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Edible Native Texas Plants

Edible Native Texas Plants on display at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Warning: Before consuming any wild food, be absolutely certain of its proper identity! Many plants have look a like. When in doubt, do not eat it!

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Allium canadenseMeadow Garlic
Wild Garlic
Wild Onion
Berlandiera lyrataChocolate Daisy
Chocolate Flower
Lyreleaf Greeneyes
Green-eyed Lyre Leaf
Capsicum annuumChile Tepin
Chile Pequin
Chiltepin
Chile Petin
Bird Pepper
Turkey Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Carya illinoinensisPecan
Diospyros texanaTexas Persimmon
Mexican Persimmon
Black Persimmon
Chapote
Chapote Prieto
Diospyros virginianaCommon Persimmon
Eastern Persimmon
Possumwood
Date Plum
Winter Plum
Jove's Fruit
Ehretia anacuaAnacua
Sugarberry Anacua
Anaqua
Anacahuita
Knockaway
Knackaway
Sandpaper Tree
Manzanita
Manzanillo
Tlalahuacate
Hedeoma drummondiiDrummond's False Pennyroyal
Limoncillo
Mock Pennyroyal
Juglans microcarpaLittle Walnut
Texas Walnut
Texas Black Walnut
River Walnut
Nogalito
Nogalillo
Namboca
Malvaviscus arboreusTurkscap
Wax Mallow
Bleeding Hearts
Mexican Apple
Manzanita
Malpighia glabraBarbados Cherry
Wild Crapemyrtle
Acerola
Manzanita
Malus ioensisPrairie Crabapple
Iowa Crabapple
Western Crabapple
Prairie Crab
Iowa Crab
Western Crab
Mahonia trifoliolataAgarita
Agarito
Algerita
Laredo Mahonia
Laredo Oregon-grape
Trifoliate Barberry
Wild Currant
Monarda citriodoraLemon Beebalm
Purple Horsemint
Lemon Mint
Plains Horsemint
Lemon Horsemint
Horsemint
Purple Lemon Mint
Oenothera speciosaPink Evening Primrose
Showy Evening Primrose
Mexican Evening Primrose
Showy Primrose
Pink Ladies
Buttercups
Pink Buttercups
Opuntia ellisianaSpineless Prickly Pear
Tigertongue
South Texas Pricklypear
Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeriTexas Prickly Pear
Lindheimer's Prickly Pear
Lindheimer Prickly Pear
Oxalis drummondiiDrummond's Wood-sorrel
Large-leaf Wood-sorrel
Drummond's Woodsorrel
Passiflora foetidaCorona De Cristo
Fetid Passionflower
Passiflora incarnataMaypop
Purple Passionflower
Purple Passion Vine
Apricot Vine
Passiflora luteaYellow Passionflower
Yellow Passion Vine
Yellow Passion-flower
Prunus mexicanaMexican Plum
Bigtree Plum
Inch Plum
Tradescantia giganteaGiant Spiderwort
Vitis cinerea var. helleriWinter Grape
Heller's Grape
Gray-leaf Grape
Smooth-leaf Grape
Sweet Grape
Spanish Grape
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