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Texas Native Pond Plants

Texas Native Pond Plants by Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These plants are all native to the Texas region and are suitable for ponds and water gardens. If you live outside of Texas, these may or may not be native to your area.

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Asclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed
Pink Milkweed
Bacopa monnieriHerb-of-grace
Water Hyssop
Coastal Water-hyssop
Canna glaucaWater Canna
Louisiana Canna
Maraca Amarilla
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicenseJamaica Swamp Sawgrass
Jamaican Saw-grass
Saw-grass
Echinodorus berteroiUpright Burrhead
Echinodorus cordifoliusCreeping Burhead
Lance-leaf Burhead
Radican Sword
Burhead
Creeping Water-plantain
Eleocharis quadrangulataSquarestem Spikerush
Equisetum hyemaleScouring-rush Horsetail
Horsetail
Scouring Rush
Canuela
Fuirena simplexWestern Umbrella-sedge
Umbrellagrass
Western Umbrella Sedge
Heteranthera dubiaGrassleaf Mudplantain
Water Stargrass
Hibiscus laevisHalberdleaf Rosemallow
Halberdleaf Hibiscus
Scarlet Rose Mallow
Halberd-leaved Hibiscus
Halberd-leaved Rose-mallow
Hibiscus moscheutosCrimson-eyed Rose-mallow
Marshmallow Hibiscus
Hymenocallis liriosmeTexas Spiderlily
Spring Spiderlily
Spiderlily
Louisiana Spiderlily
Western Marsh Spiderlily
Hydrolea ovataBlue Waterleaf
Ovate False Fiddleleaf
Hairy Hydrolea
Iris virginicaVirginia Iris
Great Blue Flag
Southern Blue Flag
Justicia americanaAmerican Water-willow
Water-willow
Juncus effusus var. solutusLamp Rush
Soft Rush
Kosteletzkya virginicaVirginia Saltmarsh Mallow
Virginia Fen-rose
Saltmarsh Mallow
Seashore Mallow
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower
Ludwigia octovalvisMexican Primrose-willow
Narrow-leaf Water Primrose
Seedbox
Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia peploidesFloating Primrose-willow
Water-primrose
Creeping Water-primrose
Marsilea macropodaBigfoot Water-clover
Water-clover
Clover-fern
Largefoot Pepperwort
Najas guadalupensisCommon Water Nymph
Southern Water Nymph
Najas
Nelumbo luteaAmerican Lotus
Yellow Water Lotus
Yellow Lotus
Nuphar luteaYellow Pond Lily
Yellow Cow Lily
Cow Lily
Spatter Dock
Wakas
Nymphaea odorataAmerican White Water-lily
Fragrant White Water-lily
Fragrant Water-lily
White Water-lily
Sweet-scented White Water-lily
Sweet-scented Water-lily
Beaver Root
Physostegia intermediaSpring Obedient Plant
Marsh Obedient Plant
Slender False Dragonhead
Intermediate False Dragonhead
Pluchea odorata var. odorataSweetscent
Marsh Fleabane
Southern Marsh Fleabane
Pontederia cordataPickerelweed
Pickerel Rush
Potamogeton diversifoliusWaterthread Pondweed
Threadleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosusLongleaf Pondweed
Knotty Pondweed
Rhynchospora corniculataShortbristle Horned Beaksedge
Horned Beakrush
Rhynchospora colorataWhitetop Sedge
White-topped Sedge
Starrush Whitetop
Star Sedge
Star Rush
Saururus cernuusLizard's Tail
Lizard Tail
Breastweed
Water Dragon
Sagittaria platyphyllaDelta Arrowhead
Schoenoplectus americanusChairmaker's Bulrush
Olney Three-square
Schoenoplectus californicusCalifornia Bulrush
California Club-rush
Giant Bulrush
Thalia dealbataPowdery Alligator-flag
Powdery Thalia
Water Canna
Vallisneria americanaAmerican Eelgrass
Water Celery
Eelgrass
Tapegrass
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