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Native Plant Society of Texas
The purpose of the Native Plant Society of Texas is to promote the conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas, through education, outreach and example. The Native Plant Society of Texas was founded in 1980 and currently has over 1,800 members in 32 Chapters. Chapters provide activities such as Field trips, Plant rescues, Native plant sales, Restoration projects, and Highway plantings, NPSOT publishes a newsletter for it state members and hosts two annual conferences, one of which is traditionally held at the Wildflower Center.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem needlegrass Ponytail grass Texas tussock | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's shoestring Devil’s-shoestring Ribbon grass | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Palo Verde Jerusalem thorn Lluvia de Oro | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Packera obovata | Golden groundsel Roundleaf groundsel Roundleaf ragwort Squawweed | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Gulf Coast Penstemon Sharpsepal beardtongue | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual phlox Phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy phlox Prairie phlox Fragrant phlox | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment live oak Plateau live oak Texas live oak Scrub live oak Hill country live oak Plateau oak | |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey oak Texas blue oak Canyon oak Smoky oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak Shumard's oak Shumard red oak Southern red oak | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas red oak Texas oak Spanish oak Rock oak | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf sage Cancer weed | |
| Sabal mexicana | Mexican palm Palma Di Micharos Rio Grande palmetto Texas palm Texas palmetto | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush palmetto | |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big red sage Penstemon sage | |
| Salvia regla | Mountain sage Royal sage | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's senna Velvet leaf senna Velvetleaf senna Velvet-leaf wild sensitive-plant Puppy-dog ears | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas mountain laurel Mountain laurel Mescal bean Mescal bean sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Styphnolobium affine | Eve’s necklace Eve's necklacepod Texas sophora | |
| Stachys coccinea | Scarlet betony Scarlet hedge-nettle Texas betony | |
| Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia Gray-woolly twintip | |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic aster Aromatic American aster Fall aster Wild blue aster | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian currant Buckbrush | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress Baldcypress Common bald cypress Southern bald cypress Deciduous cypress | |
| Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma bald cypress Montezuma cypress Mexican cypress Ahuehuete Sabino | |
| Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve daisy Hymenoxys Stemmy four-nerve daisy Yellow daisy Bitterweed | |
| Tecoma stans | Yellow bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow trumpetbush Yellow trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow elder | |
| Thelypteris kunthii | Wood fern River fern Southern shield fern Kunth's maiden fern | |
| Tradescantia gigantea | Giant spiderwort | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
| Viola missouriensis | Missouri violet | |
| Viguiera stenoloba | Resinbush Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye | |
| Wedelia texana | Zexmenia Orange zexmenia Wedelia Hairy wedelia Texas creeping-oxeye | |
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