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Texas-South Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in South 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 |
| Abutilon hypoleucum | Whiteleaf Indian Mallow White-leaf Indian-mallow Rio Grande Abutilon | |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing Saltbush Wing-scale | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
| Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile Pequin Chile Tepin Bird Pepper Turkey Pepper Cayenne Pepper | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Vine Common Trumpet Creeper Cow Vine Foxglove Vine Hellvine Devil's Shoestring | |
| Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
| Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower Fragrant Mistflower Blue Boneset Fragrant Boneset Jack In The Bush Crucita Siam Weed Common Flossflower Christmas Bush Devilweed | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
| Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive Texas Wild Olive Anacahuita Anacahuite | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
| Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia Brasil Brasilwood Bluewood Logwood Purple Haw Capul Negro | |
| Cooperia pedunculata | Hill Country Rain Lily Prairie Lily Rain Lily Flor De Mayo | |
| Colubrina texensis | Texas Hog Plum Texas Snakewood Texas Colubrina Hog Plum | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden Tickseed Golden-wave | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur | |
| Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur Prairie Larkspur Plains Larkspur | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Ebenopsis ebano | Texas Ebony Black-bead Ebony Ebony Ape's-earring Ebano | |
| Ehretia anacua | Anacua Sugarberry Anacua Anaqua Anacahuita Knockaway Knackaway Sandpaper Tree Manzanita Manzanillo Tlalahuacate | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
| Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Candelilla Wax Plant | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
| Fraxinus berlandieriana | Mexican Ash Berlandier Ash Berlandier's Ash Plumero | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Davis Mountains Mock Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Wright's Verbena | |
| Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae Soapbush Guayacan | |
| Havardia pallens | Tenaza Huajillo Ape's Ear-ring | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
| Heuchera richardsonii | Richardson's Alumroot Prairie Alumroot | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| 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 | |
| Ipomoea imperati | Beach Morning-glory Beach Morning Glory | |
| Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo Humboldt Coyotillo | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Lindheimera texana | Texas Yellowstar Texas Star Texas Yellow-star Lindheimer Daisy | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet Sandyland Bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
| Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Mimosa texana | Texas Mimosa Wherry Mimosa | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Monarda punctata var. lasiodonta | Spotted Beebalm | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless Prickly Pear Tigertongue South Texas Pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia phaeacantha | Tulip Prickly Pear Brownspine Prickly Pear Cactus Purple-fruited Prickly Pear Brown-spined Prickly Pear New Mexico Prickly Pear Desert Prickly Pear | |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Parkinsonia texana var. macra | Texas Paloverde Border Paloverde | |
| Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. drummondii | Annual Phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri | Mcallister's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
| Phlox drummondii ssp. wilcoxiana | Wilcox's Phlox Drummond Phlox | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio Texas Pistachio American Pistachio Copal Pistachio Wild Pistachio Lentisco Texas Pistache | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Laurel Oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima | Black-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Pinewoods Coneflower | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm Texas Palmetto Mexican Palm Mexican Palmetto Rio Grande Palmetto Victoria Palmetto Palma De Micharos Apachite | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon | |
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