Special Collections
Drought Resistant Plants for Texas and Beyond
A list of commercially available native plants that perform well during extreme drought. The Distribution section of the plant descriptions lists states where each occurs. Produce a state-specific drought list using the Narrow Your Search option at right.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abronia ameliae | Amelia's Sand-verbena Heart's Delight | |
| Agave havardiana | Havard's Century Plant Havard Agave | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
| Agave parryi | Parry's Agave Century Plant Parry Agave | |
| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana | Parry's Agave New Mexico Agave | |
| Alophia drummondii | Propeller Flower Purple Pleat-leaf Pinewoods Lily Prairie Iris Pleatleaf Iris | |
| Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar Blue Dogbane Willow Amsonia Woodland Bluestar | |
| Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus Hummingbird Bush Wright's Desert Honeysuckle Wright Acanthus Mexican Flame Wright's Mexican Flame | |
| Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy Arkansas Lazy Daisy Arkansas Doze-daisy | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine Wild Red Columbine | |
| Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
| Baileya multiradiata | Desert Marigold Showy Desert Marigold Paper Daisy Desert Baileya | |
| Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
| Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower Palmleaf Thoroughwort Palm-leaf Mistflower Palm-leaf Thoroughwort Purple Palmleaf Mistflower Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Dalea compacta var. pubescens | Compact Prairie Clover Purple Prairie Clover | |
| Dalea wrightii | Wright's Prairie Clover | |
| Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed Sacred Thorn-apple Thorn-apple Angel Trumpet Sacred Datura Western Jimson Weed | |
| Dyschoriste linearis | Snake Herb Polkadots Narrowleaf Dyschoriste | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Erigeron modestus | Plains Fleabane Prairie Fleabane | |
| Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain Snow-on-the-mountain | |
| Froelichia floridana | Plains Snakecotton Snake-cotton | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Lesquerella fendleri | Fendler's Bladderpod Popweed | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons Puffballs White Barbara's-buttons Barbara's Buttons | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
| Melochia tomentosa | Pyramid Bush Teabush Red Rope Velvety Melochia Kidney Bush Woolly Pyramidflower | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia emersleyi | Bullgrass Bull Muhly | |
| Nemastylis geminiflora | Prairie Celestials Celestials Prairie Pleatleaf | |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Missouri Evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit Evening-primrose Missouri Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas Prickly Pear Lindheimer's Prickly Pear Lindheimer Prickly Pear | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
| 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 triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia ballotiflora | Shrubby Blue Sage Blue Shrub Sage Mejorana | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage Penstemon Sage | |
| Salvia regla | Mountain Sage Royal Sage | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Sedum nuttallianum | Yellow Stonecrop | |
| Silphium simpsonii | Simpson's Rosinweed Tall Rosinweed | |
| Solidago nemoralis | Prairie Goldenrod Gray Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
| Tetraneuris scaposa var. scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy Hymenoxys Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy Bitterweed | |
| Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow Trumpetbush Yellow Trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow Elder Hardy Yellow Trumpet Yellow Trumpet Bush | |
| Vernonia marginata | Plains Ironweed | |
| Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides | Gummy Broomweed San Pedro Matchweed Gummy Snakeweed | |
| Yucca treculeana | Spanish Dagger Spanish Bayonet Don Quixote's Lance Palma Pita Palma De Datil Palmito | |
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