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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
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| 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 | |
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