Native Plant Society of Texas
The purpose of the Native Plant Society of Texas is to promote the conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas, through education, outreach and example. The Native Plant Society of Texas was founded in 1980 and currently has over 1,800 members in 32 Chapters. Chapters provide activities such as Field trips, Plant rescues, Native plant sales, Restoration projects, and Highway plantings, NPSOT publishes a newsletter for it state members and hosts two annual conferences, one of which is traditionally held at the Wildflower Center.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame | |
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Hinckley Columbine Capote Columbine | |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume | |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush Butterfly Bush Woolly Butterfly-bush | |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
Capsicum annuum | Chile Tepin Chile Pequin Chiltepin Chile Petin Bird Pepper Turkey Pepper Cayenne Pepper | |
Carex blanda | Eastern Woodland Sedge Creek Sedge Common Wood Sedge | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
Carex perdentata | Sand Sedge Meadow Sedge | |
Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower | |
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree Texas Smoke Tree Wild Smoke Tree Smoke Tree Smokebush Chittamwood | |
Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed Sacred Thorn-apple Thorn-apple Angel Trumpet Sacred Datura Western Jimson Weed | |
Dichondra argentea | Silver Ponysfoot Silver Ponyfoot | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Dryopteris ludoviciana | Southern Woodfern Florida Shieldfern | |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree Littleleaf Leadtree Little Leucaena Lemonball Wahoo Tree | |
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 | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem Needlegrass Ponytail Grass Texas Tussock | |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
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