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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Central Texas. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame | |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine Wild Red Columbine | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree Anacacho Bauhinia Orchid Tree Texas Plume | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bouteloua hirsuta var. pectinata | Tall Grama Hairy Grama | |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile Pequin Chile Tepin Bird Pepper Turkey Pepper Cayenne Pepper | |
Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops Square-bud Day-primrose | |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa Catalpa Tree Cigar Tree Indian Bean | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
Clematis texensis | Scarlet Clematis Scarlet Leatherflower Texas Clematis | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree Texas Smoke Tree Wild Smoke Tree Smoke Tree Smokebush Chittamwood | |
Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden Tickseed Golden-wave | |
Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol Sotol | |
Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur Carolina Larkspur Blue Larkspur | |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower Clasping-leaf Coneflower | |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson Black Samson Echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash Mountain Ash | |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
Ibervillea lindheimeri | Balsam Gourd Lindheimer's Globeberry Globe Berry Snake-apple Balsam-apple | |
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 | |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax Yellow Flax Stiff-stem Flax | |
Linum hudsonioides | Texas Flax Yellow Flax Hudson Flax | |
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 | |
Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle White Shrub Honeysuckle White Bush Honeysuckle White Limestone Honeysuckle Texas Honeysuckle White Honeysuckle | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
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 | |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic Tall Melicgrass Threeflower Melicgrass Melicgrass | |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
Mirabilis latifolia | Broadleaf Four O'clock | |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia reverchonii | Seep Muhly | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia | |
Passiflora foetida var. gossypiifolia | Cottonleaf Passionflower Corona De Cristo | |
Parthenocissus heptaphylla | Sevenleaf Creeper Seven-leaf Creeper | |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
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