Special Collections
Half-Pint Prairie
A collection of all species planted in the Half-Pint Prairie — a student-led project to establish a pocket Blackland prairie on campus at The University of Texas at Austin.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow Texas Indian Mallow | |
| Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap | |
| Androstephium coeruleum | Blue Funnel-lily Prairie Lily Funnel-flower Fragrant Lily | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| Castilleja purpurea | Prairie Paintbrush Downy Indian Paintbrush Purple Paintbrush Lemon Paintbrush Purple Painted Cup | |
| Camassia scilloides | Atlantic Camas Wild Hyacinth | |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
| Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill Grass Hooded Windmillgrass | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
| Corydalis curvisiliqua | Curvepod Fumewort Scrambled Eggs Golden Smoke Curvepod | |
| Croton monanthogynus | Prairie Tea One-seed Croton Doveweed Dove Weed Prairie Goatweed | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Dichondra carolinensis | Carolina Ponyfoot Ponyfoot | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye Virginia Wildrye | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Helianthus annuus | Common Sunflower Annual Sunflower | |
| Heterotheca canescens | Hoary False Goldenaster Gray Golden-aster | |
| Hedeoma drummondii | Drummond's False Pennyroyal Limoncillo Mock Pennyroyal | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Nassella leucotricha | Texas Wintergrass Texas Speargrass Wintergrass | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Pediomelum cuspidatum | Indian-turnip Largebract Indian Breadroot Tall Scurfy Pea Tall-bread Scurf-pea | |
| Pediomelum hypogaeum | Subterranean Indian Breadroot Edible Scurf-pea Prairie-potato Pomme Blanche | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Polytaenia texana | Texas Prairie Parsley Texas-parsley Texas Parsley | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Silphium albiflorum | White Rosinweed White-flowered Rosinweed Compass Plant | |
| Silphium radula | Roughstem Rosinweed | |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Tetragonotheca texana | Squarebud Daisy Nerve-ray Square-bud Daisy | |
| Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens Redtop Tridens Tall Redtop Tridens Purpletop Redtop Tall Redtop | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate | |
| Vicia ludoviciana | Deer Pea Vetch Louisiana Vetch | |
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