Central Great Plains
This EPA Level III ecoregion encompasses all or part of 35 Texas counties. The Central Great Plains extends in a great swath from west-central Texas north through central Oklahoma, Kansas and south-central Nebraska. In Texas, along with the Southwestern Tablelands, this ecoregion covers approximately the same land area as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s Rolling Plains vegetative region. This collection lists only those taxa found in the Texas portion of the Central Great Plains ecoregion.scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Hibiscus coulteri | Desert Rosemallow Desert Rose-mallow Coulter Hibiscus | |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
Hyptis alata | Clustered Bushmint | |
Hymenoxys cooperi | Cooper's Rubberweed | |
Hymenoxys hoopesii | Owl's-claws Orange Sneezeweed | |
Hymenocallis latifolia | Perfumed Spiderlily Perfumed Spider-lily | |
Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf Ovate False Fiddleleaf Hairy Hydrolea | |
Hydrocotyle umbellata | Manyflower Marsh-pennywort Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort Marsh Pennywort Water Pennywort Money Plant | |
Hybanthus verticillatus | Babyslippers Nodding Green Violet Green Violet | |
Impatiens capensis | Jewelweed Orange Jewelweed Spotted Touch-me-not | |
Impatiens pallida | Pale Touch-me-not Yellow Jewelweed | |
Indigofera miniata | Scarlet Pea Coastal Indigo Texas Indigo Western Indigo | |
Ionactis linariifolius | Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster Stiff Aster Flaxleaf Aster | |
Ipomopsis aggregata | Scarlet Gilia Scarlet Standing-cypress Skyrocket Skunkflower | |
Ipomopsis longiflora | Flaxflowered Ipomopsis Pale Trumpets Paleflower Gilia White-flower Skyrocket White-flowered Gilia | |
Ipomopsis thurberi | El Paso Skyrocket Thurber's Skyrocket Thurber's Gilia | |
Iva frutescens | Jesuit's Bark High-tide Bush High-water Shrub Marsh Elder Bigleaf Marsh Elder | |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue Gregg's Tube-tongue False Honeysuckle | |
Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush Black Needlerush | |
Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
Lactuca biennis | Tall Blue Lettuce | |
Lactuca floridana | Woodland Lettuce Florida Lettuce | |
Lenophyllum texanum | Coastal Stonecrop | |
Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
Liatris acidota | Sharp Blazing Star Sharp Gayfeather Sharp Liatris | |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
Liatris aspera var. intermedia | Intermediate Rough Gayfeather Intermediate Rough Blazing Star Intermediate Rough Liatris Tall Gayfeather Tall Blazing Star Tall Liatris | |
Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily Southern Red Lily Catesby's Lily | |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
Liatris elegantula | Shaggy Blazing Star Greene's Elegant Gayfeather Greene's Elegant Blazing Star Elegant Shaggy Gayfeather Elegant Shaggy Blazing Star | |
Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax Blue Flax | |
Liatris ligulistylis | Rocky Mountain Blazing Star Rocky Mountain Gayfeather Rocky Mountain Liatris Meadow Blazing Star Meadow Gayfeather Meadow Liatris | |
Linum neomexicanum | New Mexico Yellow Flax | |
Liatris pilosa | Shaggy Blazing Star Shaggy Gayfeather Shaggy Liatris Grass-leaf Blazingstar | |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
Liatris punctata var. mexicana | Mexican Blazing Star Mexican Gayfeather Mexican Liatris Purples | |
Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite Large Blazing Star Large Gayfeather Large Liatris Savanna Blazing Star Savanna Gayfeather Savanna Liatris | |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
Linum virginianum | Woodland Flax | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lobelia glandulosa | Glade Lobelia | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Ludwigia palustris | Marsh Seedbox Water Purslane | |
Lythrum californicum | California Loosestrife | |
Lythrum lineare | Wand Lythrum Saltmarsh Loosestrife | |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
Menodora heterophylla | Low Menodora Redbud Twinpod | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
Mirabilis albida | White Four O'clock Dwarf Four O'clock | |
Mimulus cardinalis | Scarlet Monkeyflower Crimson Monkeyflower Scarlet Monkey-flower | |
Mirabilis latifolia | Broadleaf Four O'clock | |
Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heartleaf Four O'Clock | |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running Box Pigeon Plum | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Najas gracillima | Slender Waternymph | |
Najas guadalupensis | Common Water Nymph Southern Water Nymph Najas | |
Nicolletia edwardsii | Edwards' Hole-in-the-sand Plant | |
Nicotiana obtusifolia | Desert Tobacco Little Tobacco Tabaquillo Punche | |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena | Common Spatterdock Spatterdock Yellow Cow-lily Cow-lily Yellow Pond-lily Brandy-bottle | |
Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus | |
Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
Oclemena acuminata | Whorled Wood Aster | |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose King's Cure-all Common Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera drummondii | Beach Evening-primrose Beach Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri | Hooker's Evening-primrose Giant Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera gaura | Biennial Beeblossom Biennial Gaura | |
Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose Trumpet Evening Primrose River Primrose | |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
Oenothera parviflora | Northern Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Oligoneuron album | Prairie Goldenrod Prairie Flat-top-goldenrod Upland White Aster Stiff Aster Sneezewort Aster | |
Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod Hard-leaf Goldenrod | |
Oligoneuron riddellii | Riddell's Goldenrod | |
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod | |
Oxalis drummondii | Drummond's Wood-sorrel Large-leaf Wood-sorrel Drummond's Woodsorrel | |
Oxypolis rigidior | Stiff Cowbane | |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel Violet Wood-sorrel | |
Parnassia caroliniana | Carolina Grass-of-parnassus | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Parnassia glauca | Fen Grass Of Parnassus Grass-of-parnassus | |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Palafoxia riograndensis | Rio Grande Palafox | |
Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox Rose Palafoxia | |
Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | |
Palafoxia texana | Texas Palafox | |
Paronychia virginica | Whitlow-wort Broom Nailwort Yellow Nailwort Park's Nailwort | |
Perityle aglossa | Bluff Rockdaisy Rayless Rockdaisy | |
Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
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