Millennium Seed Bank Project
List of Texas species that were collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP). MSBP is a global conservation program to collect and store the seeds of 10% of the world's drylands flora (24,000 species) by 2010. Click here to learn more about MSBP.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 | |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow Texas Indian Mallow | |
Abutilon incanum | Pelotazo Indian Mallow Shrubby Indian Mallow | |
Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | Oppositeleaf Spotflower Opposite-leaf Spotflower | |
Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby Copperleaf Three-seeded Mercury | |
Adolphia infesta | Junco | |
Agalinis edwardsiana | Plateau False Foxglove Plateau Agalinis Plateau Gerardia Plateau False-foxglove | |
Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove | |
Agave havardiana | Havard's Century Plant Havard Agave | |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset White Mistflower White Shrub Mistflower Havana Snakeroot | |
Agalinis heterophylla | Prairie Agalinis Prairie False-foxglove | |
Agalinis maritima | Saltmarsh False Foxglove | |
Agastache micrantha | White Giant Hyssop | |
Aletris aurea | Golden Colicroot Colicroot Star Grass Yellow Colic Root | |
Allium canadense var. fraseri | Fraser Meadow Garlic Fraser Meadow Garlic | |
Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion | |
Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow | |
Ambrosia confertiflora | Weakleaf Bur Ragweed Weak Leaved Burweed Slimleaf Bursage | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amaranthus greggii | Gregg's Amaranth | |
Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed Giant Ragweed | |
Anemone berlandieri | Tenpetal Anemone Tenpetal Thimbleweed Windflower Southern Anemone Granny's Nightcap | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem Split Bluestem | |
Argemone aenea | Golden Pricklypoppy Golden Prickly Poppy | |
Argemone albiflora ssp. texana | Texas Bluestem Pricklypoppy Bluestem Pricklypoppy White Pricklypoppy White Prickly Poppy | |
Argemone aurantiaca | Texas Pricklypoppy Texas Prickly Poppy | |
Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn | |
Aristida longespica | Slimspike Threeawn Kearney's Three-awn Red Three-awn Slender Three-awn | |
Aristida oligantha | Prairie Threeawn Oldfield (Prairie) 3-awn Oldfield Threeawn | |
Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress | |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy Rose Prickly Poppy Red Prickly Poppy | |
Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
Astragalus crassicarpus | Groundplum Milkvetch Ground Plum | |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
Asimina parviflora | Smallflower Pawpaw Small-flower Pawpaw Dwarf Pawpaw | |
Atriplex matamorensis | Matamoros Saltbush | |
Baccharis bigelovii | Bigelow's False Willow | |
Batis maritima | Turtleweed Seaside Saltwort | |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace Water Hyssop Coastal Water-hyssop | |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara Dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
Baptisia nuttalliana | Nuttall's Wild Indigo | |
Bahia pedata | Bluntscale Bahia | |
Baptisia sphaerocarpa | Yellow Wild Indigo Green Wild Indigo Bush Pea Yellow Wisteria | |
Berlandiera betonicifolia | Texas Greeneyes Broochflower | |
Berlandiera pumila | Soft Greeneyes | |
Berchemia scandens | Alabama Supplejack Alabama Supple-jack Rattan-vine | |
Bifora americana | Prairie Bishop Prairie Bishop's Weed | |
Bidens bigelovii | Bigelow's Beggarticks | |
Bothriochloa alta | Tall Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Bouchetia erecta | Erect Bouchetia Painted-tongue Paintedtongue Painted Tongue | |
Borrichia frutescens | Bushy Seaside Tansy Ox-eye Daisy Sea Daisy Sea Ox-eye | |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass | |
Bothriochloa longipaniculata | Longspike Beardgrass Longspike Silver Bluestem | |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | |
Bouteloua trifida | Red Grama | |
Brickellia cylindracea | Gravel-bar Brickellbush | |
Brickellia dentata | Leafy Brickellbush | |
Bromus lanatipes | Woolly Brome | |
Brazoria truncata | Rattlesnake Flower | |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry French Mulberry | |
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile Pequin Chile Tepin Bird Pepper Turkey Pepper Cayenne Pepper | |
Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops Square-bud Primrose Sundrops | |
Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee Sedge | |
Carex complanata | Hirsute Sedge | |
Castela erecta ssp. texana | Texan Goatbush Goat-bush Allthorn Goatbush Amargoso | |
Carex glaucescens | Southern Waxy Sedge | |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush Texas Paintbrush Indian Paintbrush Scarlet Paintbrush | |
Cakile lanceolata | Coastal Searocket | |
Castilleja lanata | Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush Woolly Paintbrush | |
Carex louisianica | Louisiana Sedge | |
Carex oklahomensis | Oklahoma Sedge | |
Callirhoe pedata | Palmleaf Poppymallow Standing Winecup Finger Poppymallow Palmleaf Poppy Mallow | |
Castilleja purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Paintbrush Purple Prairie Painbrush Prairie Paintbrush Downy Indian Paintbrush | |
Carex tenax | Wire Sedge | |
Carex tetrastachya | Britton's Sedge | |
Carex triangularis | Eastern Fox Sedge | |
Calyptocarpus vialis | Horseherb Straggler Daisy Hierba Del Caballo Lawnflower | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower American Star-thistle Basket-flower Star Thistle Shaving Brush Basket Flower | |
Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
Cerastium brachypodum | Short-stalk Chickweed Shortstalk Chickweed | |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry Spiny Hackberry Shiny Hackberry Granjeno Huasteco | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Cevallia sinuata | Stinging Serpent Stinging Cevallia | |
Cenchrus spinifex | Grass Bur Coastal Sandbur Field Sandspur Southern Sandbur Spiny Burrgrass | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Centrosema virginianum | Spurred Butterfly Pea Butterfly Pea | |
Chaetopappa asteroides | Arkansas Leastdaisy Least Daisy | |
Chloris cucullata | Hooded Windmill Grass Hooded Windmillgrass | |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea Sleepingplant Sensitive Plant | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats Indian Wood Oats Wild Oats River Oats Flathead Oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
Chasmanthium laxum | Slender Woodoats Slender Chasmanthium | |
Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster Maryland Golden-aster | |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | |
Chaerophyllum tainturieri | Hairyfruit Chervil Southern Chervil | |
Chloris verticillata | Tumble Windmill Grass Windmillgrass | |
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