizonica | Arizona Cypress Cedro Blanco | |
| Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
| Hechtia glomerata | Guapilla | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
| Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree Littleleaf Leadtree Little Leucaena Lemonball Wahoo Tree | |
| Lenophyllum texanum | Coastal Stonecrop | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
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