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The purpose of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) is to promote the conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas, through education, outreach and example.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo Devil’s walking stick Candlewood | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Gaura lindheimeri | Lindheimer's beeblossom White gaura Butterfly gaura | |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's silktassel Lindheimer Silk Tassel Lindheimer's Garrya | |
| Geum canadense | White avens | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Purple prairie verbena Prairie verbena Dacota vervain Dakota mock vervain Moradilla | |
| Guajacum angustifolium | Texas lignum-vitae Guayacan Soapbush | |
| Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail Scorpion-tail | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Hechtia texensis | Texas false agave Guapilla | |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet rose-mallow Scarlet rosemallow Texas star hibiscus Wild red mallow | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Spider Lily Spring Spider Lily Spring spiderlily | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomopsis havardii | Havard's ipomopsis | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Iris fulva | Copper iris Red iris | |
| Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
| Juniperus deppeana | Alligator juniper Checkerbark juniper Tacate Tlascal | |
| Juniperus flaccida | Weeping juniper Drooping juniper Tascate | |
| Juglans major | Arizona walnut | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little walnut Nogalito Texas walnut Texas black walnut River walnut | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Koeberlinia spinosa | Crown of thorns Spiny allthorn | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Leucophyllum candidum | Brewster County barometerbush Violet silverleaf Boquillas silverleaf Purple ceniza Cenizo | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball leadtree Littleleaf leadtree | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild blue flax Prairie flax Lewis flax | |
| Liatris mucronata | Cusp gayfeather Gayfeather Blazing star Narrow-leaf gayfeather Texas gayfeather Cusp blazing star | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's wolfberry Wolfberry | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Matelea biflora | Purple Milkweed Vine Star milkvine | |
| Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau milkvine | |
| Malpighia glabra | Acerola Barbados Cherry Manzanita Wild crapemyrtle | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot water clover Water clover Clover-fern | |
| Matelea reticulata | Green milkweed vine Net vein milkvine Netted milkvine Pearl milkweed Vine | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau vine Correhuela de las Doce | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy menodora Twin-pod | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly Hair-awn muhly Hairy-awn muhly Hair grass Pink muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's muhly Big muhly Lindheimer muhly | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem needlegrass Ponytail grass Texas tussock | |
| Nolina erumpens | Foothill beargrass Mesa sacahuista | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's shoestring Devil’s-shoestring Ribbon grass | |
| Nolina texana | Texas sacahuista Texas beargrass Basket grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri evening primrose | |
| Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair marbleseed | |
| Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair marbleseed False Gromwell | |
| Onosmodium bejariense var. hispidissimum | Softhair marbleseed | |
| Onosmodium helleri | Heller's marbleseed Marble-seed | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless prickly pear Tigertongue South Texas pricklypear | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Passiflora affinis | Bracted passionflower Passion flower | |
| Parthenium argentatum | Guayule Rubber plant | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow passion vine Yellow passion-flower Yellow passionflower | |
| Packera obovata | Golden groundsel Roundleaf groundsel Roundleaf ragwort Squawweed | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Bird Wing Passionflower Birdwing passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Perityle aglossa | Bluff Rockdaisy Rayless Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Perityle bisetosa var. scalaris | Twobristle Rockdaisy Twospike Rockdaisy | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red bay | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Perityle dissecta | Slimlobe Rockdaisy Dissected Rockdaisy | |
| Penstemon havardii | Big Bend beardtongue Big Bend penstemon Havard penstemon | |
| Pellaea mucronata | Bird-foot cliffbrake Birdfoot cliffbrake Birdsfoot fern | |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Gulf Coast Penstemon Sharpsepal beardtongue | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Perityle vaseyi | Vasey's rockdaisy | |
| Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon mock orange Canyon Mock-Orange Mock-orange | |
| Philadelphus microphyllus | Littleleaf mock orange | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy phlox Prairie phlox Fragrant phlox | |
| Philadelphus texensis | Texas mock orange | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains cottonwood Great Plains cottonwood | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Cherry laurel Carolina cherry laurel Laurel cherry Carolina laurel cherry | |
| Prunus havardii | Havard's plum | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Prunus minutiflora | Dwarf Plum Texas almond | |
| Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment black cherry Edwards Plateau black cherry | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash Common hoptree Hop tree | |
| Pycnanthemum albescens | Whiteleaf mountain mint | |
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