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Austin Chapter NPSOT
The purpose of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) is to promote the conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas, through education, outreach and example.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
Forestiera angustifolia | Narrow-leaf Forestiera Tanglewood Desert Olive Texas Swamp-privet Panalero Elbow Bush | |
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 | |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash Red Ash Swamp Ash River Ash Water Ash Darlington Ash | |
Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel Lindheimer Silktassel Lindheimer's Garrya Lindheimer Garrya Mexican Silktassel Mexican Garrya Eggleaf Silktassel Eggleaf Garrya | |
Geum canadense | White Avens | |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Moradilla Alfombrilla | |
Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae Soapbush Guayacan | |
Heliotropium angiospermum | Scorpion's-tail Scorpion-tail | |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca Coral Yucca Red-flowered False Yucca Redflower False Yucca Yellow Yucca Hummingbird Yucca Samandoque | |
Hechtia texensis | Texas False Agave Guapilla | |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | |
Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rosemallow Crimson Rosemallow Wild Red Mallow Texas Star Hibiscus | |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow Tulipan Del Monte Heartleaf Hibiscus | |
Hymenocallis liriosme | Texas Spiderlily Spring Spiderlily Spiderlily Louisiana Spiderlily Western Marsh Spiderlily | |
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 | |
Ipomopsis havardii | Havard's Ipomopsis | |
Ipomoea lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Morning-glory Blue Morning Glory | |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
Iris fulva | Copper Iris Red Iris | |
Jatropha dioica | Leatherstem Leather Stem Rubber Plant | |
Juniperus deppeana | Alligator Juniper Checkerbark Juniper Western Juniper Oakbark Cedar Thickbark Cedar Mountain Cedar Tascate Tacate Tlascal | |
Juniperus flaccida | Weeping Juniper Drooping Juniper Mexican Weeping Juniper Mexican Drooping Juniper Weeping Cedar Drooping Cedar Tascate | |
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 | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Koeberlinia spinosa | Crown Of Thorns Spiny Allthorn | |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
Leucophyllum candidum | Brewster County Barometerbush Violet Silverleaf Boquillas Silverleaf Purple Ceniza Cenizo | |
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 | |
Lenophyllum texanum | Coastal Stonecrop | |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
Liatris punctata var. mucronata | Texas Gayfeather Texas Blazing Star Texas Liatris Cusp Liatris Cusp Blazing Star Cusp Gayfeather Narrow-leaf Blazing Star Narrow-leaf Gayfeather Purples | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry Wolfberry | |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine Roving Sailor Climbing Snapdragon Little Snapdragon Vine | |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap Drummond's Turk's Cap Drummond Turk's Cap Wax Mallow Drummond's Wax Mallow Drummond Wax Mallow Red Mallow Texas Mallow Mexican Apple Sleeping Hibiscus Bleeding Hearts Manzanita | |
Matelea biflora | Star Milkvine Purple Milkweed Vine | |
Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau Milkvine Plateau Milkweed Vine | |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry Wild Crapemyrtle Acerola Manzanita | |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover Water-clover Clover-fern Largefoot Pepperwort | |
Matelea reticulata | Pearl Milkweed Vine Netted Milkvine Green Milkweed Vine Net Vein Milkvine | |
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 | |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau Vine Correhuela De Las Doce | |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
Menodora longiflora | Showy Menodora Twinpod | |
Melica mutica | Twoflower Melicgrass Two-flower Melic Grass | |
Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia dubia | Pine Muhly | |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly Lindheimer Muhly Big Muhly Blue Muhly | |
Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem Needlegrass Ponytail Grass Texas Tussock | |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes Baby Blue-eyes Flannel Breeches | |
Nolina erumpens | Foothill Beargrass Mesa Sacahuista | |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring Devil's-shoestring Ribbon Grass | |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura Butterfly Gaura Lindheimer's Beeblossom Lindheimer's Gaura | |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
Onosmodium bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed | |
Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense | Soft-hair Marbleseed False Gromwell | |
Onosmodium bejariense var. hispidissimum | Softhair Marbleseed | |
Onosmodium helleri | Heller's Marbleseed Marble-seed | |
Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless Prickly Pear Tigertongue South Texas Pricklypear | |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama Paloverde Mexican Paloverde Jerusalem Thorn Horsebean Lluvia De Oro | |
Passiflora affinis | Bracted Passionflower Passion Flower | |
Parthenium argentatum | Guayule Rubber Plant | |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Packera obovata | Golden Groundsel Roundleaf Groundsel Roundleaf Ragwort | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Passiflora suberosa | Corkstem Passionflower | |
Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower | |
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum | Switchgrass | |
Perityle aglossa | Bluff Rockdaisy Rayless Rockdaisy | |
Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon Rock Beardtongue Cut-leaf Penstemon Cut-leaf Beardtongue Baccharis-leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | |
Perityle bisetosa var. scalaris | Twobristle Rockdaisy Twospike Rockdaisy | |
Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
Perityle dissecta | Slimlobe Rockdaisy Dissected Rockdaisy | |
Penstemon havardii | Havard Penstemon Havard Beardtongue Big Bend Penstemon Big Bend Beardtongue Havard's Penstemon Havard's Beardtongue | |
Pellaea mucronata | Birdfoot Cliffbrake Bird-foot Cliffbrake Birdsfoot Fern | |
Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Brazos Beardtongue Gulf Penstemon Gulf Beardtongue Gulf Coast Penstemon Gulf Coast Beardtongue Sharp-sepal Penstemon Sharp-sepal Beardtongue | |
Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Hill Country Beardtongue Scarlet Penstemon Scarlet Beardtongue Heller's Penstemon Heller's Beardtongue | |
Perityle vaseyi | Vasey's Rockdaisy | |
Philadelphus ernestii | Canyon Mock Orange Canyon Mock-orange Mock-orange | |
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