Special Collections
Wildflower Center Plant Taxa List
The following Texas native plant taxa have been documented as occurring on the grounds of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon Mock Orange Canyon Mock-orange Mock-orange | |
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Groundcherry | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant Marsh Obedient Plant Slender False Dragonhead Intermediate False Dragonhead | |
| Philadelphus lewisii | Lewis' Mock Orange Mock Orange California Mock Orange | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Phemeranthus parviflorus | Sunbright Dwarf Flameflower Prairie Flameflower | |
| Phacelia patuliflora | Sand Phacelia Sand Scorpionweed Blue Phacelia | |
| Phacelia patuliflora var. patuliflora | Sand Phacelia | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Phyllanthus polygonoides | Smartweed Leaf-flower Knotweed Leafflower | |
| Phlox roemeriana | Goldeneye Phlox Golden-eye Phlox | |
| Phaulothamnus spinescens | Devilqueen Snake-eyes | |
| Philadelphus texensis | Texas Mock Orange | |
| Phoradendron tomentosum | Christmas Mistletoe Mistletoe Injerto | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pinaropappus roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion Pink Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
| Pinaropappus roseus var. roseus | White Rocklettuce White Dandelion White Rock Lettuce | |
| Plantago aristata | Largebracted Plantain Buckthorn | |
| Plantago helleri | Heller's Plantain Cedar Plantain | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Pluchea odorata var. odorata | Sweetscent Marsh Fleabane Southern Marsh Fleabane | |
| Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana | Resurrection Fern | |
| Plantago rhodosperma | Redseed Plantain Red-seeded Plantain | |
| Plumbago scandens | Doctorbush Summer Snow Plumbago Mexican Plumbago | |
| Polygala alba | White Milkwort | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Potamogeton diversifolius | Waterthread Pondweed Threadleaf Pondweed | |
| Polanisia dodecandra | Redwhisker Clammyweed Clammyweed | |
| Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma | Sandyseed Clammyweed Clammy-weed Clammyweed | |
| Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
| Polygala lindheimeri | Shrubby Milkwort Purple Milkwort | |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Longleaf Pondweed Knotty Pondweed | |
| Portulaca pilosa | Kiss Me Quick Chisme | |
| Porophyllum scoparium | Trans-pecos Poreleaf Poreleaf Shrubby Poreleaf Hierba del Venado Jarilla Pomerillo | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey Mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western Honey Mesquite Torrey Mesquite Western Mesquite | |
| Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw Devil's claw Ram's-horn Unicorn Plant Proboscis Flower | |
| Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica | Ram's Horn Devil's Claw Unicorn Plant Ram's Horn | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum Bigtree Plum Inch Plum | |
| Prunus minutiflora | Texas Almond Texas Wild Almond Dwarf Plum | |
| Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean Mesquite American Screwbean Tornillo Screwbean Screwpod Mesquite Twisted Bean Fremont Screwbean | |
| 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 | Common Selfheal | |
| Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Lanceleaf Selfheal Self-heal | |
| Psorothamnus spinosus | Smoketree Smokethorn Smoke Tree Indigobush Smokethorn Dalea Corona De Cristo | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina var. tagetina | Woolly Paperflower | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
| Pycnanthemum albescens | Whiteleaf Mountain Mint | |
| Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus | Smallflower Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak Bottomland Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain White Oak Utah White Oak | |
| Quercus graciliformis | Graceful Oak Slender Oak Chisos Oak | |
| Quercus gravesii | Chisos Red Oak Graves Oak Mountain Red Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus grisea | Gray Oak Scrub Oak Shin Oak | |
| 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 marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus oblongifolia | Blue Oak Mexican Blue Oak | |
| Quercus polymorpha | Mexican White Oak Netleaf White Oak Monterrey Oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard 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 | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Ranunculus fascicularis | Early Buttercup Tufted Buttercup Prairie Buttercup | |
| Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora corniculata | Shortbristle Horned Beaksedge Horned Beakrush | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered Beaksedge Cluster Beak-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 | |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhexia mariana var. mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhynchosia minima | Least Snoutbean | |
| Rhynchosia senna var. texana | Texas Snoutbean Texas Snout-bean | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| 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 caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
| Ruellia drummondiana | Drummond's Ruellia Drummond's Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower Tall Coneflower Largeflower Coneflower | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
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