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Cut-Flower Suitable Species
Native Central Texas Plants suitable for cut-flower arrangements. List compiled by Maggie Livings and Wanda Lancaster, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center volunteers.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Clematis drummondii | Drummond's clematis Old man’s beard Texas virgin’s bower Goat’s beard | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica swamp sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet clematis Scarlet leatherflower Texas clematis | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's mistflower Palmleaf thoroughwort Palm-leaf mistflower Palm-leaf thoroughwort Purple palmleaf mistflower Purple palmleaf eupatorium | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Dalea bicolor var. argyrea | Silver prairie clover Silver dalea Silver bush dalea | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black dalea Black prairie clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg dalea Gregg's prairie clover Trailing indigo bush Indigo bush | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple prairie clover | |
| Dasylirion texanum | Texas sotol Sotol | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina larkspur Prairie larkspur Plains larkspur | |
| Dichondra argentea | Silver Ponyfoot Silver ponysfoot | |
| Dichondra carolinensis | Carolina ponysfoot Ponyfoot | |
| Draba cuneifolia | Wedgeleaf draba Whitlow-grass | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye Canadian wildrye Prairie wildrye Nodding wildrye | |
| Elymus virginicus var. virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia wildrye | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Canuela Horsetail Scouring rush 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 | |
| Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy woollygrass Hairy tridens | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas cupgrass | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple lovegrass Purple love grass Purple plains lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat climber | |
| Euphorbia bicolor | Snow on the prairie Snow-on-the-prairie | |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire on the Mountain | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. exaltatum | Blue marsh lily Bluebell gentian Catchfly prairie gentian Small bluebell Western blue 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 | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Gaillardia aestivalis | Lanceleaf blanketflower Winkler gaillardia | |
| Gaura lindheimeri | Lindheimer's beeblossom White gaura Butterfly gaura | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gaillardia suavis | Perfumeballs Pincushion daisy Fragrant gaillardia Rayless gaillardia | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Ibervillea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's globeberry Balsam gourd Globe berry Snake apple | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Iris virginica var. shrevei | Shreve's iris Virginia iris Southern blue flag Blue flag | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
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