Texas CO-OP Power

A list of less common Texas wildflowers as featured in Texas Co-op Power magazine.


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Aletris aurea
Golden Colicroot, Colicroot, Star Grass, Yellow Colic Root

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
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Alophia drummondii
Propeller Flower, Purple Pleat-leaf, Pinewoods Lily, Prairie Iris, Pleatleaf Iris

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Amsonia ciliata
Fringed Bluestar, Bluestar, Texas Bluestar

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Argemone aurantiaca
Texas Pricklypoppy, Texas Prickly Poppy

Duration: Annual, Biennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

Asclepias lanceolata
Fewflower Milkweed, Few-flower Milkweed, Red Milkweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Wet

Boerhavia gracillima
Slimstalk Spiderling

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Castilleja sessiliflora
Downy Painted Cup, Downy Paintbrush, Great Plains Paintbrush, Great Plains Indian-paintbrush

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Centaurea americana
American Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket-flower, Star Thistle, Shaving Brush, Basket Flower

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Clematis crispa
Swamp Leatherflower, Curly Clematis, Blue-jasmine, Curlflower, Curly Virgin's Bower, Marsh Clematis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Cypripedium kentuckiense
Southern Lady's-slipper, Kentucky Lady's-slipper, Ivory Lady's-slipper, Purloined Slipper

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus, Claret Cup

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Eryngium leavenworthii
Leavenworth's Eryngo, Eryngo, False Purple Thistle

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Erythrina herbacea
Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Euonymus americanus
American Strawberry Bush, Strawberry Bush, Brook Euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting Heart, Wahoo

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Grindelia papposa
Spanish Gold, Clasping-leaved Haplopappus, Saw-leaf Daisy

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Habenaria repens
Waterspider Bog Orchid, Water-spider Orchid

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light:
Water:

Heliotropium angiospermum
Scorpion's-tail, Scorpion-tail

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Hymenocallis liriosme
Texas Spiderlily, Spring Spiderlily, Spiderlily, Louisiana Spiderlily, Western Marsh Spiderlily

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist