Native Plants
Hasty, Louise
Louise Hasty has been a docent at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for just over 10 year (as of summer 2014). She volunteers in the Visitors' Gallery, leads tours, chooses flowers for the bloom cart display in the Visitors' Gallery and helps with the “What’s in Season” webpage each week.Louise was a mathematics teacher at Austin Community College for 22 years and an administrator there for just over 4 years. She has always been interested in photography and working with Texas native plants has heightened her interest in photographing them. Louise is also taking courses in contemplative photography at the Austin Shambhala Meditation Center which has enhanced her skills.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is committed to developing the premier resource for native plant images in North America through continued growth of the Plant Image Gallery. You can help us achieve our mission ...to increase the sustainable use and conservation of native wildflowers, plants, and landscapes... by becoming a contributor.
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Brazos Beardtongue Gulf Penstemon Gulf Beardtongue Gulf Coast Penstemon Gulf Coast Beardtongue Sharp-sepal Penstemon Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars Blue Curls Fiddleneck | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
Styrax platanifolius | Sycamore-leaf Snowbell | |
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |