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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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf rosemallow Halberdleaf hibiscus Scarlet rose mallow | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Spider Lily Spring Spider Lily Spring spiderlily | |
| Hydrolea ovata | Blue Water Leaf Hairy Hydrolea Ovate false fiddleleaf | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia iris Great Blue Flag Southern blueflag | |
| Justicia americana | American water-willow Water-willow | |
| Juncus effusus var. solutus | Lamp rush Soft Rush | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia saltmarsh mallow Virginia fen-rose Seashore mallow Salt Marsh-mallow | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican primrose-willow Narrow-leaf Water Primrose Seedbox Mexican Primrose Willow | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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