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Texas-West Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in West 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 |
| Agave americana | American Century Plant Century Plant | |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla Tula Ixtle Maguey Lechuguilla Shindagger | |
| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana | Parry's Agave New Mexico Agave | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
| Amblyolepis setigera | Huisache Daisy Butterfly Daisy Honey Daisy | |
| Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana | Hinckley's Golden Columbine Yellow Columbine Hinckley Columbine Capote Columbine | |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush Silver Sagebrush Silvery Wormwood Sand Sage | |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone Madrone Texas Arbutus Manzanita Xoxocote Amazaquitl | |
| Asclepias elata | Nodding Milkweed Tall Milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing Saltbush Wing-scale | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Bouteloua ramosa | Chino Grama | |
| Bouvardia ternifolia | Scarlet Bouvardia Firecracker Bush Trompetilla Clavillo | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| 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 | |
| Ceanothus fendleri | Fendler's Ceanothus Fendler Ceanothus | |
| Ceanothus greggii | Desert Ceanothus | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cercocarpus montanus | Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany Mountain Mahogany | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Cosmos parviflorus | Southwestern Cosmos Southwest Cosmos | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Dalea formosa | Featherplume Feather Dalea Indigobush | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea Gregg's Prairie Clover Trailing Indigo Bush Indigo Bush | |
| Dasylirion leiophyllum | Green Sotol Smooth-leaved Sotol Smooth-leaf Sotol Sotol Desert Candle | |
| Dasylirion wheeleri | Common Sotol Sotol Desert Spoon Desert Candle | |
| Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus | Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinocereus dasyacanthus | Texas Rainbow Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Cactus Spiny Hedgehog Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Yellow Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus | Pitaya Strawberry Cactus Banana Cactus Cob Cactus Purple Pitaya Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Echinocereus pectinatus | Rainbow Cactus | |
| Echinocereus stramineus | Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret Cup Claret Cup Cactus Hedgehog Cactus Kingcup Cactus Mojave Mound Mohave Mound | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus | Nylon Hedgehog Cactus Green Pitaya | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Ephedra trifurca | Ephedra Mormon Tea Longleaf Jointfir Jointfir Longleaf Teabush Tea Weed Canutillo | |
| Ericameria laricifolia | Larchleaf Goldenweed Turpentine Bush Turpentine Brush Hierba De Conejo | |
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush Rabbitbrush Chamisa | |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil | |
| Fendlera rupicola | Cliff Fendlerbush False Mock-orange | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
| Fouquieria splendens | Ocotillo Devil's Walking Stick Candlewood | |
| Fraxinus greggii | Gregg's Ash Gregg Ash Littleleaf Ash Dogleg Ash Escobilla Barreta China | |
| Fraxinus velutina | Arizona Ash Velvet Ash Desert Ash Leatherleaf Ash Smooth Ash Modesto Ash Toumey Ash Standley Ash | |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower Yellow Gaillardia Blanket Flower | |
| Garrya wrightii | Wright's Silktassel | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
| Hesperocyparis arizonica | Arizona Cypress Cedro Blanco | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
| Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
| Hibiscus denudatus | Paleface Rock Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Holodiscus discolor | Ocean Spray Hillside Ocean-spray Cream Bush Mountain Spray | |
| Juniperus deppeana | Alligator Juniper Checkerbark Juniper Western Juniper Oakbark Cedar Thickbark Cedar Mountain Cedar Tascate Tacate Tlascal | |
| Juglans major | Arizona Walnut Arizona Black Walnut River Walnut Mountain Walnut Nogal Silvestre | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut Texas Walnut Texas Black Walnut River Walnut Nogalito Nogalillo Namboca | |
| Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper One-seed Juniper Cherrystone Juniper New Mexico Juniper West Texas Juniper | |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper Rocky Mountain Red Cedar Mountain Red Cedar Colorado Red Cedar Western Red Cedar River Juniper Western Juniper Cedro Rojo | |
| Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush Greasewood Hediondilla Governadora Guamis | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| 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 | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Lupinus havardii | Big Bend Bluebonnet Big Bend Lupine Havard Bluebonnet Chisos Bluebonnet | |
| Mahonia haematocarpa | Red Barberry Red Oregon-grape Algerita | |
| 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 | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Muhlenbergia rigida | Purple Muhly | |
| Nolina erumpens | Foothill Beargrass Mesa Sacahuista | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Shortfruit Evening-primrose Short-fruit Evening-primrose Shortfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera primiveris | Desert Evening-primrose Yellow-flower Desert Evening-primrose Bottle Evening Primrose Large Yellow Desert Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear Twist-spine Prickly Pear Common Prickly Pear Plains Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Pricklypear Purple Prickly Pear Long-spined Prickly Pear Black Spine 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 | |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains Prickly Pear Hair-spine Prickly Pear Nopal Peludito | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon barbatus | Scarlet Bugler Beard-lip Penstemon Beard-lip Beardtongue Red Penstemon Red Beardtongue Goldenbeard Penstemon Goldenbeard Beardtongue Saint Joseph's Staff Varita De San Jose | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Peritoma multicaulis | Slender Bee-plant Slender Spiderflower | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Penstemon wrightii | Wright's Penstemon Wright's Beardtongue Wright Penstemon Wright Beardtongue | |
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