Native Plants
Harry T. Cliffe Collection
Harry T. Cliffe of San Antonio documented plant species in Bexar County by spearheading development of the Bexar Regional Herbarium that bears his name (also available on this site), then turned to photographing them. This collection of images focuses on the blossoms of native plants of Texas. The majority of the photographs were taken in south and central Texas. The Native Plant Society of Texas’ San Antonio Chapter provided support to scan the Cliffe collection. Mr. Cliffe is a longtime member of that organization.
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Calylophus hartwegii ssp. maccartii | Maccart's Sundrops | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
Callirhoe leiocarpa | Tall Poppymallow Annual Winecup Tall Poppy-mallow Tall Poppy Mallow | |
Cardamine parviflora | Sand Bittercress | |
Callirhoe papaver | Woodland Poppymallow Woodland Poppy-mallow Woodland Poppy Mallow | |
Calibrachoa parviflora | Seaside Petunia | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Callirhoe scabriuscula | Texas Poppymallow Texas Poppy Mallow | |
Carlowrightia torreyana | Torrey's Wrightwort | |
Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurium calycosum | Arizona Centaury Shortflower Centaury Rosita Buckley Centaury | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Cevallia sinuata | Stinging Serpent Stinging Cevallia | |
Cenchrus spinifex | Grass Bur Coastal Sandbur Field Sandspur Southern Sandbur Spiny Burrgrass | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Chaetopappa bellidifolia | Whiteray Leastdaisy Dwarf White Aster Edwards Lazy Daisy | |
Chaetopappa bellioides | Manyflower Leastdaisy | |
Chamaesaracha coniodes | Gray Five Eyes False Nightshade Ground Saracha Prostrate Ground-cherry | |
Chamaesaracha coronopus | Greenleaf Five Eyes Green False Nightshade | |
Chaetopappa ericoides | Rose Heath Rose-heath | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chamaesyce glyptosperma | Ribseed Sandmat Rib-seeded Sand Mat | |
Chamaecrista greggii | Gregg's Sensitive Pea | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster Maryland Golden-aster | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Chamaesaracha pallida | Pale Five Eyes False Nightshade Averett Pale Five Eyes | |
Chamaesyce parryi | Parry's Sandmat | |
Chrysopsis pilosa | Soft Goldenaster Soft Golden-aster | |
Chamaesaracha sordida | Hairy Five Eyes False Nightshade | |
Chloracantha spinosa | Spiny Chloracantha Mexican Devil-weed | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chaptalia texana | Texas Silverpuff Silverpuff Nodding Lettuce Silver Puff | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree Fringe Tree Snowflower Tree Flowering Ash Old Man's Beard Grandfather Graybeard Grancy Graybeard | |
Chamaesaracha villosa | Transpecos Five Eyes Woolly False Nightshade | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellowspine Thistle | |
Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellowspine Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
Clematis crispa | Swamp Leatherflower Curly Clematis Blue-jasmine Curlflower Curly Virgin's Bower Marsh Clematis | |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings Butterfly Pea | |
Cnidoscolus texanus | Texas Bullnettle Bull Nettle Tread-softly Spurge Nettle | |
Corydalis aurea | Scrambled Eggs Golden Corydalis | |
Coreopsis basalis | Goldenmane Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |