Hill Country Horticulture
Images and information on more than 430 species native to central Texas. Native plants provide an essential role in the environment including economic benefits from reduced energy costs, water and maintenance; ecological benefits including enhancing ecosystem stability and reducing chemical use; not to mention the beauty they provide.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment Black Cherry Edwards Plateau Black Cherry Escarpment Cherry | |
Prunus texana | Peachbush Sand Plum Peach Bush Texas Plum Texas Peach Bush | |
Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Lanceleaf Selfheal Self-heal | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
Quercus laceyi | Lacey Oak Texas Blue Oak Canyon Oak Smoky Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
Quercus vaseyana | Vasey Oak Sandpaper Oak Scrub Oak Shin Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
Rosa setigera | Climbing Prairie Rose Climbing Rose Prairie Rose | |
Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower | |
Ruellia metziae | White Ruellia Metz's Wild Petunia Metz Wild Petunia Wild White Petunia | |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
Ruellia occidentalis | Western Wild Petunia | |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus | Limewater Brookweed Limerock Brookweed | |
Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media | Bulltongue Arrowhead Scythe-fruit Arrowhead | |
Sagittaria longiloba | Longbarb Arrowhead Flecha De Agua Long-lobe Arrowhead Long-barb Arrowhead | |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage | |
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