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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Wildflower Center is a botanical garden in Austin, Texas, dedicated to native plants. Our vision for the future is to preserve and restore the natural beauty and biological richness of North America by inspiring people to love the land. We want people to think differently about the plants around them. We want people to understand the role of native plants in a healthy ecosystem, to value the beauty and health of the natural landscape that defines their heritage, and to take action to protect, conserve, and restore the natural landscapes of North America.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Dichondra argentea | Silver Ponyfoot Silver ponysfoot | |
| Dicliptera brachiata | Branched Dicliptera Branched foldwing | |
| Dichondra carolinensis | Carolina ponysfoot Ponyfoot | |
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's rosette grass | |
| Dichondra recurvata | Oakwoods ponysfoot Oakwoods Ponyfoot | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf draba Whitlow-grass | |
| Draba platycarpa | Broadpod draba Broad-pod Draba Broadpod whitlowgrass | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake herb Polkadots Narrowleaf dyschoriste | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinodorus berteroi | Upright burrhead | |
| Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping burrhead Lance-leaf Burhead Radican Sword "Giant Mother Plant" | |
| Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus | Scarlet hedgehog cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus Órgano-pequeño de colores Purple candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Chisos Hedgehog Devil’s head Horse crippler | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Knockaway Sandpaper tree | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye Canadian wildrye Prairie wildrye Nodding wildrye | |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand spikerush | |
| Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem spikerush | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia wildrye | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
| Epipactis gigantea | Chatterbox Orchid Giant Hellebore Stream orchid | |
| Epithelantha micromeris | Pingpong ball cactus Button Cactus | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouringrush horsetail | |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Horsetail Smooth horsetail | |
| Eragrostis curtipedicellata | Gummy lovegrass Gummy Lovegrass | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains lovegrass Plains Lovegrass | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains fleabane Prairie fleabane | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy woollygrass Hairy tridens | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas cupgrass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass Purple love grass Purple plains lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat climber | |
| Erodium texanum | Fillaree Pine needle Stork’s Bill Texas stork's bill Texas stork’s bill | |
| Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri foxtail cactus Plains nipple cactus | |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire on the Mountain | |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed spurge Toothedleaf poinsettia | |
| Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly prairie gentian Bluebell gentian Western blue gentian Blue marsh lily Small bluebell Catchfly gentian Seaside gentian | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas bluebells Texas bluebell Bluebell Showy prairie gentian Prairie gentian | |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow on the mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Eupatorium serotinum | Lateflowering thoroughwort White boneset Late boneset Late-flowering boneset | |
| Evax prolifera | Bighead pygmycudweed Rabbit Tobacco | |
| Evolvulus sericeus | Silver dwarf morning-glory White Evolvulus | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens | Stretchberry Elbowbush Stretch-berry Downy forestiera Desert olive Elbow-bush | |
| Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona ash Desert ash Velvet ash | |
| Funastrum crispum | Wavy-leaf Milkweed Vine Wavyleaf twinevine | |
| Fuirena simplex | Umbrellagrass Western umbrella-sedge | |
| Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri | Winkler's blanketflower | |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Goldshower Narrowleaf goldshower Thryallis | |
| Galium aparine | Catchweed Bedstraw Cleavers Stickywilly | |
| Gaura lindheimeri | Lindheimer's beeblossom White gaura Butterfly gaura | |
| Gaura mollis | Lizard-tail Velvetweed Velvet-leaf Gaura Willow Gaura | |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's silktassel Lindheimer Silk Tassel Lindheimer's Garrya | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gaillardia suavis | Perfumeballs Pincushion daisy Fragrant gaillardia Rayless gaillardia | |
| Galium texense | Texas bedstraw | |
| Galium virgatum | Southwest Bedstraw Southwestern bedstraw | |
| Geranium carolinianum | Carolina geranium Wild geranium | |
| Geum canadense | White avens | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jessamine Yellow jessamine Evening trumpetflower Poor man's rope | |
| Giliastrum incisum | Split-leaf gilia Cut-leaf Gilia | |
| Giliastrum rigidulum | Bluebowls Blue gilia | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Glandularia pumila | Pink mock vervain Low Verbena | |
| Grindelia lanceolata | Narrowleaf gumweed Fall gumweed | |
| Gutierrezia sarothrae | Broom snakeweed Kindlingweed Matchbrush Texas snakeweed Broomweed Turpentine weed | |
| Halesia carolina | Carolina silverbell | |
| Habranthus tubispathus | Copper lily Rio Grande copper-lily Rio Grande copperlily | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Hedeoma acinoides | Slender false pennyroyal Annual pennyroyal Slender hedeoma | |
| Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed Bitterweed Yellow bitterweed Yellowdicks Slender-leaved sneezeweed Fine-leaved sneezweed Yellow dog-fennel | |
| Helenium amarum var. amarum | Yellowdicks Yellow Bitterweed | |
| Helianthus annuus | Common sunflower | |
| Heterotheca canescens | Gray golden-aster Hoary false goldenaster | |
| Hedeoma drummondii | Drummond's false pennyroyal Limoncillo Mock Pennyroyal | |
| Heteranthera dubia | Grassleaf mudplantain Water Stargrass | |
| Herbertia lahue | Prairie nymph Herbertia | |
| Herbertia lahue ssp. caerulea | Prairie nymph Herbertia | |
| Heteranthera limosa | Blue Mud Plantain Blue mudplantain | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Helietta parvifolia | Barreta | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphorweed Camphor Weed | |
| Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture heliotrope White heliotrope | |
| Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf rosemallow Halberdleaf hibiscus Scarlet rose mallow | |
| Hibiscus lasiocarpos | Rose-mallow Rosemallow Woolly mallow Wooly Rose-mallow | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf rosemallow Tulipan del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Hordeum pusillum | Little barley | |
| Houstonia pusilla | Tiny bluet Small Bluets Star violet | |
| Hymenopappus artemisiifolius | Old plainsman Oldplainsman Woolly-white | |
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